Top 40 Enterprise Angel Investors in South Korea in January 2026
A list of 40 angel investors that invest in Enterprise startups based in South korea. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Enterprise companies from South korea. We update this investor list every month.Top 40 Enterprise Angel Investors in South Korea in January 2026
| Investor | Enterprise South Korea investments |
|---|---|
| Taekkyung Lee | 5 |
| Aviram Jenik | 4 |
| S Cubic Angels | 3 |
| Daniel Shin | 3 |
| Jay Eum | 2 |
| Jung-hee Ryu | 2 |
| Young Song | 2 |
| Kiha Lee | 1 |
| Robert Leshner | 1 |
| Sujay Tyle | 1 |
| Michael Egorov | 1 |
| Stani Kulechov | 1 |
| Blaine Vess | 1 |
| Seongho Choi | 1 |
| Tarun Chitra | 1 |
| Alexander Schill | 1 |
| Fernando Martinelli | 1 |
| Primer Saje | 1 |
| Jimmy Kim | 1 |
| Douglas Guen | 1 |
| Dongwon Sung | 1 |
| Jae Moon Chung | 1 |
| Sanghee Lee | 1 |
| Shrishti Sahu | 1 |
| eve Christine | 1 |
| Park Jong-hwan | 1 |
| Chaehyun Lee | 1 |
| Shin Hyun Sung | 1 |
| Chang Wook Kim | 1 |
| Jaewoong Lee | 1 |
| Kevin Baek | 1 |
| Matthew Papakipos | 1 |
| Richard Seongho Choi | 1 |
| Andrew McGlinchey | 1 |
| Lee Dong seok | 1 |
| Sam Kazemian | 1 |
| Sangmin Shim | 1 |
| Kim Won-tae | 1 |
| Kelvin Dongho Kim | 1 |
| Songyee Yoon | 1 |
Taekkyung Lee is the Founder , CEO and Representative Partner of Mashup Ventures. He previously worked at Primer Season2 as a Founding Partner. Taekkyung Lee attended Yonsei University.
Show more
Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Marketing
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- Soundl.ly — Soundl.ly provides IoT manufactures & app developers with the most reliable data-over-audio technology for pairing devices instantly with zero user hassle.* Our technology is 100% software, so 10 times cheaper than Bluetooth* UX becomes far simpler since the steps to turn Bluetooth ON are eliminated* Our patented technology is based onRADAR and outperforming competitors by 10xOur clients (as of Aug. '16):* Akbank TV commercials: we activated TV viewer's mobiles to send an app install link* Shopping&T: TV shopping network with 15M subscriber reach* Lotte Cinema: 30% marketshare of Korean domestic theaters
- 500videos Inc. — 500videos’s verified video comes with 3-point (place, people, product) verification. We visit to check actual location of business, check the business registration or real owner and shoot the real product or service.
- DRAMA & COMPANY — Draman Company is a Mobile-based startup offering a cloud-based business card management application. The company was established in June 2013.
Venture Capitalist, investor and former Enterpreneur.
Founder x5, profitable bootstraps, 3 exits; investor x30+ in Israel, Silicon Valley and Korea; passion for: cyber security, building scalable B2B companies
Show more
Investment focus
- Software, Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence
- Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- United States, South Korea, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- FROGED — Discover afforable Customer Experience tools to scale your business. Reduce churn, improve onboarding & offer amazing customer support - all in one platform.
- SplxAI — SplxAI provides the most comprehensive platform for AI Security Testing and Red Teaming, ensuring your AI Assistants and Agents are secure and reliable from build to runtime.
- Adversa AI — Adversa AI is on a mission to increase trust in AI systems by protecting them from cyber threats, privacy issues, and safety incidents.
