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Top 25 Marketplace Angel Investors in South Korea (June 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in South Korea Marketplace startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in South Korea Marketplace startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Aviram Jenik
Angel
3 United States, South Korea, Israel Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence $250k–$18M
Douglas Guen
Angel
3 United States, South Korea Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Retail, Lifestyle, E-Commerce $50k–$631k
Jong-Il Yoon
Angel
2 South Korea, United States, Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce $297k–$6.9M
Daniel Shin
Angel
2 South Korea, United States, Malaysia Seed, Angel, Series A Software, Internet, Financial Services $1.6M–$5M
Toni Ko
Angel
1 United States, South Korea Seed, Series A Beauty, Wellness, Cosmetics $5M–$6.2M
Erik Peterson
Angel
1 United States, Canada, Algeria Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Series A Software, Biotechnology, SaaS $69k–$20M
Jay Eum
Angel
1 United States, South Korea, Israel Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Mobile, Analytics $71k–$40M
Justin Waldron
Angel
1 United States, Japan, Chile Seed, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, Mobile $50k–$5.3M
Kim Chang-won
Angel
1 South Korea Seed Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce
Shirley Crystal Tan
Angel
1 South Korea Seed Beauty, Wellness
Perry Tam
Angel
1 South Korea, United Kingdom Seed Mobile, Consumer, Software $2.2M–$8M
Boon Hwee Koh
Angel
1 Singapore, United States, China Seed, Series A FinTech, Software, Financial Services $399k–$20M
Seojoon Kim
Angel
1 South Korea, United States, India Seed, Series A, Series B FinTech, Blockchain, Financial Services $743k–$17M
Seung Yoon Lee
Angel
1 Singapore, South Korea, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, B2B, B2C $1M–$15M
Geoff Ralston
Angel
1 United States, India, Senegal Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Education, E-Commerce $1M–$12M
Miguel McKelvey
Angel
1 South Korea, United States Pre-Seed, Series A Real Estate, Rental, Software
Perry Ha
Angel
1 United States, South Korea Seed Apps, Rental, FinTech
Brian Kim
Angel
1 South Korea, United States Seed Fashion, Medical, Women's $891k–$6.9M
David Petersen
Angel
1 United States, South Korea Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software $1.8M–$5M
Osuke Honda
Angel
1 United States, Japan, South Korea Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Internet, Mobile $2.2M–$23M
Edith Yeung
Angel
1 United States, Malaysia, Spain Seed, Series A Mobile, Software, Information Technology $680k–$8M
Jesse Middleton
Angel
1 United States, South Korea Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce $1.3M–$15M
S Cubic Angels
Angel
1 South Korea Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Education, Apps, EdTech
Matthew Shampine
Angel
1 South Korea, United States Seed Beauty, Fashion, Big Data
Sujay Tyle
Angel
1 Colombia, United Kingdom, Mexico Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, B2B $2.2M–$48M
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Aviram Jenik
Angel · Cupertino, California, United States · 3 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, South Korea, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Round size: Seed $494k–$18M; Angel $250k–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FROGED — Discover afforable Customer Experience tools to scale your business. Reduce churn, improve onboarding & offer amazing customer support - all in one platform.
  • Kooply — Kooply is a team of proven entrepreneurs building a nextgen gaming platform.
  • Apolyta — Threat simulators use playbooks and checklists. Adversaries don't. Prepare for the real threats of tomorrow with adaptive attack emulation.
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Douglas Guen
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 3 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Lifestyle, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$631k; Angel $100k–$520k; Pre-Seed $50k–$297k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

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.
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Jong-Il Yoon
Angel · 2 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Jong-Il Yoon - Venture Partner @ BonAngels Venture Partners

