# Top 25 Financial Services Angel Investors in South Korea in June 2026 ## Jong-Il Yoon - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce Jong-Il Yoon - Venture Partner @ BonAngels Venture Partners ## Taekkyung Lee - Type: Angel - Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS 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. ## Pietro Dova - Type: Angel - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Events, Mobile, Sports 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. ## Young Song - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Seed - Focus: Travel, Software, Logistics 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. ## Naval Ravikant - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Blockchain Naval Ravikant is an entrepreneur and investor. He is the co-founder and chairman of AngelList. He previously served as the CEO of AngelList. He attended Dartmouth College. ## Daniel Shin - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, Financial Services 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. ## Jay Eum - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Mobile, Analytics Jay Eum is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of GFT Ventures. ## Douglas Guen - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Retail, Lifestyle, 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. ## David Lee - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, FinTech, Health Care David was hired at Google in 2000 as one of the first 200 employees, and was the first executive to lead their international BD, sales, and operations. He launched Google’s first international ads and founded their offices in Asia, Europe and Latam. He hired the first intl. mgmt. teams, and established Google’s overseas business. After Google,David co-founded XG Ventures, a Google alumni fund and was Co-founding Partner of SK Telecom Ventures, a $100M corp. VC fund based in Silicon Valley. His personal and VC investments include over 50 companies with 20+ acquisitions such as Tapulous (acq. by Disney), Posterous (acq. by Twitter), Scoopler (acq. by Google), ABitLucky (acq. by Zynga), Chai Labs (acq. by Facebook), Cue (acq. by Apple), Kabam (acq. by Netmarble), Chartboost, Wish, and many others. David is an LP in Y Combinator and SV Angel. In 2015, he partnered with Michael Bay (Transformers, The Rock) at 451 Media, to lead their tech and media investments and partnerships. David later formed Open Source Studios, a Stanford Business School based advisory group with prof. and two time Oscar winner Bill Guttentag, to help founders of tech & media startups such as MasterClass and Illumix. David is also a Partner at B&C Group, a leading talent mgmt. & prod. co., connecting Korea, Hollywood and Silicon Valley. He currently invests in emerging tech & media companies through his venture capital fund SLVC.David is on the advisory boards of ASES (Stanford Entrepreneurship Society), and HPAIR (Harvard Project for Asian & Intl. Relations).BloombergBusinessweek “Google’s Real Power” flic.kr/p/7FVJgr The Hollywood Reporter: https://bit.ly/2UEQAujDecoding Silicon Valley: goo.gl/ZFAefzTechcrunch: goo.gl/9q9chzTop Angel Investors: goo.gl/4eqfbm“New Silicon Valley Stars of Korean Descent” goo.gl/ZwFCu6"[슈퍼리치]실리콘밸리 뉴 코리안 슈퍼리치" goo.gl/WBQOf0“스타트업 눈앞 이익만..." goo.gl/KB78mCSina News: bit.ly/2QaCqAc ## Sungjae Hwang - Type: Angel - Location: Soeul, Ch'ungch'ong-namdo, South Korea - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Art, FinTech, Peer to Peer Sungjae Hwang is the Founder and CEO of Lounge Lab. He earned his doctorate and master's degree at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and his bachelor's degree at Kwangwoon University. ## Chang Wook Kim - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 Chang Wook Kim - CEO & Representative Director @ Snow Corporation ## Jaewoong Lee - Type: Angel - Location: Busan, Pusan-jikhalsi, South Korea - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: News, SaaS, Beauty Jaewoong Lee is based out of Busan, Pusan-jikhalsi, and is the Founder of Socar. Jaewoong previously worked at Daum Communications as a Founder. ## Kim Hyun-jun - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Medical, Software, Health Care Kim Hyun-jun is the former CEO at Viewno. ## Norberts Erts - Type: Angel - Location: Riga, Riga, Latvia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Rental, Retail, Leasing Norberts Erts is the Product Marketing Manager at Sage. ## Louis Beryl - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services 3X Founder of Earnest, SolidEnergy, and now working on the next one. Formerly a16z and YC. Active angel investor and board member. ## Victor Wang - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care Victor Wang is a Partner at HOF Capital. He attended the University of California Berkeley. ## Jung-hee Ryu - Type: Angel - Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Fashion, Health Care 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. ## Michael Yang - Type: Angel - Location: La Canada Flintridge, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: SaaS, Bitcoin, FinTech Michael founded users. Michael and the team successfully raised $30M in venture capital investment from investors such as Brentwood, Sprout, Intel Capital, Citigroup Venture Capital, and Transcosmos Corporation. In February of 2000, mySimon was successfully acquired by CNET for $700M.Prior to mySimon.com, Michael held positions at Xerox Corp., Intergraph Corporation, TeleVideo, Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., and Jazz Multimedia, Inc. Michael has a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley, MS degree in Computer Science from Columbia University and MBA degree from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. He has served on the advisory board of the Stanford Institute of Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) at Stanford University. Michael holds a third degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. ## Richard Seongho Choi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Human Resources Richard Seongho Choi ## Songyee Yoon - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Film, Hardware Songyee Yoon ## S Cubic Angels - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Education, Apps, EdTech S Cubic Angels ## Kim Taek-Jin - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Cyber Security, Fraud Detection, Machine Learning Kim Taek-Jin ## Lee Dong seok - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Incubators, Crowdfunding, Enterprise Software Lee Dong -seok serves as Chairman at Coolidge Corner Investment. ## Kelvin Dongho Kim - Type: Angel - Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Service Industry 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. ## Tim Draper - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Tim Draper is the Founding Partner of Draper Associates. He attended Harvard Business School. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co