Six Major VCs Including Sequoia and a16z Sign MOU with South Korea's National Pension Fund to Boost Investment in AI and Other Strategic Industries

TechFlow news, July 27, according to Korean media Asiae, six top Silicon Valley venture capital firms including Sequoia Capital, a16z, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, General Catalyst, and NEA announced signing a strategic investment cooperation memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the National Pension Service of Korea (NPS), planning to jointly explore investment opportunities, share investment information, and strengthen global venture capital layout. Furthermore, the Korean government is accelerating policies to attract overseas venture capital, coupled with the launch of the "National Growth Fund" with a scale of 200 trillion won; the market expects that the Korean venture capital sector will see simultaneous inflows of policy funds, private capital, and overseas capital, and strategic industries such as AI and semiconductors are expected to receive more investment. However, industry insiders warn that if a large amount of capital concentrates on a few popular enterprises, it may push up enterprise valuations and form bubbles, and future IPOs and M&A exits may face valuation correction pressure, affecting fund return rates.