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $297k–$6.9M
  • Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MyMusicTaste — MyMusicTaste is a one-stop K-Pop platform, where K-pop fans worldwide can watch their favorites' online concerts. Not only that, you can also interact with the artists during online fansigns, support them by getting their latest album and keep up to date with their latest news!
  • Lendit — Lendit is the leading personal loan oriented marketplace lending company in Korea that operates fully online and manages a marketplace platform where investors can provide capital to people seeking loans. Through our advanced risk ranking algorithm and cost- effective operational process, borrowers can access to an appealing interest rate andinvestors can enjoy ‘high and stable’ yield. We offer borrowers an APR between 4.5% and 18.0%, and investors an average return of 10.66%. By transforming the traditional banking system, we aim to help both borrowers and investors to achieve financial goals.
  • TIDEPOOL — Tidepool(500 Global selected) DBA Fishscope, powerful AI Fish & Feed Monitoring solution that solves periodic sampling and fish health diagnosis that requires human labor through Computor vision tech for BioMass Measurement, Fish Healthcare, and Feeding Optimization. - 10+ partnerships including GS E&C(Fortune 500 GS Group Subsidiary) andmany major government arms based in APAC - 90% or more accuracy for weight estimation of live fish in water - Demo: http://fishscope.tidepool.kr/
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Daniel Shin
Angel · 2 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Financial Services
  • 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.
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Toni Ko
Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Toni Ko is the Founder and CEO of Bespoke Beauty Brands. She previously worked at NYX Los Angeles as a Founder and Chief Creative Officer.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Wellness, Cosmetics
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $5M–$6.2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rael — Designed for women by women, our self-care solutions are made with natural, effective ingredients to keep you looking and feeling your best all cycle long.
  • Summer — Summer International is a next generation Beauty, Health & Wellness Lifestyle company, headquarted in Los Angeles and South Korea.
  • Mother Science — Discover Mother Science, a revolutionary biotech skincare brand with a clinically proven serum for hyperpigmentation and sun damage.
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Erik Peterson
Angel · Chicago, Illinois, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Erik Peterson is the Founder at DormTrader.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Biotechnology, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Algeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 60
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$4.5M; Series A $4M–$20M; Equity Crowdfunding $69k–$4.9M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hideout — Hideout makes high-quality food that is available for delivery. Danielle Sobel established the company in Los Angeles, California.
  • Abalone Bio — Our Functional Antibody Selection Technology platform (FAST) taps into the potential of the body's biological activities, expanding the reach of antibody drugs.
  • Altay Therapeutics — Pioneering the first oral drug for FSHD and advancing cancer treatment solutions.
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Jay Eum
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Jay Eum is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of GFT Ventures.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Analytics
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, South Korea, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 35
  • Round size: Seed $71k–$12M; Series A $2M–$24M; Series B $7M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • boam.ai — The easy way to find your next meal. Combines your favorite review sites, restaurant platforms, and tools in one place.
  • 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.
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Justin Waldron
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Justin Waldron is Co-Founder & President of Playco, and previously Co-Founder / EVP of Product of Zynga, the world's largest mobile game company. Zynga IPO'd in 2011 with a $10 billion valuation and over $1b in annual revenue. Justin is an angel investor in Lambda School, Substack, and 60+ other companies. He mentors youngentrepreneurs at The Thiel Foundation's Thiel Fellowship program.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Japan, Chile

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 57
  • Round size: Seed $933k–$5.3M; Pre-Seed $50k–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AnotherBall — AnotherBall is a blockchain startup that combines entertainment and blockchain.
  • Proof of Play — Proof of Play helps you create high-performance, serverless apps and games that can be extended or remixed by anyone.
  • Uncharted — Uncharted is a cryptocurrency-based gaming platform helps game developers and companies.
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Kim Chang-won
Angel · 1 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Kim Chang-won

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Charan — Charan is an operator of an e-commerce platform intended to sell second-hand fashion apparel.
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Shirley Crystal Tan
Angel · 1 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Shirley Crystal Tan

