AMOREPACIFIC Ventures

AMOREPACIFIC Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of AmorePacific Group, one of the world's leading beauty and cosmetics conglomerates, founded in Seoul in 1945. Established in 2011, the CVC operates from Seoul and focuses on innovative technologies across beauty, aesthetics, digital, and sustainability sectors throughout Asia. With iconic parent brands including Sulwhasoo, Laneige, and Innisfree, and a group revenue exceeding $5 billion, AmorePacific Ventures serves as a strategic gateway into the K-beauty and beauty-tech ecosystem. The firm invests primarily at seed and Series A stages in South Korean startups, writing checks of $500K to $3 million per transaction. The portfolio spans 22 companies across consumer goods, fashion, e-commerce, sustainability, and health and wellness. Chief Investment Officer Taehyung Kim leads the investment team, guiding a focused mandate aligned with the parent group's digital transformation and sustainability agenda. AMOREPACIFIC Ventures functions as a strategic intelligence unit as much as a financial investor, channeling capital into innovations that complement or extend AmorePacific Group's core product lines. Portfolio companies benefit from access to the group's formulation expertise, retail distribution across Asia, and deep understanding of the global beauty consumer — advantages that distinguish the CVC from generalist seed funds operating in the region.