# Shin Starr Presents

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/shin-starr-presents

- Industry: Food
- Headquarters: Seoul, South Korea
- Website: www.shinstarr.com
- Total disclosed funding: $14M
- Latest round: Series B (Jan 13, 2026)
- Investors on record: 10

## About

Based in Seoul, South Korea, and founded in 2019, SHIN STARR presents is an automated kitchen startup company. In 2020, it opened Gongdol Kitchen, an automated kitchen in Seoul, and succeeded in testing and verifying a model that can be operated with a small amount of manpower. Based on this, the company is about to open its second store in Korea planning to enter the Singapore market by 2021. In January 2026, Shin Starr Presents Corp. raised KRW 8.2 billion in series B funding from new investor Korea Investment Partners. Returning investors Enlight Ventures, Translink Investment and other unspecified investors also participated in this round.

The company has released its automated kitchens franchies Auto Wok, unmanned automated fryer, Auto Fryer and automatic unmanned chicken truck called Chick Truck.

The company plans to use the January 2026 funding to expand its franchise in the US.

## Funding rounds

- Series B, Jan 13, 2026, $5.7M — Korea Investment Partners, Enlight Ventures, Translink Investment
- Series A, May 28, 2025, $3.7M — CJ Investment, Translink Investment, Bilanx Investment
- Series A, Sep 4, 2023, $4.3M — NAU IB Capital, Hana Securities, KNet Investment Partners, Enlight Ventures, Woowa Brothers, Wisdomain, Inc.

## Investors

- NAU IB Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/nau-ib-capital) — Series A
- Hana Securities (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/hana-securities) — Series A
- KNet Investment Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/knet-investment-partners) — Series A
- Enlight Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/enlight-ventures) — Series A, Series B
- Woowa Brothers — Series A
- Wisdomain, Inc. — Series A
- CJ Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/cj-investment) — Series A
- Translink Investment — Series A, Series B
- Bilanx Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/bilanx-investment) — Series A
- Korea Investment Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/korea-investment-partners) — Series B