Best Computer Vision Companies in South Korea
The 35 best Computer Vision companies in South Korea in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: SUALAB.
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Ranked: Best Computer Vision companies in South Korea
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUALAB AI-based machine inspection solutions provider | $24M | 88 mo ago | Acquired | Bora Lee Co-Founder | 2013 | — | 53 patents AI-driven visual inspection and data generation for automated defect detection | — |
| 2 | AIMMO Provider of AI data solutions including collection, curation, labeling, and synthesis | $12M | 56 mo ago | Series A | Seungtaek Oh Founder & CEO | 2016 | SentryTypeScriptFirebase+10 | 53 patents Real-time adaptive machine learning for autonomous vehicle perception and scenario modeling | — |
| 3 | Odd Concepts Provider of image recognition solutions for enterprises | $10M | 77 mo ago | Series B | — | 2008 | — | 125 patents AI-powered fashion image generation, reconstruction, and recommendation systems | — |
| 4 | iCore-corp Manufacturer of machine vision components and solutions for industrial applications | $5M | 41 mo ago | Series A | Park Woo CEO | 2019 | — | 32 patents Advanced AI-driven optical inspection systems with adaptive focus for semiconductor/industrial imaging | — |
| 5 | Alchera AI Platform offering face and image recognition solutions for enterprises 74Growth top 21%Product top 22%AI top 25%Moat top 32% All 12 signals ▾Growthtop 21% Producttop 22% AItop 25% Moattop 32% Innovationtop 36% Patentstop 37% Fundingtop 40% Markettop 42% Techtop 47% Fin. healthbottom 49% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 38% Growth: Headcount 53 → 110 (+108%) across vintages · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Product: 3 published apps (608 installs) · Company stage: Public rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $3M | 4 mo ago | Public | Young Hwang CEO | 2021 | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesMicrosoft Clarity+19 | 35 patents AI-driven biometric security and wildfire detection using computer‑vision and domain‑adaptation | — |
| 6 | P2ACH AI Provider of AI-powered retail media analytics 42Patents top 45%AI top 45%Innovation top 47%Talent bottom 45% All 6 signals ▾Patentstop 45% AItop 45% Innovationtop 47% Talentbottom 45% Fundingbottom 41% Globalbottom 33% Patents: 8 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 8 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 AI: Product described with: ai-powered rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $2M | 17 mo ago | Seed | Dongyul Lee CEO | 2021 | — | 8 patents AI-driven recommendation, measurement, and automation for outdoor advertising management | 1 award |
| 7 | ZIOVISION AI-based image analysis solution provider | $2M | 40 mo ago | Series A | Yun Kim CEO | 2016 | — | 13 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 8 | Dabeeo Provider of an open-source and AI-enabled mapping platform | $445K | 29 mo ago | Series A | — | 2012 | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceJava+17 | 45 patents Geospatial mapping, 3D modeling, point‑cloud processing, and indoor navigation services. | 1 partnership |
Top 12 Computer Vision companies in South Korea
#1
Public · Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do · founded 2021 · 110 employees$3Mraised▾
Platform offering face and image recognition solutions for enterprises. Its includes facial recognition APIs and image recognition SDKs. It is applicable for identity verification, liveness detection, face matching, access control, people counting, and OCR. It caters to hospitality, educational, retail, tourism, consumer electric, and IT industries. It provides AI data construction services for the development of high-performance artificial intelligence models. It perform large-scale data collection and labeling tasks using in-house resources from our own domestic and international data centers, and build and provide customer-tailored AI data.
- May 2026Post IPO$3M
#2
Seed · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2021$2Mraised▾
Provider of AI-powered retail media analytics. This company offers a solution that uses vision AI to analyze retail visitor demographics, track ad performance, and measure foot traffic. The technology provides real-time insights into customer behavior and ad effectiveness, enabling targeted advertising and optimized budget allocation. Data processing occurs on-device to ensure privacy, with only aggregated results shared via the cloud. The platform integrates with existing digital signage and adapts to retail spaces of varying sizes. Visual dashboards present complex data into actionable insights.
- Apr 2025Seed$2M
#3
Acquired · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2013 · 22 employees$23.7Mraised▾
SUALAB provides AI-based machine inspection solutions for various manufacturing industries. It caters to industries such as electronics, automotive, chemical, and food & beverages. Its product offerings include SuaKIT which is a deep learning machine vision inspection software. Its functions include segmentation, classification, detection, single image analysis, image comparison, multi-image analysis, and one class learning. Samsung, LG, Hanwha, Posco, and KAC are part of its clientele.
