CNT Tech, which invests in early-stage corporations, said on the 26th that it ranked No. 1 in cumulative number of investments in the "2025 first-half Korea accelerator industry white paper."
According to the white paper, CNT Tech recorded a cumulative 481 investments from the introduction of the accelerator system in 2017 through the first half of this year, ranking first overall. Bluepointpartners (382) and InfoBank (300) followed.
CNT Tech maintained the No. 1 spot in number of investments for two consecutive years, with 81 in 2023 and 103 in 2024. As of last year, that was 28 more than InfoBank (75).
CNT Tech has pursued a strategy of investing broadly in many early-stage corporations rather than focusing on investment size. Last year, CNT Tech's average investment per deal was about 2 billion won. The company operates 91 incubation (batch-type) programs, also the most overall. The company said, "This means we operated the most intensive 3–6 month cohort programs rather than simple mentoring or education programs."
Jeon Hwa-seong, head of the Korea Startup Accelerators and Early Stage Investors Association (K-AIA) and CEO of CNT Tech, said, "Ranking No. 1 in number of investments was achieved together by employees who have been working in the field and by numerous founding teams," and added, "It is more important than anything that institutions helping Start - Up early growth cooperate with one another to raise the competitiveness of the industry as a whole."
Meanwhile, domestic accelerators started with 25 companies in 2017. As of June this year, 182 accelerator firms were found to have executed investments. From 2017 through the first half of 2025, the cumulative amount invested by accelerators was 3.8053 trillion won, with a cumulative 11,615 investments, and early-stage corporations accounted for 65% of that. The average time from registration to first investment was 0.6 years.