Liner closed a 50 billion won ($36.1 million) Series C led by LB Investment, bringing cumulative funding to 93 billion won, or approximately $64.3 million. The South Korean AI startup has more than 14 million users across roughly 220 countries and will direct proceeds toward research, infrastructure, talent, enterprise AI and consumer-service monetization. Separately, Aston Sciences raised 39.6 billion won for its AST-301 gastric-cancer vaccine, while early-stage defense and manufacturing infrastructure startup Forge secured its first institutional investment.