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Smile Gate Investment

Private equity investment firm focused on buyouts

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Smile Gate Investment

South Korea

Smile Gate Investment is an institutional investor (Conventional VCs,) founded in 1999 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. focused on buyouts. It provides users with a company that focuses on investing in small and mid-sized companies with strong growth potential. As an institutional investor, the firm manages capital on behalf of institutional limited partners, deploying capital across selected investment opportunities with strong growth potential.

Stage
seed, Series A, growth capital, buyout, seed, Series A, growth capital, buyout
Check size
$1M-$5M
HQ
Seoul, South Korea
Founded
1999
Website
https://smilegateinvestment.com
LinkedIn
https://linkedin.com/company/smilegate-investment
Institutional Investorgamingcontentfilmsenvironmentenergymanufacturingdistributiontechbio/healthcare

What they look for

Big potential, broad markets, sustainable growth; global success focus especially Korean content; primarily South Korea with some overseas (US, India); impact/ESG preferred

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