# XCENA

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

- Industry: Semiconductors
- Headquarters: Seongnam, South Korea
- Website: www.xcena.com/
- Total disclosed funding: $186M
- Latest round: Series B (Jun 1, 2026)
- Investors on record: 25

## About

Based in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, and founded in 2022, XCENA operates as a developer of semiconductor memory for computing large amounts of data that can be used in different industries such as databases, artificial intelligence, and DNA analysis. The company is led by its CEO, Kim Jin-young. In June 2026, XCENA raised USD 135 million in series B funding co-led by new investor Atinum Ventures and returning investor IMM Investment, with participation from other returning investors LB Investment, SBI Investment, Mirae Asset Venture Investment, Mirae Asset Capital, STIC Ventures, WONIK Investment Partners, and SV Investment. New investors Corstone Capital, Kiwoom Investment, DSC Investment, Shinhan Venture Investment, Korea Development Bank, KDB Capital, Premier Partners, Kolon Investment, Company K Partners, K2 Investment Partners, Kyobo Securities, Kyobo Life Insurance, and Partners Investment also participated in the round.

XCENA's platform utilizes the CXL standard, led by Intel, to enhance CPU, memory, and accelerator capabilities in data centers. Their intelligent memory significantly improves the performance of large-scale data processing tasks such as database analytics, AI data preprocessing, and NGS DNA analysis. This technology offers faster speeds compared to traditional CPU-centric architectures. It finds practical applications in diverse fields like the database industry, AI, and DNA analysis. 

The company will use the June 2026 funding to expand global customer deployments, strengthen its commercialization efforts, and deepen collaboration with enterprise customers and ecosystem partners.

## Funding rounds

- Series B, Jun 1, 2026, $135M — Korea Development Bank, Kyobo Life Insurance, Corstone Capital, LB Investment, Shinhan Venture Investment, KDB Capital, SBI Investment, Partners Investment, DSC Investment, IMM Investment, WONIK Investment Partners, SV Investment, Kolon Investment, Company K Partners, Mirae Asset Venture Investment, Premier Partners, Kiwoom Investment, K2 Investment Partners, STIC Ventures, Kyobo Securities, Mirae Asset Capital, Atinum Ventures
- Series A, May 13, 2024, $44M — SBI Investment Korea, LB Investment, Industrial Bank of Korea, IMM Investment, SV Investment, Mirae Asset Venture Investment, STIC Ventures, Tony Investment, Mirae Asset Capital
- Seed, Jan 23, 2023, $6.9M — SBI Investment Korea, IMM Investment, WONIK Investment Partners, Mirae Asset Venture Investment, Tony Investment, Mirae Asset Capital

## Investors

- SBI Investment Korea (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sbi-investment-korea) — Seed, Series A
- IMM Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/imm-investment) — Seed, Series A, Series B
- WONIK Investment Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/wonik-investment-partners) — Seed, Series B
- Mirae Asset Venture Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/mirae-asset-venture-investment) — Seed, Series A, Series B
- Tony Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/tony-investment) — Seed, Series A
- Mirae Asset Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/mirae-asset-capital) — Seed, Series A, Series B
- LB Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/lb-investment) — Series A, Series B
- Industrial Bank of Korea — Series A
- SV Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sv-investment) — Series A, Series B
- STIC Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/stic-ventures) — Series A, Series B
- Korea Development Bank (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/korea-development-bank) — Series B
- Kyobo Life Insurance — Series B
- Corstone Capital — Series B
- Shinhan Venture Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/shinhan-venture-investment) — Series B
- KDB Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/kdb-capital) — Series B
- SBI Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sbi-investment) — Series B
- Partners Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/partners-investment) — Series B
- DSC Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/dsc-investment) — Series B
- Kolon Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/kolon-investment) — Series B
- Company K Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/company-k-partners) — Series B
- Premier Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/premier-partners) — Series B
- Kiwoom Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/kiwoom-investment) — Series B
- K2 Investment Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/k2-investment-partners) — Series B
- Kyobo Securities (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/kyobo-securities) — Series B
- Atinum Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/atinum-ventures) — Series B