Best Smart Homes Companies in South Korea
The 42 best Smart Homes companies in South Korea in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Brunt.
- May 25, 2011: Global Smart Homes Market to Grow to $11 Billion by 2015
Ranked: Best Smart Homes companies in South Korea
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brunt WiFi connected smart plugs and socket board for home automation applications | $1M | 101 mo ago | Seed | — | 2015 | — | 2 patents Control systems and servers for blind-driven elevator operation | — |
| 2 | MAETEL Developer of smart pillows for consumers | $250K | 122 mo ago | Seed | Key Jeong CEO | 2016 | — | 15 patents Smart textile sensors for health and sleep monitoring with IoT integration | — |
| 3 | Prota Developer of home device management and automation solutions | $100K | 111 mo ago | Seed | Taehyun Park Founder | 2009 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Norma Security solution for wireless networks | — | 25 mo ago | Public | — | 2011 | — | 91 patents Quantum algorithms for drug discovery, cybersecurity, and financial modeling applications. | 1 partnership |
| 5 | Afterain Provides smart air purifying devices | — | — | Deadpooled | Yoon Hee Lee Founder & Co-CEO | 2018 | — | 13 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | — |
| 6 | Amadas Developer of connected lever locks | — | — | Deadpooled | Eunmin Park CEO | 2014 | — | 25 patents Smart electronic door lock hardware, interfaces, and emergency power solutions | — |
| 7 | ArcticPod Developer of thermostat | — | — | Deadpooled | Leif Zars II Co-Founder | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 8 | BallReady Innovative product that works both as a pet feeder and virtual play mate | — | — | Funding Raised | Park Seung-Gon Founder | 2013 | — | 13 patents Smart interactive pet care devices and communication analytics for companion animal play | — |
Top 4 Smart Homes companies in South Korea
#1
Seed · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2015 · 9 employees$1.4Mraised▾
Brunt develops smart connected plugs that allow the user to remotely monitor and manage their home devices. The plugs developed by the company connects to home WiFi and can communicate with the user's mobile phone using a cloud-based platform. The companion app allows the user to remotely manage the devices and monitor their power usage. As of June 2017, the company was offering three products a smart plug, a charging chord and an extension board (with a smart plug and USB charger).
- Mar 2018Seed$1.4M
#2
Seed · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2016$250Kraised▾
MAETEL is a Korea-based IoT startup that has developed a smart pillow, also known as Pillowsofit, for residential applications. Claims to automatically adjust its height as per the body type of the user and monitor their sleep pattern via the companion application. Also, allows users to record their sleeping environment such as snoring, sleep talking, among others and based on this data provides personalised recommendations. The company has been accelerated by HAX in 2018.
- 2016Seed$250K
#3
Seed · Gyeongju si, North Gyeongsang Province · founded 2009$100Kraised▾
Developer of home device management and automation solutions
#4
Public · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2011 · 56 employees—raised▾
Norma provides a security solution for wireless networks. The products offered by the company are AtEar, MoVi, IoTEye, IoTCare, and BlueCare. AtEar provides detection & analysis of wireless attacks, identify the status of the device, detects and notifies users of wireless network attacks that occur internally. MoVi provides secure WiFi service using Android application. It enables the user to see the Wi-Fi risk and attack and check the information of the connected router. It leverages anti-smoothing technology to identify smuggling URLs included in SMS.
- Jul 2024Post IPO—
Funding & investor landscape
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