Top 15 Internet Angel Investors in South Korea (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Aviram Jenik
Angel
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3 | South Korea, United States, Israel | Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence | $74k–$18M |
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Taekkyung Lee
Angel
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3 | South Korea | Seed, Angel | Software, Information Services, Information Technology | $295k–$743k |
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Joowan Jung
Angel
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series A, Series C | Education, SaaS, Music | $3.6M–$36M |
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GI Equity (Private Investment Fund)
Angel
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1 | South Korea | Seed | Guides, Fashion, Tourism | |
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Sanghee Lee
Angel
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1 | United States | Pre-Seed | Cloud Computing, Computer Vision, Machine Learning | |
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S Cubic Angels
Angel
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Education, Apps, EdTech | $87k–$223k |
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Andrew McGlinchey
Angel
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1 | South Korea | Seed | Mobile, Internet, Software | |
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Lee Young-sang
Angel
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1 | South Korea | Series A, Series B | Logistics, Food Delivery, Transportation | |
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Kim Jeong-ho
Angel
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1 | South Korea | Angel, Series A | Travel, Communities, Social Media | |
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I.T Shin
Angel
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1 | South Korea | Seed | SNS, Apps, Shopping | |
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Kim Hee-nyeon
Angel
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1 | South Korea | Series A | Logistics, Transportation, E-Commerce Platforms | |
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Shin Hyun Sung
Angel
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series A | SaaS, Computer, Internet | |
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Daniel Shin
Angel
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1 | South Korea, United States, Malaysia | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, Internet, Legal Tech | $1.6M–$5M |
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Jung-hee Ryu
Angel
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1 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, Fashion, Health Care | $2.7M–$5.3M |
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Shrishti Sahu
Angel
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1 | India, Singapore, South Korea | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Internet, Financial Services, Apps | $125k–$25M |
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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
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- Industry: Software, Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $491k–$18M; Angel $250k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $74k–$275k
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- StealthMole — Uncover hidden threats in the dark web and enhance your cybersecurity with StealthMole's advanced dark web threat intelligence platform. Learn more.
- Tribe Money Pools — An early stage Seattle-based fintech startup building a digital platform to streamline how groups share and manage their finances.
Taekkyung Lee co-founded Daum Communications and served as CTO and Head of Communication & Community Services, leading Daum's growth into a major portal service and its KOSDAQ listing. He later facilitated the M&A of D&Shop, a spin-off from Daum, to GS Home Shopping. While contemplating his path as a serial entrepreneur andinvestor, he decided to focus on early-stage investments and began investing in early-stage startups in earnest. He established Mashup Angels (now Mashup Ventures), an early-stage startup investment firm, and as CEO, aims to support portfolio companies' growth and engage in various activities within the startup ecosystem.
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- Industry: Software, Information Services, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Seed $295k–$743k; Angel $371k–$520k
- Lead/follow: 66% lead, 34% follow
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.
- Remember & Company — Remember & Company develops professional networking, recruitment, and business relationship management services through its Remember platform and related enterprise solutions. The company provides digital business card management tools that allow users to scan, organize, and update professional contact information through mobile applicationsand cloud-based systems. It also operates recruitment and headhunting services that connect companies with experienced professionals through talent discovery, scouting, and hiring workflows.Remember & Company develops expert network and research services that link businesses with industry specialists for interviews, surveys, and market insight projects. The platform includes community, networking, and business engagement features designed to support professional interaction and relationship-building among working professionals. In addition, Remember & Company offers advertising, corporate marketing, and business solution services targeted toward professional and enterprise audiences.
Joowan Jung is a Principal at SV Investment.
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- Industry: Education, SaaS, Music
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $8.6M–$14M; Series A $3.6M–$36M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- UD Impact — UD Impact is an environmental, social, governance solutions company that focuses on turning ideas into real-world impact through execution. It provides integrated services such as startup education, social value measurement, and tech-based talent development
- underdogs — Underdogs is a company specializing in social innovation entrepreneurship education.
- CREMA — CREMA is a Software-as-a-Service company.
GI Equity (Private Investment Fund)
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- Industry: Guides, Fashion, Tourism
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Realry — Search, compare, and shop your luxury items here. Realry is your luxury fashion search engine that lets you search thousands of online fashion stores at once.
- Live Anywhere — Live Anywhere is NO.1 short-term rental platform. You can rent over 10K fully furnished houses in 165 cities over the world.
Sanghee Lee
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- Industry: Cloud Computing, Computer Vision, Machine Learning
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
S Cubic Angels
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- Industry: Education, Apps, EdTech
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $87k–$223k
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Savle — Savle is a purpose-based asset management and fun saving platform service for asset management beginners.
- KRG Group — KRG Group is a proptech and rental finance platform operated by KRG Group that provides “zero-deposit” monthly rental solutions for residential and commercial leases. The service helps tenants reduce or eliminate upfront security deposits while guaranteeing landlords stable monthly rent payments.
- Turing — Reinvent Education with Technology
Andrew McGlinchey is the VP of Products at PropertyGuru Group.
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- Industry: Mobile, Internet, Software
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Lee Young-sang is the CEO of Ikim Consulting.
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- Industry: Logistics, Food Delivery, Transportation
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ignis — EGNIS is a supplier of food products.
- Rincos — Rincos is a transportation company that creates logistics value through the e-commerce market.
Kim Jeong-ho serves as Bear Better CEO.
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- Industry: Travel, Communities, Social Media
- Stage:Angel, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MetaBon — MetaBon is an online portal promoting and curated with NFT communities
- Activity Exchange — Activity Exchange is a startup that develops travel product publishing and reservation management solutions for local travel agencies.
I.T Shin - Founder and CEO @ OGQ
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- Industry: SNS, Apps, Shopping
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Teen Studio — Teen Studio is an IT company that offers a creative commerce platform for gen Z to build connections and sell goods.
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- Industry: Logistics, Transportation, E-Commerce Platforms
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rincos — Rincos is a transportation company that creates logistics value through the e-commerce market.
Shin Hyun Sung
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- Industry: SaaS, Computer, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
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.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Legal Tech
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Malaysia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$5M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
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 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.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Fashion, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $2.7M–$5.3M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
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
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)
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- Industry: Internet, Financial Services, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: India, Singapore, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5M; Pre-Seed $125k–$1M; Series A $3.5M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
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
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