- CEO
- Dong Guel Kwak
- Full Time Employees
- 75
- Sector
- Producer manufacturing
- Industry
- Electrical products
- Address
- 10th Floor, MSA Building Seoul SL South Korea 06194
- IPO Date
- Nov 25, 1997
- Business
- STIC Investments, Inc. (026890.KS) operates as a leading private equity and venture capital firm focused on growth capital, buyouts, secondary market transactions, and fund-of-fund investments targeting mid-cap and large-cap companies across Asia. The firm provides direct investments in series A, series B, buyouts, secondary direct investments, corporate restructurings, seed/startups, emerging growth, turnaround situations, middle market, late venture, PIPEs, recapitalizations, and growth capital; it specializes in sectors including industrials and business services such as defense, manufacturing, diversified industrial technology, automotive, shipbuilding, chemicals, packaging, and logistics; ICT encompassing software, hardware, digital services, application software, infrastructure software, cyber-security, and semiconductors; bio and healthcare covering hospitals, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, and medical products; consumer and consumer technology like e-commerce platforms, technology-enabled services, and payment services; and games and entertainment. Founded in July 1999 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, STIC maintains offices in Busan, Hong Kong, Ho Chi Minh City, Shanghai, Taipei, and employs approximately 70 professionals, serving a global investor base that includes sovereign wealth funds, public pension funds, insurance companies, financial institutions, family offices, endowments, foundations, and fund of funds from Korea, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, with assets under management reaching US$6.7 billion as of early 2024. Recent developments include the acquisition of Seoul Airbus in April 2025, an investment in PineTree Therapeutics' Series A-II round in July 2024, a private equity investment in Jaewon Industry for approximately $205 million in July 2024, the exit of Carrot General Insurance via acquisition in April 2025, and the release of 3Q 2025 earnings in November 2025, alongside ongoing portfolio management across more than 300 invested companies primarily in technology-enabled manufacturing industries such as TMT, healthcare, biotechnology, clean technology, automotive, and shipbuilding.