S Cubic Angels
Show more
Investment focus
- Education, Apps, EdTech
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- South Korea
Daniel Shin is a renowned entrepreneur and investor, with extensive expertise and deep relationships in e-commerce. Daniel Shin is the Founder and CEO of PortOne Global, a leading payment company in Asia and beyond. The company's mission is to empower digital commerce partners across the Asian region. Through PortOne Global, Daniel Shinassists in the growth and development of partner companies and facilitates expansion.Previously, Daniel founded and was CEO of TicketMonster, Korea's leading e-commerce platform with $3.5Bin GMV. He is also a Co-Founder and board member of Fast Track Asia, a company-builder that established and sold multiple businesses including Fast Five (office sharing platform) and FoodFly (food delivery, acquired by Yogiyo).Daniel holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Show more
Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, Internet
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- South Korea, United States, Malaysia
Portfolio highlights
- Bering Lab — Bering Lab provides AI-powered machine translation services for the legal, IP, financial, technology, enterprise markets
- Port One — Port One provides payment solutions for online businesses.
- Korea Credit Data — Korea Credit Data (KCD) provides essential services for merchants in Korea including business management, customer analysis, POS and payment services as well as marketplace platform. KCD and its six subsidiaries currently serve more than two million businesses in Korea.KCD aims to resolve issues a business owner faces from the beginning to end ofhis business life. To this end, KCD expands its business areas to include payment(Korea Payment Networks), POS(IMU), and credit bureau(Korea Credit Service) which obtained a CB license for the first time in 17 years.KCD made strong strategic partnerships with industry leading companies and built a high entry barrier; the company raised $220M+ from Temasek(Pavilion Capital), Morgan Stanley(Tactical Value), Kakao(No.1 mobile platform in Korea), KB Kookmin Bank(No.1 retail bank in Korea), Hanwha Life Insurance, Shinhan Card(No.1 credit card company in Korea), Dunamu(No.1 cryptocurrency exchange in Korea 'Upbit'), GS Holdings(No.1 CVS in Korea 'GS25'), Fiserv(the largest non-bank merchant acquirer) and more.
Jay Eum is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of GFT Ventures.
Show more
Investment focus
- Software, Mobile, Analytics
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, South Korea, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- boam.ai — The easy way to find your next meal. Combines your favorite review sites, restaurant platforms, and tools in one place.
- Merit — A software platform for verified digital credentials for government, organizations, people, and communities.
- Opaper — Bikin toko online dalam 2 menit! Terima pembayaran, pesan kurir semua disatu aplikasi memudahkan penjualan manualmu yang dari WhatsApp dan sosial media.
Jung-hee Ryu is the Partner and CEO of FuturePlay. He previously worked at FoundationX as a Partner. Jung-hee Ryu attended the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.
Show more
Investment focus
- Software, Fashion, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- South Korea, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Primer — Primer (프라이머) is a startup accelerator that the partners are all entrepreneurs based in Korea. The company started Jan 2010.The company forms groups called “PrimerClub Members” by selecting potential entrepreneurs, invest seed fund and provides them with mentoring and other support services to help ensure successful outcomes in their newventures.
- Alcacruz — A video streaming company with offices in Silicon Valley & Seoul. AlcaCruz created CruzTV, a global esports streaming platform that live streams multiple views (esports, sports games, concerts, channel programming, etc.) into one interactive screen. Our MultiView technology is based on AlcaCruz's SuperStream which live streams 360VR/AR/MR with superb video quality and at extremely low bandwidth (70% cost savings over conventional VR streaming).
- Soundl.ly — Soundl.ly provides IoT manufactures & app developers with the most reliable data-over-audio technology for pairing devices instantly with zero user hassle.* Our technology is 100% software, so 10 times cheaper than Bluetooth* UX becomes far simpler since the steps to turn Bluetooth ON are eliminated* Our patented technology is based onRADAR and outperforming competitors by 10xOur clients (as of Aug. '16):* Akbank TV commercials: we activated TV viewer's mobiles to send an app install link* Shopping&T: TV shopping network with 15M subscriber reach* Lotte Cinema: 30% marketshare of Korean domestic theaters
Young Song joined NComputing as Founder and CEO in 2003.Mr. Song brings over 20 years of technology vision and entrepreneurial leadership with a focus on products that deliver life-enhancing value to education, business and consumers. He has founded and operated several start-up ventures with an inherent talent and track record for turning ideasinto viable products and sustainable businesses. He is also active angel investor through his own investment vehicle, Booga Ventures and Big Basin Capital as a venture partner. He founded and currently is Chief Executive Officer of NComputing group. Prior to co-founding NComputing, Mr. Song was also the founder and CEO of DoubleSight Displays, a company that delivered affordable and cost-effective dual displays to businesses and consumers and successfully acquired by Erae Inc, TV and Monitor company in South Korea. In addition, Mr. Song co-founded and was vice president of product marketing for eMachines, a pioneer in bringing affordable computing to consumers. eMachines went NASDAQ in 3 years and acquired by Gateway Computer. He began his career as marketing director for both TriGem America Corporation and TriGem Computer, Inc.Mr. Song holds a Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering from Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea. He is also an active volunteer for several non-profit organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area and lives in Palo Alto with his family.
