South Korea’s largest B2B reading platform, Bookers, announced that it has successfully attracted a total of USD 746,470 (KRW 1 billion) in Pre-Series A investment from Kiros Venture Partners and Korea Value Investment. This investment aims to establish a strategic partnership to leap forward as a global B2B reading platform, beyond mere fundraising.

Bookers has been leading innovation in corporate culture through reading by providing e-book subscription services and reading management solutions to over 100 companies, public institutions, and educational organizations. In the recent digital transformation (DX) trend of the HRD and education markets, Bookers has emerged as a prominent edutech player.

Along with this investment, Bookers relocated its headquarters to Gwangju Metropolitan City. Gwangju is a city actively promoting policies to foster the edutech and cultural content industries, and Bookers plans to grow into a next-generation edutech hub company based on policy support and the local talent pool.

Jae-young Park, Vice President of Korea Value Investment, the investing company, stated, “Bookers is a company with explosive growth potential across the reading, education, and content industries. This investment will be an important stepping stone for Bookers’s global expansion and long-term growth.”

Dong-myeong Lim, CEO of Bookers, said, “This investment is significant not only for securing funds but also for establishing strategic partnerships that will share Bookers’s vision. We will leap forward as Asia’s leading B2B reading platform through AI-based personalized reading recommendations, customized reading management solutions for businesses, and a global e-book distribution platform.”

Based on this investment, Bookers plans to actively pursue the following strategies: ▲Advancing services with AI and data ▲Expanding global services for companies and institutions ▲Developing convergence models of reading management and edutech. Through these efforts, Bookers aims to establish itself as a global edutech leader beyond the domestic market.