Personal eyewear brand Breeze (CEOs Sung Woo-seok and Park Hyung-jin) announced on the 17th that it had successfully attracted 8 billion won in Series B investment.
Helios Ventures and KH Venture Partners participated as new investors in this investment, and the Industrial Bank of Korea conducted a follow-up investment following the Series A investment in 2023. With this, Breezm's cumulative investment amount has exceeded a total of 19.5 billion won.
Breeze is a personal eyewear brand based on 3D facial scanning, 3D printing technology, and big data recommendations, and has maintained steady growth since its launch in late 2018. Last year alone, it recorded sales of 10.8 billion won with over 25,000 units sold, a 52.5% increase from the previous year, achieving its best performance ever. It currently operates 12 stores in Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Busan, as well as a store in New York, USA, and is solidifying its position in the custom eyewear market.
With this investment, Breezm plans to focus on aggressive moves such as expanding its domestic and international stores. It plans to open 7~8 additional domestic stores within the year, including Incheon and Pyeongchon, and also plans to open its second store in the US. In the US, it will also launch an iPhone application that allows custom glasses to be ordered from home during the second half of the year.
We are also accelerating the construction of the Seongsu-dong Smart Factory, which is scheduled to open in August. The Breeze Smart Factory will be the first in Korea to combine a polyamide eyeglass frame manufacturing plant, a store, and an office space, and is expected to be approximately 200 pyeong in size. It is planned to be a local landmark where customers can vividly experience Breeze’s innovative system, and to create an experiential space where customers can not only purchase products but also directly observe the process of making eyeglasses using 3D printing technology.
Helios Ventures CEO Lee Tae-yoon, who participated in this investment, explained the background of the investment, saying, “Based on their unrivaled technological prowess, Breezm has proven over the past six years that customized glasses have sufficient growth potential both domestically and internationally.” He continued, “Once they begin to see results in overseas markets such as the U.S., we expect them to grow significantly into a brand that will bring about a tectonic shift in the global eyewear market.”
Park Hyung-jin, CEO of Breeze, said, “I am delighted that we have established a foundation for both appearance and substance at this important time when the demand for eyeglasses is increasing worldwide due to the problem of myopia in children and the increase in the presbyopia population. We will do our best to properly establish ourselves as a leading company that will lead new changes in the global eyeglasses market in step with the AI era.”
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