- Apr 2019Series C$16.2M
- Oct 2017Series B$7.5M
- 2016Series A—
#4
Series A · Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do · founded 2016 · 78 employees$12Mraised▾
Provider of AI data solutions including collection, curation, labeling, and synthesis. The company offers data managed service and AI solution service. It delivers optimized data collection, curation, labeling, and synthetic data generation. The company provides AI models, multi-sensor data collection systems, Edge AI, and data platforms. It offers AI solutions customized to industry-specific needs and AI adoption level.
- Jan 2022Series A$12M
#5
Series A · Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do · founded 2019$4.6Mraised▾
Manufacturer of machine vision components and solutions for industrial applications. It provides strobe controllers, auto focus modules, and lighting solutions. The products are used in smart factories, secondary battery production, and display inspection. The company solutions are also utilized in semiconductor and electronic component manufacturing. The technology is applied to automobile production to address supply chain and defect issues.
- Apr 2023Series A$3.8M
#6
Series B · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2008 · 12 employees$10.1Mraised▾
Odd Concepts provides computer vision and deep learning based image recognition solutions for enterprises. Uses its proprietary image recognition platform to develop products and provide cloud-based API solutions for clients. Partners and clients include eBay, Samsung, Fastcat, Info Bank among others.
- Mar 2020Series B$6M
- Nov 2017Series A$3.2M
- Feb 2016Seed$860K
#7
Series A · Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do · founded 2016 · 38 employees$1.5Mraised▾
AI-based image analysis solution provider. It provides decision support using AI and develops solutions for multiple industries. Its products include ZioSummary, an AI-based video summary solution to create summaries of videos, ZioVIS, a control system for responding to incidents, accidents, and disasters, and AI-based medical analysis and disease diagnosis solutions.
- May 2023Series A$1.5M
#8
Series A · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2012 · 51 employees$445Kraised▾
Provider of an open-source and AI-enabled mapping platform. Their solutions include map services for location-based services, online to offline services, and custom-made styles. Its features include indoor map data, API integration, map editors, POI managers, object detection, and statistic tools. Their maps offer offline services, meaning they can be downloaded to the device and user. They have also added product discovery content on their maps for travelers.
- Mar 2024Series A—
- Aug 2017Series A$445K
#9
Series B · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2018 · 54 employees—raised▾
AI powered video data analytics software for enterprises. It collects pre purchase data to derive insights in real time. It enables users to find answers to unresolved issues in offline retail. Its analytics provides visibility into customer behaviors, from in-store journeys to product interactions, equipping retailers with tools to optimize the revenue and store efficiency. The analysis provides insights to support the decision making process. Features include visitor analysis, product analysis, and funnel analysis.
- Jun 2025Series B—
- Jan 2020Series A—
#10
Series A · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2016 · 24 employees—raised▾
DoingLAB is a technology company that provides AI-based apps for calorie tracking and nutrition recommendation. It offers 'DietCameraAI', which is an app for tracking calories and analyzing eating patterns using AI-based camera; and 'Diabetic Camera', which recommends recipes suitable for diabetes. The apps are available on Android and iOS platforms.
- Mar 2024Series A—
- Sep 2018Seed—
#11
Seed · Busan, Busan · founded 2022—raised▾
Provider of AI and computer vision-based aquaculture farming solutions. It offers growth monitoring solutions to predict the weight of the fish, feed optimization to identify the appetite of the fish, and health monitoring to check for damage in fish. It also provides IoT-based remote monitoring solutions for fish farmers.
- Apr 2023Seed—
#12
Seed · Gwangju, Gwangju · founded 2019 · 21 employees—raised▾
Intflow is a company that provides livestock and animal digital management solutions using image recognition AI technology. They aim to create a sustainable livestock industry through innovative technology.
- Mar 2021Seed—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Computer Vision coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Computer Vision is moving in South Korea
A read on the academic research around Computer Vision — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 1,071 South Korea-affiliated papers.
- Seoul National University73
- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology71
- Sungkyunkwan University55
- Ministry of Education52
- Yonsei University51
- Pattern recognition (psychology)17→122
- Segmentation2→97
- Convolutional neural network17→104
- Feature (linguistics)4→66
- Feature extraction1→33
- Convolutional neural network3→51
- Pattern recognition (psychology)4→45
- Feature (linguistics)1→27
- Segmentation1→27
- Tracking (education)1→10
- Medical imaging5
- Code (set theory)4
- Convolutional neural network4
- Encoding (memory)3
- Perception3
Where computer vision is researched across South Korea
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Who's filing computer vision patents in South Korea
South Korea computer vision patent filing is accelerating — 2,014 filings from 729 assignees (2016–2025), led by Samsung, Hyundai, Stradvision; annual filings 42→361.
- Samsung415
- Hyundai92
- Stradvision69
- Electronics & Telecommunications55
- Korea Advanced INST SCI & TECH54
- Korea Electronics Technology45
- UNIV Korea RES & BUS Found45
- KIA45
Common questions
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