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Net Neutrality? Netflix lost to SK Boradband regarding it's network usage
Socar and Tada launch a membership subscription for its services
Sinsaegae officially takes over eBay Korea, making it number 2 e-commerce
Unicorn Toss secures a series G investment and secures validation of U$7.4B
A week in investment
Viva Republica (Toss) (fintech platform) - USD409.4M series G from Korea Development Bank, Alkeon Capital Management. Altos Ventures, Greyhound Capital and others
Orum Therapeutics (biotechnology) - USD53.4M series C
Megazone (Cloud MSP) - USD44.5M series B from Korea Development Bank, Salesforce
VoyagerX (AI services) - USD26.7M series A from Softbank Ventures, Altos Ventures, YellowDog
Pharos Bio (Healthcare big data) - USD16M series C
Vinssen (Exclusive boats) - USD12.9M series A from DSC Investment, EN Venture Capital, SJ Investment Partners
Reebonz Korea (Fashion platform) - USD9.4M series A from DSC Investment, Bass Investment, Primer Partners, Lighthouse Combined Investment, Ajou IB Investment, Pathfinder H, Industry Bank of Korea
Gomi Corporation (e-commerce) - USD6.7M series A from Industry Bank of Korea, UBIQUOSS Investment, KB Investment, F&F Partners, Platform Partners Asset Management
Fitpet (Pet health & wellbeing) - USD6.2M series B
AIV (AI Quality Management Platform) - USD4.5M
SolTech (Biodegradable Thermoplastic Resin) - USD3.6M series A from Samsung C&T, KTB Network
Wiz School (Learning platform for SW developers) - USD2.7M series A from Daekyo Investment, F&F Partners, Springcamp, Capstone Partners
Nemesis (Intelligent Bio-signal processing Technology) - USD2.2M series A from Capstone Partners, K-Ground Ventures, UTC Investment
ALI (Artificial Language Intelligence) - USD1.8M series A from NCSoft
IoCrops (smart farm) - USD1.6M series A from ISU Venture Capital, Enlight Ventures, SNU Holdings