Show more
Investment focus
- Travel, Software, Logistics
- Angel, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- Primer — Primer (프라이머) is a startup accelerator that the partners are all entrepreneurs based in Korea. The company started Jan 2010.The company forms groups called “PrimerClub Members” by selecting potential entrepreneurs, invest seed fund and provides them with mentoring and other support services to help ensure successful outcomes in their newventures.
- Airmule — Airmule Founded in 2015 and built with love in Los Angeles, California, Airmule is a trusted community marketplace for anyone to affordably express ship worldwide with a traveler from a mobile phone or tablet.Whether across the country or the world, Airmule connects people to safely deliver packages anytime, anywhere at low rates and in lesstime. Airmule is the easiest way for people list their trip to earn money with their extra luggage space.
- Talkwheel — Talkwheel is where you discuss what you are passionate about in life. We are ushering in the new days of mobile conversation. Want to argue over who has the cutest pet, debate politics, or talk about the Giants during the game? Talkwheel is the app for that!Instead of tweeting and getting no response, write in Talkwheel and find fellowaficionados to have meaningful conversations around topics you care about. Unlike most mobile forums, Talkwheel believes that forums don’t have to be ugly to be functional. That’s why we’ve designed a beautiful mobile app with you, the user, as the focal point. You can even continue the conversation at your desktop at social.talkwheel.com!
Kiha Lee is the Founding Partner of Primer Sazze Partners. He previously worked at Sazze Partners as a Managing Partner. Kiha Lee attended the University of California Berkeley.
Show more
Investment focus
- Apps, Sales, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- South Korea, United States, Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Primer — Primer (프라이머) is a startup accelerator that the partners are all entrepreneurs based in Korea. The company started Jan 2010.The company forms groups called “PrimerClub Members” by selecting potential entrepreneurs, invest seed fund and provides them with mentoring and other support services to help ensure successful outcomes in their newventures.
- MakeDashy — Maximize repeat purchases with targeted user segmentation and dynamic product recommendation at Retentics, powered by AI
- SWING — SWING is a micro-mobility service provider.
Robert Leshner is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Superstate. He previously worked at Compound Labs as a Founder. Robert Leshner attended CFA Institute.
Show more
Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Degen War$ — Degen War$ is a player-versus-player NFT card game that takes place entirely on the blockchain.
- Bonsai — An experimental, mixed ERC-20 / ERC-721 implementation with native liquidity, fractionalization and unique art. 100000 $BONSAI Token is linked to 1 BONSAI NFT!
- Fantom Foundation — Fantom is a next-gen Layer-1 platform for DeFi, dApps and businesses.
Sujay is the 26-year old CEO and Co-Founder of Frontier Car Group (FCG), a Berlin-based, emerging markets-focused automotive marketplace. Sujay co-founded the business at the age of 23. FCG has now raised $575M+ from Naspers, Balderton, and TPG Growth. Prior, Sujay was a partner at Kingsway Capital, a London-based emerging-markets focused fund.Sujay was on the founding team of Hired.com (a talent marketplace) as its COO, which now operates in Australia, Europe, and the US. Before Hired, Sujay entered Harvard at age 15, before leaving with a Thiel Fellowship. Sujay was named one of Forbes’ 30 under 30 and one of Goldman Sachs’ top 100 intriguing entrepreneurs in 2016 and 2018.
Show more
Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, B2B
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Colombia, Mexico, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- Unaric — Our mission is to help Salesforce customers maximise their investment on the Salesforce platform through an integrated suite of applications. Explore our application suites across Revenue Operations, Service Operations and System Administration.
