Top 5 Finance Angel Investors in South Korea (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Pietro Dova
Angel
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2 | United States, South Korea | Series A, Seed | Events, Mobile, Sports | $400k–$12M |
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Jay Eum
Angel
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1 | United States, South Korea, Israel | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Mobile, Analytics | $71k–$40M |
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Do Kwon
Angel
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1 | United States, Singapore, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Financial Services, FinTech | $1.2M–$28M |
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Chris Yeh
Angel
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1 | United States, Singapore, India | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | SaaS, EdTech, Mobile | $340k–$20M |
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Naval Ravikant
Angel
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1 | United States, India, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence | $1M–$25M |
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Pietro Dova was Corporate Controller and Finance Director at Google from 2001 to 2007. He was partly responsible for the Google IPO and roadshow, and directed Google’s operational and transactional accounting responsibilities worldwide. Immediately prior to joining Google, Pietro was CFO of Employeeservice.com. From 1996 to 1999, Pietrowas VP Finance of Quote.com, an early online pioneer providing financial news and stock information to active investors. Pietro began his career in technology in 1988 at Oracle Corporation and held various executive finance positions through 1992. From 1993 to 1996, Pietro headed Fulcrum Technologies’ European finance operations based in Paris, France. Pietro received his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from Imperial College, London and his Masters in Management from M.I.T.’s Sloan School of Management.
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- Industry: Events, Mobile, Sports
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: United States, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $400k–$800k; Series A $3M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Korbit — Korbit provides online bitcoin exchange, wallet, and merchant processor services. Kangmo Kim, Louis Jinhwa Kim, and Tony Lyu founded it on July 5, 2013, with its headquarters in Seoul in South Korea as a subsidiary of NXC as of September 26, 2017.
- Pogoseat — Pogoseat provides innovative mobile ticketing solutions that helps live-entertainment venues sell more tickets and enhance the fan experience.
- Bluesmart — Bluesmart develops Internet connected travel products that include physical products combined with software. It offers Bluesmart app, a solution that allows users to control suitcases from their phones, receive smart alerts, and track their travel data to get insights about travel habits. Bluesmart also provides digital lock solutions for luggageand its contents; battery charging and location tracking solutions; and distance alerts and trip data. Alejo Verlini, Brian Chen, Diego Saez-Gil, Martin Diz, and Tomi Pierucci founded it on Novermber 5, 2013, with its headquarters in Mountain View in California.
Jay Eum is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of GFT Ventures.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Analytics
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, South Korea, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Seed $71k–$12M; Series A $2M–$24M; Series B $7M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OPENSURVEY Incorporated — • Founded in 2011, the company has been the dominant mobile research provider in Korea. Since then, we have accumulated variety of experiences and developed a deep understanding how market research should be on smart devices. • The platform(OpenSurvey™) provides not only fast collection of data, or automated analysis of result, but real-timeaccess to one third million consumer panels in Korea. Now we are working with 1,200 corporate clients including Kimberly-Clark, Kakao, and Facebook.• The company raised $6M investments from SoftBank Ventures and renowned entrepreneurs in Korea.
- Korbit — Korbit provides online bitcoin exchange, wallet, and merchant processor services. Kangmo Kim, Louis Jinhwa Kim, and Tony Lyu founded it on July 5, 2013, with its headquarters in Seoul in South Korea as a subsidiary of NXC as of September 26, 2017.
- Korea Credit Data — Korea Credit Data 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 of hisbusiness 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.
Do Kwon is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Terraform Labs. Do Kwon is the Founder & CEO at Terraform Labs . Do Kwon attended Stanford University.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$18M; Series A $5M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- KlayCity — KlayCity is a P2E virtual world where district NFT owners can govern, explore and earn while enjoying the gaming experience.
- Levana — $LVN community airdrop is open. Early supporters get rewarded
- Fractal — Fractal is an in-game asset and virtual world marketplace where users may find, purchase, and sell gaming NFTs. Fractal is headquartered in Solana, United States and was founded in 2021.
Chris Yeh was on the founding team of pioneering Internet companies such as United Online Services (Nasdaq: UNTD) and Merrill Lynch’s Intelligent Technologies Group. He has founded, advised, or invested in dozens of startups, including Ustream and PBworks.Chris is a much-quoted thought leader in the field of marketing and entrepreneurship;his research and publications have been incorporated into the Harvard Business School curriculum, while his projects have received press coverage in Fortune, the Financial Times, and the New York Times. He writes a popular blog on entrepreneurship and venture capital, Adventures in Capitalism and contributes to blogs such as TechCrunch and VentureBeat. Chris holds two degrees from Stanford University, and earned his MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was named a Baker Scholar (High Distinction).You can reach Chris by e-mail at chris@wasabiventures.com and follow him on Twitter or AngelList.
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- Industry: SaaS, EdTech, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Singapore, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $340k–$20M; Angel $350k–$700k; Pre-Seed $1.3M–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Yobble — Yobble is a mobile motion sensing platform for apps that need more than the regular touch interfaces. It's a hybrid hardware/software solution. Our proof of concept is a Guitar Hero-style iPhone Air Guitar that converts air guitar moves and rock star poses into music. We want our users to feel and act like rock stars (except for thehangovers and other bad habits of real rock stars).
- Box Ladder — BoxLadder is a global fundraising platform for startups. From idea to IPO and beyond, the company connects entrepreneurs with capital by connecting and matching the right investors. The back office is responsible for finding the best investors, creating an investor deck, conducting due diligence, and drafting a term sheet.
- Fêtefully — Your Style. Your Budget. Your Way. A virtual experience personalized for every couple.
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