Best RegTech Companies in South Korea
The 35 best RegTech companies in South Korea in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: NITGEN.
Ranked: Best RegTech companies in South Korea
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NITGEN Developer and manufacturer of fingerprint sensor and algorithm for biometric applications | $38M | 169 mo ago | Funding Raised | Young Bae CEO | 1998 | — | 40 patents Optical fingerprint capture, image quality enhancement, and anti-spoof biometric detection technologies. | — |
| 2 | Odd Concepts Provider of image recognition solutions for enterprises | $10M | 78 mo ago | Series B | — | 2008 | — | 125 patents AI-powered fashion image generation, reconstruction, and recommendation systems | — |
| 3 | SOOHO Blockchain-based enterprise financial infrastructure solutions and related services | $9M | 46 mo ago | Series A | Jisu Park Co-Founder & CEO | 2018 | Node.jsReactNext.js+13 | 19 patents Blockchain interoperability, smart contract security analysis, and stake‑based token management solutions. | — |
| 4 | Aizen Provider of AI-driven banking-as-a-service platform | $4M | 77 mo ago | Series B | Keun Ryu Co-Founder | 2016 | GnuboardMySQLPHP+11 | 214 patents Battery valuation analytics and lifecycle management platform for electric vehicle batteries | — |
| 5 | MediaZen Provider of software solutions for speech recognition and synthesis | $2M | 169 mo ago | Public | — | 2000 | — | 60 patents AI-powered language assessment, tutoring, translation tools, and biotherapeutic PK‑PD prediction | — |
| 6 | KeyPair Developer of security chips, hardware wallets, and related security solutions | — | 10 mo ago | Seed | — | 2012 | — | 16 patents Secure hardware-based digital identity and biometric authentication solutions | — |
| 7 | Tidepool Provider of AI and computer vision-based aquaculture farming solutions | — | 42 mo ago | Seed | Junho Scott Lee Co-Founder & CEO | 2022 | — | 3 patents Aquaculture monitoring and fish tracking technologies for farm management | — |
| 8 | 12CM Fraud detection and user authentication solutions | — | 100 mo ago | Late Stage | Jung Han CEO | 2013 | — | 283 patents Omni-channel retail analytics, user routing services, and AI-driven aquaculture management | — |
Top 9 RegTech companies in South Korea
#1
Series A · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2018 · 25 employees$9Mraised▾
Blockchain-based enterprise financial infrastructure solutions and related services. It delivers tools for tokenized asset management and cross-platform settlement. It offers platforms for building blockchain solutions and optimizing artificial intelligence frameworks. The company also provides security verification tools for smart contracts and solutions for programming fund usage.
- Dec 2022Series A$4.5M
- Apr 2022Series A$4.5M
#2
Funding Raised · Seoul, Seoul · founded 1998$38Mraised▾
NITGEN focuses on developing fingerprint recognition sensor, algorithm, and biometric solutions. The sensor is specially designed for SEIR ( Surface Enhanced Irregular Reflection). Simialrly the NITGEN fingerprint algorithm has fast recognition speed, highly accurate recognition ratio, and excellent recognition capability.
- Sep 2012Conventional Debt$38M
#3
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
#4
Series B · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2016 · 21 employees$4.2Mraised▾
Provider of AI-driven banking-as-a-service platform. This platform bridges the credit gap between data-rich businesses and banks. It facilitates lending by processing data into loanable information using AI, enabling banks to make data-driven decisions and expand credit access. The platform offers financing options for e-commerce and e-mobility borrowers, leveraging real-time data analysis to assess risk and determine optimal financing conditions. The AI engine is designed to solve various financial services challenges, improving access to credit and enhancing the efficiency of lending processes. The platform also incorporates embedded finance models, seamlessly integrating financial services into various business operations.
- May 2020Series B$4.2M
#5
Public · Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do · founded 2000 · 231 employees$2.4Mraised▾
Provider of software solutions for speech recognition and synthesis. The company offers voice recognition and synthesis solutions applicable in various areas, including smart cars, home appliances, home networks, and smartphone applications. It provides cybersecurity and chatbot solutions specifically designed for banks.
- Aug 2012Seed$2.4M
#6
Seed · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2012 · 17 employees—raised▾
Developer of security chips, hardware wallets, and related security solutions. The company provides security chips applicable to advanced metering infrastructure modems and meters. It offers hardware security modules, including security tokens, for secure authentication. Additionally, it develops hardware wallets and custody services for digital asset protection, supporting multi-signature and backup options. The company's technology extends to cryptographic libraries and smart card technologies.
- Dec 2025Seed—
#7
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—
#8
Late Stage · Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do · founded 2013 · 74 employees—raised▾
12cm provides cloud-based fraud detection and user authentication solutions. Its solutions include Echoss Platform for developing cross-platform systems, Echoss Stamp for user authentication via encryption, Echoss FIntech for providing fraud detection solutions in payment systems, and more. It uses big data for building hardware and software architecture of the platform.
- 2018PE—
#9
Public · Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do · founded 1989 · 161 employees—raised▾
Provider of digital security solutions. They offer wide range of solutions such as image sensing solutions,3D sensing solutions,security solutions and automotive solutions.
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