- Ascendx Cloud — Supercharge Salesforce with connected apps that streamline sales, automate data, and drive enterprise-scale growth - Salesforce Solutions By Ascendx
- Vetalia — Vetalia offers a variety of services specifically geared toward dogs, reimagining access to the veterinarian experience. Vetalia helps to maximize quality of pets life.
Michael Egorov is the Founder of Curve DAO Token. He previously worked at NuCypher as a CTO. Michael Egorov attended Swinburne University of Technology.
Show more
Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Singapore, South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- Eywa — Founded in 2021, EYWA helps Web3 projects scale up by enabling them to operate, get listed, and traded on all connected blockchain networks with a single liquidity pool. Additionally, EYWA provides a truly decentralized data protocol for secure messaging.In partnership with Curve Finance, one of the largest decentralized exchanges, EYWA isintroducing a new paradigm of non-algorithmic cross-chain assets aimed at solving the problem of liquidity fragmentation. Their cross-chain protocol stands out as the most decentralized solution in the market.- Received 6 grants from biggest L1/L2 blockchain networks including NEAR Foundation, Aurora, Harmony One, Algorand, Boba Network, and others - Winning hackathons: Ethglobal Marketmake, Polygon’s BUIDL IT hackathon, Metis hackathon
- Defi.money — Welcome to a new era of $MONEY
- Fantom Foundation — Fantom is a next-gen Layer-1 platform for DeFi, dApps and businesses.
Stani Kulechov is the founder and CEO of Aave and ETHLend. He is a seasoned entrepreneur with extensive experience developing technology in the crypto, blockchain, and fintech space. Stani is also a mentor to many founders and advisors of ICOs and blockchain projects and has spoken at numerous FinTech, Blockchain and cryptocurrency events,particularly on topics related to Ethereum Smart Contracts.
Show more
Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Australia, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- ether.fi — Delegated Staking Protocol
- RISE Labs — The Gigagas Layer 2
- Fantom Foundation — Fantom is a next-gen Layer-1 platform for DeFi, dApps and businesses.
Blaine Vess is the Founder of Immeasurable. He previously worked at Solve as a Co-Founder and CEO. Blaine Vess attended San Jose State University.
Show more
Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, India, United Kingdom
Choi Seong-ho is the chairman of the AI Angel Club.
Show more
Investment focus
- Health Care, E-Commerce, Retail
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- GREENDA — GREENDA is a bio-aviation oil and gas raw material manufacturing company.
- Weperson — Weperson develops and operates a human resources software as a service platform.
- LNPsolution — LNPsolution is a cutting-edge biotechnology company specializing in AI-based new drug development, utilizing advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to accelerate drug discovery, optimize compound screening, and reduce the time and cost traditionally associated with pharmaceutical research and development.
Tarun Chitra is Co-Founder and CEO of Gauntlet, a simulation platform for crypto networks to help developers understand how decisions about security, governance, and consensus mechanisms are likely to affect network activity and asset value. His research in DeFi includes the first peer-reviewed papers proving the economic security properties ofUniswap and Compound. He previously worked in high frequency trading for Vatic Labs and was a scientific programmer at D. E. Shaw Research.
Show more
Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, France
Portfolio highlights
- Inco — Bringing confidentiality to Web3 through the fhEVM
- Zama — Secure data privacy of your application with the Zama Concrete framework and its fully homomorphic encryption library
- Fantom Foundation — Fantom is a next-gen Layer-1 platform for DeFi, dApps and businesses.
Alexander Schill
Show more
Investment focus
- Hardware, Wearables, Health Care
- Series A, Corporate Round
- South Korea, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Dot Inc. — Dot Inc. has developed a state-of-the-art, innovative, braille cell that is 95% smaller and 90% cheaper than the standard piezo-electric cells. The Dot Cell has brought revolutionary changes to the world through advancements in electromagnetic actuator technology. The Dot Watch is the first fully-Braille smartwatch in the world. We believeeveryone has the right to move freely and connect with the world, regardless of circumstances. Dot Inc., through its mission, will reduce the information gap through tactile literacy all around the world.
- Lanfranco & Cordova — We are an agency of optimists, for brands that believe anything is possible.
Fernando Martinelli is the Co-Founder and CEO at Balancer Labs. He was the Co-Founder of Brasil Mate before that.
