News 2026.07.09

SBI Investment Selected as K-Culture Fund Manager for IBK Industrial Bank of Korea’s ‘2026 IBK Companion Fund’

SBI Investment has been selected as the general partner (GP) for the K-culture sector of the ‘2026 IBK Companion Fund,’ to which IBK Industrial Bank of Korea is committing a total of KRW 120 billion.
The program will establish sub-funds totaling KRW 233.4 billion across three areas: impact, bio and healthcare, and K-culture. In the K-culture sector, for which SBI Investment was selected, IBK Industrial Bank of Korea will commit KRW 50 billion, and SBI Investment plans to form a KRW 50 billion fund by the end of December and invest at least 60% of the target fund size in newly issued shares.
Through this fund, SBI Investment plans to expand its investments in promising small and venture companies that will drive the global spread of K-content and the cultural industry, and to take the lead in nurturing a K-culture ecosystem that links policy finance with private investment.

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