The Korea Times
Naver and Kakao are stepping up efforts to secure future growth engines by expanding investments in promising startups in fields such as health care and artificial intelligence (AI), signaling a broader push to stay ahead of rapid technological shifts. The tech companies' venture arms, Naver D2SF and Kakao Ventures, are sharpening investment strategies to identify high-potential startups and build long-term partnerships as they seek to secure AI-native capabilities and expand globally. Naver D2SF announced Tuesday that it has made follow-on investments in U.S.-focused health care startups Soundable Health and Nuvilab, the Korean-founded companies that have demonstrated product-market fit in the U.S. market. Soundable Health, which received seed funding from Naver D2SF shortly after its founding in 2019, develops AI models that analyze body sound data to assess health status. Its first product, proudP, uses only a smartphone to analyze urination sounds and monitor symptoms related to conditions such as benign prostatic hyperplasia. The solution, which was cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug
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