Show more
Investment focus
- Blockchain, Financial Services, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Brazil, France
Portfolio highlights
- Gyroscope — Gyroscope: an asset-backed stablecoin built on resilient DeFi infrastructure leveraging a diversified reserve, autonomous monetary policy, and innovative AMMs
- Zaros Finance — Zaros is a protocol that provides efficient liquidity, boosts staking rewards from LSTs, and aims to become the preferred liquidity hub for on-chain derivatives.
- Fantom Foundation — Fantom is a next-gen Layer-1 platform for DeFi, dApps and businesses.
Primer Saje
Show more
Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, Sales, Software
- Seed
- South Korea, United States
Portfolio highlights
- DALPHA — Dalpha develops artificial intelligence technology for the creation of AI models. The company provides data security and ownership through a secure cloud environment and differential privacy technology.
- MakeDashy — Maximize repeat purchases with targeted user segmentation and dynamic product recommendation at Retentics, powered by AI
Jimmy Kim is Co-founder & Partner at SparkLabs Global Ventures. He is also a co-founder & Partner at SparkLabs, a startup accelerator in Korea. Jimmy is co- founder and Chairman of the board of N3N, an interactive software company that mixes passion, creativity and technology to create new interactive user experiences and innovativepresentation solutions. N3N’s client lists include BMW, Infiniti, Nike Golf, Dentsu, Korea Telecom and other leading worldwide companies. He previously served as N3N’s CEO. Jimmy is sought-after speaker on online gaming and technology and has spoke at various conference such as LeWeb, Ad:Tech, and Web 2.0 Expo.Previously, Jimmy was CEO of Nexonova, a game development studio of Nexon Corp that specializes in Social Network Games. Prior to Nexonova, Jimmy served Executive Vice President of Nexon Corp, and Head of Nexon’s Portal (www.nexon.com, market cap: $5 billion) and Web Services. Nexon is one of the most successful online gaming providers, with games such as Maple Story, Dungeon and Fighter, Combat Arms, and Kart Rider. Nexon services over 20 games across 60 countries to an audience of 300 million.Jimmy was the founding investor and active deal adviser of Studio Ex, an online gaming studio that was acquired by Disney in 2012.Jimmy received his B.S. in Engineering from Northwestern University, and also a M.S. in Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Jimmy also completed the Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business’s Executive Management Program.
Show more
Investment focus
- Media and Entertainment, iOS, Apps
- Seed
- South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- Billyo — Billyo is a music/dance training studio reservation platform for Generation MZ, artist, and creator. We will expand our business both online application and offline space, and become the most iconic and popular one-stop platform in 'Creator Economy' globally
- GrowthFit — E-commerce customer behavior data analytics solution
- Solomonster — Advertising agency, digital content development, supply, pop culture art planning/e-commerce
Douglas Guen is the CEO and Founder of Primer. He previously worked at INICIS as a Founder and CEO. Douglas Guen attended Kyungpook National University.
Show more
Investment focus
- Lifestyle, Retail, E-Commerce
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- United States, South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- WASHSWAT — Washswat is a laundry service that washes and dries the laundry that is operated by specialized facilities and personnel. They innovate the market with IT technology. Laundromat started in Gangnam with the highest number of high-end cleaners in 2015 and walked step by step silently. In order to grow in the right direction even though it is alittle slower than others, they did not rush to expand the region. Now it is Korea's No. 1 mobile laundry special service at the King of Seoul, Seongnam, Hanam, Goyang, Gwangmyeong, Yongin, Suwon, Anyang, and Gwacheon.
- Soomgo — Soomgo is a local services marketplace where customers and local professionals for over 1,000+ services come together. Their services range from private music lessons and home cleaning to wedding planning and web development among many more. The company is backed by leading institutions in both South Korea and the United States including YCombinator (W17), FJ Labs, IMM, Atinum, TBT, Strong Ventures, KDB, and more.
- Melixir — Melixir is a cult beauty brand rooted in Korean skincare rituals backed by science. Inspired by Eastern philosophy, Melixir believes that Nature is the purest form of beauty and creates plant-based skincare products that are 100% vegan and sustainable. Using cutting-edge technology and proprietary ingredients like Green Elixir™, Melixir designs themost innovative products for sensitive skin that deliver clinically-proven results.
