The venture arm of NAVER, South Korea's leading tech giant
NAVER D2SF
NAVER D2SF is NAVER's Corporate Venturing (CV) team, which creates bigger challenges and more sustainable growth through collaboration between NAVER and startups. Founded in 1999, NAVER is one of the world's rare homegrown search engines and has been the number one search engine in Korea for over 20 years, and has established a strong presence in business areas such as commerce, content, fintech, and cloud. At the same time, under its technology vision of D2 (For Developers, By Developers), it is growing into a global tech company through active technology development and collaboration.
GLOBAL No.1
The #1 global storytech platform, WEBTOON
ASIA NO.1
Asia's #1 virtual platform, ZEPETO
North AMERICA NO.1
The #1 C2C fashion platform in North America, POSHMARK
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Launched in 2015, NAVER D2SF moves at the language and pace of startups, from reviewing investments to driving collaboration, with the idea that we are startups ourselves. We strive to be a partner that entrepreneurs can trust, a partner with whom they can share insights and grow together, and a partner with whom they can build lasting relationships.
startups
1st round Portion(%)
collaboration
Acquired by NAVER
From the very beginning, we're building your growth story together.
It takes time for early-stage startups to create concrete metrics to validate their marketability. At NAVER D2SF, we look beyond the immediate numbers to the value of the problem you're solving, the promise of your technology, and the growth potential of your team. And we're with you on the journey to make that potential and promise a reality.
The most challenging and fastest progress was right after we received the NAVER D2SF investment.
Junghoon Ha, CTO and Co-Founder of LetinAR
NAVER D2SF's share of Seed Stage investments
Focus on the imagination and possibilities of technology.
The best technology is invisible - it naturally permeates our daily lives in the form of products and businesses. NAVER D2SF is focused on technologies that can transform our lives in areas such as AI, robotics, spatial computing, mobility, healthcare, and more.
When we were preparing to start our company, NAVER D2SF was the only partner that understood the value and potential of our technology.
Junho Baek, CEO and Founder of FuriosaAI
NAVER D2SF's share of technology investments
AI・Data44%
Health19%
Spatial15%
Mobility7%
Robotics5%
Blockchain5%
etc5%
AI・Data44%
Health19%
Spatial15%
Mobility7%
Robotics5%
Blockchain5%
etc5%
Create synergies between startups and NAVER.
NAVER D2SF is about more than just financial returns, it's about synergies between startups and NAVER. We conduct joint R&D, share market insights, and become each other's customers. Together, we build alliances and explore new markets.
NAVER was the only place where we could work with such a breadth and depth of technology development. Working with NAVER has been an important reference for us in acquiring B2B customers.
Minu Park, Founder of Crowdworks
Get In Touch
We keep our doors wide open for entrepreneurs without referrals or networks to reach out to NAVER D2SF. We don't want to keep you waiting, so we get back to everyone who contacts us. If NAVER D2SF hasn't found you yet, please feel free to reach out to us.
