# Tounou

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/tounou

- Industry: Consumer Products
- Headquarters: Daegu, South Korea
- Website: www.tounou.co.kr
- Latest round: Series A (Oct 22, 2025)
- Investors on record: 4

## About

Based in Daegu, South Korea, and founded in 2019, ARTRAMI, trading under the name Tounou, operates as an art commerce platform that enables artists to share and communicate their work through its art merchandise brand platform and earn revenue. As of October 2022, the company provides 4,000 art products and 12 product categories with over 60 artists. The company is led by its CEO Hyeon-tae Kim. In May 2026, Tounou raised an undisclosed amount of venture funding from returning investors New Paradigm Investment and Korea Tech Incubator, being selected for Accelerator Investment-Driven Tech Incubator Program Deep-Tech TIPS

Tounou offers a platform that can be accessed through mobile and PC devices. It provides art products, including posters, mobile cases, cushions, t-shirts, pillow covers, mug cups, calendar posters, sweatshirts, hood t-shirts, card pocket case, hard and tough cases, mouse pads, smart talk, gift card, fabric posters, wallpaper for mobile, and smartwatches with various themes from various artist including Heejin Ahn, Oilly, Junho Ahn, and Jean Chung. The company plans to use the funds raised in October 2025 to increase brand awareness and expand its product categories.

The company plans to use the May 2026 funding to validate and commercialize its protein production platform.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Oct 22, 2025 — Korea Credit Guarantee Fund, Musinsa Partners
- Seed, Mar 1, 2023 — Korea Tech Incubator for Startup, New Paradigm Investment

## Investors

- Korea Tech Incubator for Startup — Seed
- New Paradigm Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/new-paradigm-investment) — Seed
- Korea Credit Guarantee Fund — Series A
- Musinsa Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/musinsa-partners) — Series A