Dongwon Sung is the Principal at Korea Investment Partners.
Show more
Investment focus
- Generative AI, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed
- South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- Sionic AI — We provide cutting-edge Generative AI technology seamlessly to your current service. Prepare future with Sionic AI and make your business great again!
Jae Moon Chung is the Philosopher, Founder & CEO of Liberty Labs
Show more
Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology
- Seed
- South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- Liberty Labs — Liberty Labs specializes in prompt engineering that allows them to build applications that showcase AI potential. Liberty Labs offers products such as Toolbuilder, regex.ai, Opencharacter, and CLN.me.
Sanghee Lee
Show more
Investment focus
- Software, Cloud Computing, Machine Learning
- Pre-Seed
- South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- CLIKA — Tiny AI, Everywhere
entrepreneur and investor in tech start-ups, crypto and public markets. Founded a fintech company, and was a part of the Investment Team of Lumis Partners (PeopleStrong, TalentEdge, Sheroes etc). Headed Startup Programs for Facebook for South Asia & India. Early backer of companies like Plum (health insurance for SME employees), Clickpost(logistics tech), Rupifi (credit for SMEs), WorkApps (Enterprise Collaboration), Chingari (Social Video), Kutumb (social communities for Bharat), DelightChat (customer support for D2C brands), 10Club (D2C e-commerce), UrbanYogi (mental health)
Show more
Investment focus
- Internet, FinTech, Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- India, Singapore, South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- Mugafi — Unlu offers pre-recorded certified online courses taught by Indian celebrities. Join us now and take your career to new heights by enjoying unlimited access to our videos.
- Mugafi — Create captivating stories, iconic characters, and legendary universes for the world to witness.
- Thermoflyde — Refractory
eve Christine
Show more
Investment focus
- Marketing, Consulting, Non Profit
- Angel
- South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- Euclid View — 연구 기반 지식 공유 플랫폼
- A.rtemis — A.rtemis is an online press company.
Park Jong-hwan is a Founder and CEO at LOC&ALL.
Show more
Investment focus
- Mobile, PC Games, Information Technology
- Angel
- South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- Gametales — Gametales is a mobile, online, and PC game development company.
B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering, POSTECH
M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering, POSTECH
NASA Ames Research Center Research Intern
LG Uplus Next Browser Dev.
Naver Search Engine Crawler Dev.
SK planet RecoPick founder & Team Leader
Show more
Investment focus
- Consulting, Professional Services, Information Technology
- Pre-Seed
- South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- Draph — Draph provides cloud solutions and services for product image production and automated optimization to enhance product sales and advertising efficiency. Draph is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea and was founded in 2022.
Shin Hyun Sung
Show more
Investment focus
- SaaS, Computer, Internet
- Seed, Series A
- South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- Toss Lab — Toss Lab is a SaaS enterprise software company that provides enterprise messaging and collaboration tools. The company's platform JANDI, a group-oriented messaging platform with an integrated suite of collaboration tools that is tailor-made for workplaces in Asia. It also offers messaging and group chats. The platform serves companies rangingfrom small to mid-sized businesses to large enterprises with thousands of employees.Toss Lab was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea with offices in Taiwan, Dubai, Malaysia, and Japan.
- LogiBrothers — Logibrothers provides a smart platform for kids to learn how to code and enhance their computaional thinking abilities.
Chang Wook Kim - CEO & Representative Director @ Snow Corporation
Show more
Investment focus
Portfolio highlights
- Project Pluto — AI-powered investment research for hedge funds, private equity, wealth management professionals. Terminal X automates deep research, real-time data indexing, and financial insights in seconds.
Jaewoong Lee is based out of Busan, Pusan-jikhalsi, and is the Founder of Socar. Jaewoong previously worked at Daum Communications as a Founder.
Show more
Investment focus
- News, SaaS, Beauty
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Vietnam, South Korea, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Byline — BYLINE is a London-based crowdfunding journalism startup that enables journalists and bloggers to directly reach their readers. Writers can contribute regularly to a particular topic and stand the chance of getting paid per article or per month while interacting with their readers through Supporter’s Café and offer them special rewards to encouragepayment. Byline was founded by Seung Yoon Lee and Daniel Tudor in January 2007 and is based in London, England.
