Best Online Photos Companies in South Korea
The 40 best Online Photos companies in South Korea in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: SNOW.
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Ranked: Best Online Photos companies in South Korea
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SNOW Photo editor and camera apps developer | $95M | 103 mo ago | Series A | Kim Chang Wook CEO | 2015 | SwiperSlickjQuery UI+3 | 81 patents Electronic test sockets and conductive particles; multi-camera imaging and video compression technologies. | — |
| 2 | Retrica Camera App with live filters and layouts | $6M | 130 mo ago | Series A | — | 2012 | Framer SitesReactAmazon Web Services+8 | — | — |
| 3 | Beeble AI-powered online photo capturing platform | $5M | 25 mo ago | Seed | Wonjun Yoon Co-Founder | 2022 | Node.jsRadix UITailwind CSS+12 | 9 patents AI-driven computational photography for synthetic relighting and subject‑specific image generation | — |
| 4 | Plask AI and cloud-based animated video creation platform | $3M | 58 mo ago | Seed | Junho Lee CEO | 2020 | Node.jsRadix UITailwind CSS+17 | 7 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 5 | Carat AI-powered camera application | $2M | 31 mo ago | Series A | Jinuk Jang Co-Founder & CEO | 2021 | SentryNode.jsFirebase+18 | — | — |
| 6 | Fdding Online platform offering content related to photography | $82K | 75 mo ago | Seed | Jihun Lim CEO | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 7 | NXN Labs AI platform developing custom diffusion models | — | 27 mo ago | Seed | Lena Hong Co-Founder | 2024 | Framer SitesReactAmazon Web Services+5 | 7 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 8 | Taggle Photo storage and management platform based on hashtags | — | 125 mo ago | Deadpooled | HyunJae Choi Founder & CEO | 2015 | — | — | — |
Top 9 Online Photos companies in South Korea
#1
Seed · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2022 · 6 employees$4.8Mraised▾
AI-powered online photo capturing platform
- Jul 2024Seed$4.8M
#2
Series A · South Korea · founded 2021 · 4 employees$1.5Mraised▾
AI-powered camera application. It offers various camera features such as filters, timestamps, QR scanning, and continuous shooting. The app is available on both Android and iOS devices.
- Jan 2024Series A$1.5M
#3
Series A · Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do · founded 2015 · 294 employees$95Mraised▾
Snow is a mobile apps development studio with a prime focus on photo editor apps. Some of the company's developments include B612 - a camera app with in-built beauty enhancement filters; Foodie - a camera app with food theme-based filters; Looks- camera app with makeup recommendations; and Line - camera app with in-built stickers and animations. Other apps include JamLive - live quiz app, Sticker.ly -emojis and sticker maker app; and Zepato -Social look-a-like avatar creator app. The apps are available for download from the App Store and Play Store.
- Jan 2018Series A$50M
- Sep 2016Series A$45M
#4
Seed · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2020 · 17 employees$2.6Mraised▾
AI and cloud-based animated video creation platform. The platform allows users to create videos using AI technology. It also provides cloud storage solutions.
- Oct 2021Seed$2.6M
#5
Series A · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2012 · 8 employees$5.9Mraised▾
Retrica is a camera app with a wide variety of live filters and layouts built in. Claims to have over 100 real-time filters. Users can capture photos and videos, create collages, GIFs, etc and upload them to third party social media and networking platforms. App available on App Store and Google Play and yet to launch on Windows Store as of July 2016.
- Oct 2015Series A$5.9M
#6
Seed · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2017 · 18 employees$81.8Kraised▾
Online platform offering content related to photography. It provides content under various categories including classic snap, Jeju snap, simple studio, and pudding gallery.
- Jun 2020Seed$81.8K
#7
Seed · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2024—raised▾
AI platform developing custom diffusion models. It offers model to automate the creation of human images and videos. It provides services such as Atelier AI, and a virtual try-on solution designed for online shopping in the fashion retail sector. Its solution offers VTO experiences and enables brands and retailers to convert flat-lay or mannequin photos into on-model images.
- May 2024Seed—
#8
Deadpooled · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2015 · 6 employees—raised▾
Taggle is a mobile cloud-based app for photo storage and management platform. It provides a gallery which makes users #Tag their photos. Taggle is for Manual tagging. Taggle allows users to select, delete, share, and lock photos in a single swipe. App is available for both iOS and Android. App is available for free. Taggle was selected for MOX — SOSV’s “Mobile-Only Accelerator” located in Taipei on Jan-18-2016.
- Mar 2016Seed—
#9
Deadpooled · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2013—raised▾
How2Marry is a professional Korean Prewedding photography planning agency located in Seoul, South Korea. The company provides customers Their wedding planners have more than 10 years of professional experience in wedding industry. Has tie-ups with wedding studios, dress shops, and make-up and hair salons.
- 2015Seed—
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