Otium Capital is where investment banking meets venture capital.
We back exceptional founders and work beside them through every stage — bringing the dealmaking experience, the network, and the conviction to take their companies to the global stage.
Our founding partners trained at bulge-bracket investment banks, executing multibillion-dollar M&A deals globally. We don't think like conventional VCs — because we never were.
Our story began with Korea–China cross-border advisory, evolved into a Southeast Asia fund, and has now expanded into a US-focused deep tech vehicle — all driven by the same tight-knit team. Cross-border is not a strategy we adopted. It is what we have always been.
We have assembled founding teams from scratch, written angel-sized checks, led Series A rounds, and structured multiple growth-stage project funds — and launched two blind funds targeting deep tech opportunities globally, with a current focus on the US and Southeast Asia. We invest where we can add the most value — not where the market tells us to.
Capital alone does not create success stories. We recruit key management, run your fundraising, negotiate your term sheets, and structure your M&A and IPO process. We have taken companies from zero to US$1bn+ valuations by rolling up our sleeves alongside founders.
Our best deals come from founders who already know us. We advise serial entrepreneurs through their biggest moments — and when they build again, we are the first call. They bring us into their networks. Their networks bring us into the next generation of great companies.
Most VCs outsource exit strategy. We build it in from the start. Our team has executed IPOs on the world's major exchanges, complex cross-border M&A transactions, and secondary placements across global markets. We know what buyers want before you need to sell.
The next wave of category-defining companies will be built by founders who think globally from day one. We back two kinds: US-based companies — often with deep roots in Korea or Asia — who are building for the world's largest market from the start; and Korean founders whose ambition was never domestic scale to begin with.
Korea's engineering talent, patent output, and startup ecosystem make it one of the world's most powerful but overlooked sources of deep tech innovation. We have spent a decade building the relationships and the platform to turn that potential into global companies.
Earliest conviction.
Longest commitment.
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Whether you are a founder with a bold idea, a company ready to scale globally, or a business seeking the right strategic partner — we are here. Tell us about your ambitions.
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Otium Capital Ltd
3F, 449 Bongeunsa-ro, Gangnam-gu
Seoul, Korea
Otium Capital Management, LLC
3003 North First Street #221
San Jose, CA 95134