- Beaubble — beauty + bubble = beaubble [byoo-buhl] playground for beauty enthusiasts
- Cohost AI — Cohost Club is a community of professional co-hosts and busy hosts. Thousands of co-hosts around the world can help manage your properties and short term rental business. Download our app and start renting today
Korea University, BSc
KAIST, MSc
U. of Maryland, Entrepreneurship
A.T Kearney Research Assistant
LOTTE HQ In-house-consultant
SK planet RecoPick Biz. Development
Show more
Investment focus
- Consulting, Professional Services, Information Technology
- Pre-Seed
- South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- Draph — Draph provides cloud solutions and services for product image production and automated optimization to enhance product sales and advertising efficiency. Draph is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea and was founded in 2022.
Matthew Papakipos
Show more
Investment focus
- Music, Apps, Video
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- United States, South Korea, The Netherlands
Portfolio highlights
- OP.GG — The Best LoL Champion Builds and Player Stats by OP.GG - Learn champion builds, runes, and counters. Search Riot ID and Tagline for stats of all game modes.
- Ozarka — Why Just Eat When You Can Inspire? Beautiful Reusables for Caterers Who Lead. Save money, time, and storage space with reusables services. Ozarka reusables are not just a sustainable choice
- Eyegroove — Eyegroove is the social network for the music video and a technological platform that, for the first time, effortlessly brings together all the elements of great video: music, editing, and effects. It offers a mobile iOS application that allows users to choose a piece of streaming music, record video, and add interactive effects.
Richard Seongho Choi
Show more
Investment focus
- SaaS, Software, Human Resources
- Seed
- South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- Weperson — Weperson develops and operates a human resources software as a service platform.
- Time Percent — Time Percent is a trading platform that integrates virtual assets, domestic stocks, and foreign stocks.
Andrew McGlinchey is the VP of Products at PropertyGuru Group.
Show more
Investment focus
- Mobile, Internet, Software
- Seed
- South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- Estmob — Send whatever you want, wherever you want
Lee Dong -seok serves as Chairman at Coolidge Corner Investment.
Show more
Investment focus
- Incubators, Crowdfunding, Enterprise Software
- Seed
- South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- OpenTrade — OpenTrade (오픈트레이드) is a Korean business incubator focused on developing a communication-based crowdfunding platform for startups. Having identified lack of communication as the biggest stumbling block in attracting investments, the company has developed the platform to enable transparent communication between entrepreneurs, startups, andinvestors.OpenTrade’s crowdfunding platform enables startups to have ongoing communication with investors and thereby build a long-term relationship based on trust. OpenTrade also provides mentoring facilities in the areas of management, marketing, and finance.
Sam Kazemian is the Founder of Frax Finance.
Show more
Investment focus
- Finance, Blockchain, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Singapore, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Eigenpie — Eigenpie is a restaking SubDAO that gives holders of Liquid Staking Tokens the chance to enhance their earning potential by restaking assets.
- RISE Labs — The Gigagas Layer 2
- t1 protocol — t1 protocol cross-chain applications and scalability are facilitated by real-time proofs and immediate settlement.
Sangmin Shim was the CEO and Founder of HogangNono. Sangmin Shim is the current CEO of Cafe Nono.
Show more
Investment focus
- Analytics, Real Time, Scheduling
- Seed
- South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- FlareLane — Engage with both first-time and returning app/web visitors through interactive push notifications and boost user retenion and revenue. Push, Interact, Grow.
Kim Won-tae
Show more
Investment focus
- Mobile, PC Games, Made to Order
- Seed
- South Korea
Kelvin Dongho Kim is a founding CEO of Korea Credit Data(KCD), which provides essential services for merchants in Korea including business management, customer analysis, POS and payment services as well as marketplace platform. KCD and its five subsidiaries currently serve almost all of the two million merchants that accept credit cards payment inKorea.Kelvin is well known in the start-up scene as a serial entrepreneur with his first success case being Opensurvey, a consumer data company that leverages mobile application.
