Smilegate
smilegate.com Direct investor
Smilegate is a South Korean entertainment company that operates game development and publishing, and also runs venture capital and asset management subsidiaries. It invests in startups and game developers, and manages funds.
Smilegate is a corporate venture arm headquartered in Seongnam, South Korea, founded in 2000. It invests directly in companies, from seed to growth, in 게임, 엔터테인먼트, 콘텐츠 and 스타트업. 1.2조 원 under management and 600 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“유망 중소기업을 발굴, 투자하여 글로벌 기업으로 성장할 수 있도록 지원합니다.”
— Smilegate, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Headquarters
- Seongnam, South Korea
- Invests in
- global
- Sectors
- 게임, 엔터테인먼트, 콘텐츠, 스타트업
- Founded
- 2000
- Assets under management
- 1.2조 원
- Portfolio
- 600 companies
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Smilegate publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.smilegate.com/ko/name, hq_country, hq_city, type, layer, thesis_quote
- https://www.smilegate.com/ko/business/overview.do?cate=investis_investor, layer, type, invests_in_geographies, sectors, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description
- https://www.smilegate.com/ko/business/investment.dostage_min, stage_max, founded, aum, portfolio_count
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Record 6177 · added 2026-09-03 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence medium
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