Dunamu & Partners

Backing founders across Blockchain, Fintech & AI | Venture investing from Seoul, Korea | Building the next generation of technology companies | #VC #Blockchain

[Dunamu & Partners @DunamuPartners]

Markets move further when capital moves freely.

Financial infrastructure is becoming increasingly global, programmable and connected.

Capital can now move across borders, platforms and networks in ways that were difficult to imagine just a few years ago.

We’re watching closely as these changes reshape access to financial markets — and create entirely new ways for value to move around the world. ↗️

The next financial system won’t be built in one place.

Dunamu & Partners

[Dunamu & Partners @DunamuPartners]

Backing what’s next.

The next generation of companies won’t fit neatly into a single category.

Blockchain is becoming financial infrastructure. AI is changing how products are built. Fintech is reshaping how value moves.

We invest in the teams bringing these shifts together - and building businesses around them.

Dunamu & Partners

[Dunamu & Partners @DunamuPartners]

Curiosity is a powerful technology. 🔎

Many of the things that changed the way we live began with a question that had no obvious answer.

What if humans could fly?
What if we could send information across the world in seconds?
What if we could explore places we had never seen?

- The interesting part is that curiosity doesn’t always lead somewhere immediately. Most questions never become inventions. Most experiments don’t work. And most ideas are forgotten.

- But every once in a while, a question opens a door to something entirely new.

Progress rarely starts with knowing the answer.
It starts with being willing to ask.

Dunamu & Partners

[Dunamu & Partners @DunamuPartners]

The financial system is becoming more connected. 🌐

Stablecoins and onchain infrastructure are opening new ways to move capital across markets - faster, with fewer intermediaries and without traditional borders.

What started as crypto-native infrastructure is increasingly becoming part of the broader financial system.

The next phase is global. 🚀

[Dunamu & Partners @DunamuPartners]

Stablecoins vs Card Networks 💳

Adjusted stablecoin transfer volume reached $10.2 trillion over the past 12 months, roughly 4% below Mastercard’s volume over a comparable period.

The figure comes with an important caveat: this is on-chain transfer volume, not consumer payment volume. Visa’s adjusted methodology filters out activity such as bots, high-frequency trading, internal exchange treasury movements, and other transactions that do not reflect organic stablecoin usage.

Even with that distinction, the scale is notable. Stablecoins are increasingly reaching the kind of transaction volume historically associated with major payment networks.

https://t.co/UwpX0PcugT

[Dunamu & Partners @DunamuPartners]

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[IOPn Newsroom @IOPn_newsroom]

UPDATE: @Visa and @Official_Upbit’s operator, @DunamuPartners, signed a partnership Friday to build stablecoin payments, cross-border remittance, and "agentic commerce" services in which AI agents purchase on users' behalf.

Visa's stablecoin settlement crossed a roughly $7 billion annualized run rate as of March. Global President Oliver Jenkyn called AI, stablecoins and tokenization "key trends that will reshape how finance and commerce operate." Commercial launch waits on Korea finalizing stablecoin, AML, KYC and FX rules.

The largest card network on the planet is now officially in the agent commerce business.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

JUST IN: @Samsung agrees to buy a $408M stake in Dunamu, the operator of South Korea's largest crypto exchange @Official_Upbit, as Kakao offloads $1.5B in the company in under a month.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

JUST IN: Hana Bank, one of South Korea’s largest commercial banks, acquired a $670 million stake in Dunamu, the operator of the country’s largest crypto exchange Upbit.

The firms also agreed to cooperate on building infrastructure for a won-denominated stablecoin ecosystem.

[Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph]

🇰🇷 BIG: One of South Korea largest bank Hana acquires a $670 million stake in Dunamu, the operator of Upbit, signaling growing bank adoption of digital assets.

[Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph]

🇰🇷 LATEST: Samsung affiliates are acquiring a $408M stake in crypto exchange Upbit parent Dunamu.

[Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph]

🇰🇷 UPDATE: Samsung SDS is discussing stablecoin and AI payment services with Upbit operator Dunamu.

[Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph]

🇻🇳 NEW: South Korea's Upbit operator Dunamu partners with Vietnam's MB Bank to launch Vietnam's first domestic crypto exchange.

[FKCCI @FKCCI_info]

[Member News] #Pasqal, Europe’s #quantumcomputing leader, expands into #Korea with #LGElectronics and Dunamu & Partners, backed by $52M investment and government support. A major step for Seoul’s quantum ecosystem and #Frenchinnovation!
https://t.co/5ppLfJyni0
#FKCCI #MemberNews

[버섯돌이(Taehyun Kim) @mushman1970]

두나무앤파트너스가 LG전자와 프랑스 소재 중성원자 기반 양자컴퓨팅 기업 파스칼(Pasqal)에 투자를 진행했습니다. 금액은 비공개. 22년 노벨 물리학상 수상자 알랭 아스페 등이 창업한 파스칼은 2D·3D 배열의 중성원자를 활용한 양자컴퓨팅 기술을 개발하고 있습니다.
https://t.co/C74m7Q6QEx

[버섯돌이(Taehyun Kim) @mushman1970]

미국 의료기관 AI 올인원 운영 플랫폼 나이트라(Nitra)가 총 1억 8,700만 달러(약 2,750억 원) 규모의 투자를 유치했다. 국내에서는 두나무앤파트너스가 유일하게 참여했으며, 나이트라의 누적 조달 금액은 2억 500만 달러(약 3,010억 원)에 달한다.
https://t.co/ZiLYkYMDMk

[버섯돌이(Taehyun Kim) @mushman1970]

Dunamu&Partners makes a follow-on investment in AIRS Medical, joined by TA Associates, bringing its total stake to $6.24M (₩9.7B). The AI medical imaging startup will use the funds to expand in the US and Europe.
https://t.co/aSwssOvHEa