Show more
Investment focus
- Service Industry
- Angel
- South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- Art Busan — Art Busan is the organizer of the Korean art fair brand
- Project Pluto — AI-powered investment research for hedge funds, private equity, wealth management professionals. Terminal X automates deep research, real-time data indexing, and financial insights in seconds.
Songyee Yoon
Show more
Investment focus
- Software, Film, Hardware
- Seed, Series B
- United States, South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- AI SPERA — AI Spera provides AI driven security based on cyber threat intelligence
- Together AI — Together will enable researchers, developers & companies to leverage and improve artificial intelligence with an intuitive data, models & computation platform.
- Light Field Lab — Escape the Screen. We're creating a world where content escapes the screen and merges with reality.
Investors by industry
Community
Artificial intelligence
Hardware
Marketplace
Consumer
FinTech
Energy
Gaming
EdTech
Sustainability
Venture Capital
Clean Energy
Web3
Organic Food
Big Data
Video Games
Impact
Publishing
B2B
Food and Beverage
Payments
Real Estate
Finance
Education
Financial Services
Retail
Infrastructure
Beauty
Photography
Art
Wellness
Android
Digital Media
Manufacturing
Construction
Sports
Franchise
eSports
Mobile
Enterprise Software
Music
Email
Social Media
Social Network
Medical
Legal
Local
Internet
Biotechnology
Travel
Fitness
Recruiting
Hospitality
Mobile Advertising
Platforms
Cannabis
Automotive
Social
Wine And Spirits
Medical Device
Crowdfunding
CleanTech
Mobile Apps
Transportation
InsurTech
Enterprise
Climate
LGBT
Proptech
Google
Biotech
Health Care
Non Profit
Oil and Gas
Fashion
Film
Life Science
Theatre
SaaS
Renewable Energy
Sporting Goods
Restaurants
Social Impact
Software
Celebrity
Cryptocurrency
Blockchain
Machine Learning
Agriculture (agtech)
Media (entertainment)
Facebook
Investors by country
New Zealand
Ireland
Canada
United States
India
Germany
United Kingdom
South Korea
Australia
Middle East
Indonesia
Ghana
Egypt
Belarus
Hungary
Finland
South Africa
France
Croatia
Gibraltar
Barbados
Georgia
Greece
Czech Republic
Faroe Islands
Costa Rica
Hong Kong
Bahrain
Belgium
Denmark
Sri Lanka
Bermuda
Estonia
Algeria
Ecuador
Bulgaria
Belize
Chile
Vietnam
Ethiopia
Liechtenstein
Panama
Myanmar
Lithuania
Malaysia
Peru
Liberia
Jersey
Lebanon
Norway
Mexico
Italy
Mali
Philippines
Israel
Kuwait
Mauritius
Malta
Morocco
Nicaragua
Togo
Rwanda
Slovenia
Poland
Uganda
San Marino
Sweden
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Thailand
Tanzania
Uzbekistan
Zambia
Turkey
Uruguay
Tajikistan
Russian Federation
Portugal
El Salvador
Puerto Rico
Senegal
Zimbabwe
Tunisia
Venezuela
Ukraine
Taiwan
Dominican Republic
Bahamas
Iraq
Iceland
Azerbaijan
Nigeria
Namibia
United Arab Emirates
Jamaica
Honduras
Isle of Man
Bolivia
Luxembourg
Pakistan
Albania
Romania
Jordan
Grenada
Argentina
Bangladesh
Europe
Qatar
Japan
Singapore
Spain
China
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Cayman Islands
Cambodia
Armenia
Saudi Arabia
Cyprus
Oman
Latvia
Oceania
Africa
LATAM
Asia
Brazil
Cameroon
Austria
Switzerland
Marshall Islands
Colombia
Guatemala
Seychelles
Angel Investors in South Korea by industry
Consumer
SaaS
Hardware
Community
Health Care
Mobile Apps
Beauty
Web3
Financial Services
Cryptocurrency
Payments
Sports
Finance
Venture Capital
Fashion
Enterprise
Marketplace
Internet
EdTech
Mobile
Software
Wellness
Real Estate
Education
Retail
Proptech
Transportation
Blockchain
Social Impact
FinTech
Media (entertainment)
Climate
Artificial intelligence
Gaming