Founders asking how to get funding from DSC Investment should know this is a rare animal in venture: a KOSDAQ-listed venture capital firm (ticker A241520), founded in 2012 and led by CEO Gun-Soo Yoon from Seoul. DSC Investment has made 391 investments across a live portfolio of 194 companies, with 119 exits on record — and it is actively seeking new investments. (Identity note: this is the Korean VC, not the Indian steel company of the same name.)
Thesis and investment focus
DSC Investment focuses on early-stage, tech-based startups but also backs high-performing growth-stage companies and secondary deals. Its sector map reads like the Fourth Industrial Revolution checklist: consumer and content, medtech, robotics, artificial intelligence, fintech, hardware, climate tech, platform and commerce, blockchain, manufacturing, biotechnology and healthcare. Geographies span Korea, the US, Israel and India. The firm is a member of the Korean Venture Capital Association.
Notable portfolio companies
DSC Investment joined Nvidia, KB Investment, Kyobo Life Insurance and KT in the $668 million Series B of GMI Cloud, the US AI-cloud company, announced in October 2026 — a signal of its weight in AI infrastructure. Recent investments include Inocras (later-stage healthcare, August 2026), Gentle Monster (June 2026), drug-discovery startup NEX-I (June 2026), aerospace and defence company MID (July 2026) and AI semiconductor company iHW. Its listed status gives founders unusual transparency: the firm's market capitalisation was around ₩210 billion with TTM revenue near ₩49 billion as of 2026 reporting.
Cheque size and stage
DSC Investment writes cheques across seed, Series A, Series B and growth, with observed round sizes ranging from roughly $600k to $60 million. Its total managed fund size is not publicly disclosed as a single AUM figure, but the scale of its portfolio — 391 deals — makes it one of Korea's most active institutional VCs.
How to apply for funding
DSC Investment's official website at dscinvestment.com carries its contact details for founder outreach; note the site was intermittently unreachable during research, so founders may also approach through the firm's listed-company disclosures or warm introductions via the Korean VC network. The firm states it is actively seeking new investments, and its broad sector remit means technology startups at any early stage are in scope.
Why it matters for founders
A listed VC is a transparency bonus: you can read DSC Investment's own financials before you pitch. Its 391 investments and its seat alongside Nvidia in GMI Cloud's $668 million round show it plays at real scale across AI, biotech, hardware and content. Tech founders from seed to pre-IPO should have it on their Korea list.