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KOREAN ORIGINS. GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.
KOREAN ORIGINS. GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.DSML KGCF I

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Korea Growth Capital Fund I

An IP-focused private credit lens.
Korean ideas. Global commercial rights.

Explore our philosophy
OUR LATEST THINKING
Visitors at Starfield Library in Seoul, a contextual image of retail and cultural experience
MARKET INTELLIGENCE

Korea is no longer only exporting culture. It is financing the platforms behind it.

The Korea exhibition of the Lee Kun-hee collection at the British Museum
ECOSYSTEM VIEW

Two thousand years of creativity. A different kind of global presence.

Computing infrastructure, used as a contextual photograph for Korean AI research
MARKET INTELLIGENCE

Sovereign AI is a capability. Commercial independence is a business model.

OUR PHILOSOPHY
01 / OUR PHILOSOPHY

Ideas cross borders.
We look at what
stands behind them.

The next chapter of Korean IP is not only about exporting culture. It is about owning rights, building global distribution and financing the businesses that connect the two.

Our private credit perspective begins where recognition ends: enforceable rights, contractual receipts, counterparty quality and the discipline to protect capital.

Beyond cultural reach
Sculptural architecture at Dongdaemun Design Plaza, SeoulThe Lee Kun-hee collection exhibition at the British MuseumGentle Monster intelligent eyewear presented by SamsungSeoul commercial street
02 / GLOBAL PATHWAYS

Not just exported.
Repositioned.

Korea is becoming a participant in the structures that carry culture and technology around the world.

Starfield Library in Seoul, a contextual photograph of retail and cultural experienceContext: Starfield Library · Tobias Reich / Unsplash
01 / CAPITAL MEETS CONTENT · OCTOBER 2026
$1B
Shinsegae's announced investment in the Warner Bros. acquisition

From selling experiences
to financing the IP behind them.

The commercial question is not the size of a franchise. It is how licensing, physical destinations and distribution translate recognition into collected revenue.

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CONTENT RIGHTSRETAIL & EXPERIENCECOLLECTIONS
Korean art presented at the British MuseumImage: Samsung Newsroom
02 / CULTURE MEETS INSTITUTIONS · OCTOBER 2026
100
masterpieces in the British Museum's “Korea” exhibition

Recognition becomes deeper
when institutions carry the story.

Heritage gives Korean creativity a longer horizon than a trend cycle. Cultural legitimacy is meaningful context, not a commercial licence or an investable claim on public artworks.

Read the cultural perspective
HERITAGEINSTITUTIONAL TRUSTGLOBAL CONTEXT
Gentle Monster eyewear developed with Samsung and GoogleImage: Samsung Newsroom
03 / DESIGN MEETS INTELLIGENCE · MAY 2026
AI × IP
Samsung · Google · Gentle Monster · Warby Parker

Technology needs a form
people choose to live with.

Software, hardware and brand design meet at the customer interface. Each owns a different part of the value chain. Contract boundaries determine who captures the economics.

Read the technology perspective
MODEL & HARDWAREDESIGN & BRANDADOPTION
PUBLIC MARKET CASES · NOT FUND HOLDINGS
03 / THE PRIVATE CREDIT LENS

Finance the rights.
Understand the receipts.

Start with what is owned.

We begin with intellectual-property ownership, permitted uses and enforceable commercial rights. Popularity becomes an investment question only when the rights chain is clear.

OWNERSHIP · LICENSING · ENFORCEABILITY
The firm behind the philosophy
04 / THE ECOSYSTEM

Six lenses.
One connected economy.

From technology and research to brands and experiences, we study the commercial rights that connect Korean IP to global demand.

Computing infrastructure01 / 06
Artificial intelligence

From technical capability to commercial adoption.

We examine the ownership of technology and data, product performance, repeat customer demand and the economics of deployment.

Technology rightsAdoptionUnit economics
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ORIGIN IS A STARTING POINT. RIGHTS ARE THE FOUNDATION.
Seoul skyline and the Han River
05 / MARKET CONTEXT

An economy
that creates.
A market to understand.

National capabilities inform where we look.
Company-level evidence determines what we underwrite.

4th

Global Innovation Index

2026 · Republic of Korea

A national innovation ranking, not an investment-performance measure.

WIPO
5.13%

Research expenditure / GDP

2024 · National R&D expenditure

Research intensity provides context; commercial outcomes require company-level assessment.

Korea National Development Indicators
1.572

Content production linkage

KDI 2025 · 2020 input-output basis

Economy-wide output per unit of final demand for content. This is not a return multiple.

Korea Development Institute
KOREA / AI & COMMERCIALIZATION

Build the model.
Own the economics.

National AI capability is expanding. The next question is commercial: who controls the data, carries the compute cost and owns the customer relationship?

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SOVEREIGN AI PROGRAMME · PLANNED B200 SUPPORT
H1 2026
≈768
H2 2026
≈1,000

GPU units for advancing teams, as outlined by MSIT. Programme support is not company revenue, delivered capacity or fund performance.

Source: MSIT · Phase 2 evaluation
06 / PERSPECTIVES

Look beneath
the headline.

All perspectives
Visitors at Starfield Library in Seoul, a contextual image of retail and cultural experience
MARKET INTELLIGENCE

Korea is no longer only exporting culture. It is financing the platforms behind it.

Shinsegae’s $1 billion Warner Bros. acquisition investment opens a different conversation about Korean capital, global franchises and physical distribution.

3 MIN READ
The Korea exhibition of the Lee Kun-hee collection at the British Museum
ECOSYSTEM VIEW

Two thousand years of creativity. A different kind of global presence.

The Lee Kun-hee collection in London shows why Korea’s cultural story is larger than a release cycle—and why heritage should not be confused with a commercial asset.

3 MIN READ
Computing infrastructure, used as a contextual photograph for Korean AI research
MARKET INTELLIGENCE

Sovereign AI is a capability. Commercial independence is a business model.

Korea’s foundation-model programme makes the distinction between building a model, controlling its inputs and earning from its deployment increasingly important.

3 MIN READ
Contemporary Korean architecture in Seoul, a contextual image of Korean design
ECOSYSTEM VIEW

A Korean format becomes global infrastructure.

WEBTOON and Disney illustrate a quieter source of IP value: not only owning the story, but owning the way a story reaches its reader.

3 MIN READ
Gentle Monster intelligent eyewear unveiled with Samsung and Google
ECOSYSTEM VIEW

When Korean design becomes the interface to AI.

Gentle Monster’s collaboration with Samsung and Google shows how brand IP can sit directly inside a new technology value chain.

3 MIN READ
A Seoul street lined with Korean businesses
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE

Beyond cultural reach. Into commercial rights.

Why an audience is the beginning of an investment question, not its answer.

4 MIN READ