MOVIN, a South Korean start-up that uses LiDAR sensors to turn human movement into 3D data, has raised a Series A round led by IMM Investment. THE ELEC, which reported the round on 3 November 2026 along with other Korean outlets, put it at ₩10bn (about $7.5m).
IBK Industrial Bank of Korea and Voyager Ventures invested for the first time. Existing backers Atinum Investment, Naver D2SF and Schmidt invested again. The valuation was not disclosed.
Naver D2SF confirmed the round on LinkedIn. It said this was its third investment in MOVIN, after a seed round in 2023 and a pre-Series A round in 2025.
What MOVIN makes
MOVIN's main product, MOVIN TRACIN, combines a LiDAR sensor with the company's own AI software to track a person's movements in real time. Traditional motion-capture studios need performers to wear special suits or markers, and MOVIN's system does not. Naver D2SF called it the first markerless motion-capture system built on LiDAR.
Most of MOVIN's customers so far are game, film and virtual-content producers. Korean media reported that the company made about ₩1bn (about $750,000) in global sales in the first year after launch, with about 70% of revenue coming from outside Korea.
MOVIN has added more products since then. VentureSquare reported that MOVIN TRACIN Stage, which follows several performers at once, was shown at the NAB Show in April, and that MOVIN TRACIN R1, a robot-learning product, runs in partners' research labs.
From film sets to robots
The company is now moving into robotics. Boston Dynamics and the RAI Institute use MOVIN's technology to operate robots remotely and to train them, according to THE ELEC, VentureSquare and Naver D2SF. Naver D2SF also said MOVIN was a launch partner for NVIDIA's SOMA, a human body model for physical AI unveiled at GTC 2026.
Kim Hong-chan, a managing director at IMM Investment, told VentureSquare that MOVIN was already earning revenue in content production and was building a record of its technology being used in robotics. Chief executive Choi Byeol-i told the same outlet that AI was moving past understanding text and images towards understanding and learning from movement in the real world.
What the money is for
MOVIN will spend the money on technology development and overseas growth. According to THE ELEC and Newspim, it will build a research centre of about 100 pyeong (about 330 square metres) to record human movement and the surrounding space in real settings. It plans to use that data to train robots and to develop world models.
VentureSquare reported that the company also plans to build on-device AI for motion data that works on hardware ranging from very light devices to large spaces with many people. It is looking at sports and rehabilitation as further markets. Newspim reported that Choi said MOVIN would keep growing its content and entertainment business while building the motion-data infrastructure needed for physical AI.
The funding so far
MOVIN was founded in 2023, and its LinkedIn page lists Seongnam in Gyeonggi Province as its headquarters. Naver D2SF backed its seed round that year but did not disclose the amount. In March 2025 the company raised ₩4bn (about $2.8m) in a pre-Series A round with Atinum Investment and others taking part, THE ELEC reported.
MOVIN has not disclosed how much it has raised in total or how many people it employs.
Company website: movin3d.com