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Wellness
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Summer — Summer International is a next generation Beauty, Health & Wellness Lifestyle company, headquarted in Los Angeles and South Korea.
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Perry Tam
Angel · Redwood Shores, California, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Perry Tam is the Co-Founder and Managimg Partner of Locus Ventures. Took up B.S., Computer Science at Cornell University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Consumer, Software
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $2.2M–$8M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Miso — Miso provides Instantly book quality home services in South Korea with Miso's apps for iOS and Android.
  • Eunice — We are an AI fintech company solving B2B challenges in digital asset. Our first product is digital asset due diligence and monitoring to help financial institutions, regulators, and businesses navigate the complexities of the digital asset space. Powered by a proprietary knowledge base, Eunice’s platform enables token classification, risk analysis,and asset disclosure requirements. With a mission to bring transparency to the digital asset industry, Eunice builds products that drive regulatory clarity and operational efficiency, with the goal of accelerating the mainstream adoption of digital assets.
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Boon Hwee Koh
Angel · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Boon Hwee is the founding partner of Credence and Chairman of the investment committee. Concurrently, Boon Hwee is a member of Agilent Technologies Inc, Chairman of AAC Technologies, Yeo Hiap Seng Limited, and Sunningdale Tech Limited.Boon Hwee began his career in 1977 at Hewlett Packard ("HP") and rose to become its Managing Directorin Singapore, a position he held from 1985 to 1990. Boon Hwee's other previous positions include:Chairman of Singapore Telecom Group ("SingTel") and its predecessor organisations for 17 yearsChairman of Singapore Airlines Limited ("SIA") for 4 yearsChairman of Development Bank of Singapore ("DBS") for 4 yearsDirector on the Board of Temasek Holdings Private Limited for 15 years (Boon Hwee also served as a member of the Executive Committee from January 1997 to September 2010)Chairman of the Wuthelam Group for 10 yearsBoon Hwee was named the Outstanding Manager of the Year in 1991 by Business Times and DHL Worldwide. He was conferred The International Herald Tribune Visionary and Leader Honour in January 2003.Boon Hwee contributes actively to non-profit organisations, and is the current Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Nanyang Technological University and a Director of the Hewlett Foundation in the United States.Boon Hwee obtained his Bachelor's Degree (First Class Honours) in Mechanical Engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London in 1972 and his MBA (Distinction) from the Harvard Business School in 1976.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Singapore, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 46
  • Round size: Seed $399k–$5M; Series A $704k–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Faarms — FAARMS is a new age digital platform catering to the needs of farmers.
  • Summer — Summer International is a next generation Beauty, Health & Wellness Lifestyle company, headquarted in Los Angeles and South Korea.
  • Lyte Ventures — Built for creators, designed for the future of work. We do the hustling so that you can focus more on what matters to you.
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Seojoon Kim
Angel · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Seojoon Kim (서준 김) is a co-founder and vice president of KnowRe, an education technology company that develops digital learning platforms.Kim’s previous career portfolio includes his time as an intern at Sun Microsystem; intern at Olaworks; manager at ½ project; and project manager at Mozzet. He was also the co-founder of edueyes. Aftergraduating from Seoul Science High School, Kim went on to obtain a bachelor’s degree in computer systems engineering from Pohang University of Science and Technology.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Blockchain, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Seed $743k–$6.6M; Series A $817k–$8.2M; Series B $8.7M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 64% lead, 36% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Art Busan — Art Busan is the organizer of the Korean art fair brand
  • SWING — SWING is a micro-mobility service provider.
  • Payhere — Payhere is a fintech company that provides card terminals and online payment gateway services for multiple industries.
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Seung Yoon Lee
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Seung-yoon Lee is a Global Strategy Officer at Kakao Entertainment. He attended University of Oxford.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, B2B, B2C
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Singapore, South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Charan — Charan is an operator of an e-commerce platform intended to sell second-hand fashion apparel.
  • Mahojin — Mahojin is a search-to-generate AI platform that instantly provides exact images through an ever-expanding and remixable library.
  • SkyArk — First Triple AAA Fantasy Anime Blockchain RPG from Veteran Studio
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Geoff Ralston
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Geoff Ralston is the President, CEO, and Partner of Y Combinator. He previously worked at Imagine K12 as a Founder. Geoff Ralston attended INSEAD.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Education, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, India, Senegal

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 44
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$4M; Angel $1M–$1.5M; Series A $3.2M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Elpha — Elpha is where women succeed at work together. Become a member to access daily conversations with experts, insider job opportunities, and a lot of women talking candidly about work and life. Plus membership is free!
  • Aesthetic — Aesthetic is the easiest way to discover and purchase NFTs across chains.
  • Rain Industries — Every wildfire starts small. Rain contains wildfires within 10 minutes of ignition with autonomous drones.
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Miguel McKelvey
Angel · 1 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

McKelvey grew up in a "five-mother collective" in Eugene, Oregon.[2] His family started and ran a weekly newspaper called the Eugene Weekly.[3]In a January 2020 interview with Fortune, McKelvey called himself "a wild kid" on the high school basketball court. He said that he found a sense of accountability from his coach, whowas a strict disciplinarian. He said of Coach Stepp, "I didn’t grow up with my father, so I never had someone telling me to keep in line

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Real Estate, Rental, Software
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kambio — Kambio helps custom home builders build and sell more homes in less time using our real-time 3D home configurator platform and modular architecture for prefab.
  • DNK — Dongnae provides an online real estate platform that digitizes the rental and home-buying market. The company's platform assists users to find the right house based on their needs and purpose, even find easy transport to work from the resident with the assistance of the brokers, enabling users to save time and energy on finding the right placeto stay in.It was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
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Perry Ha
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Perry Ha is the founder of DFJ Athena, a Draper Fisher Jurvetson affiliate venture fund focused on investments in Korea and the US.He has been an active investor since 1998 when he founded Athena Technology Ventures.He has invested in and/or served on the board of many successful companies including Ipivot (INTC), Demandtec (DMAN),Imparto Software (PKS), ProfitLogic (ORCL), and Zantaz (AUTNF).He also served as an interim CEO at two companies. He currently serves on the board of several companies in Korea and the US.Prior to his venture capital career, he led the Technology Management Practice at Gemini Consulting, a global management consultancy, helping Fortune 1000 clients to manage technology portfolios and develop new products. Prior to that, he managed an R&D Group at Amicon, a life science devices company, which was successfully sold to Milipore in 1994. He was granted two patents during his tenure at Amicon.He serves on the board of Korean American Society of Entrepreneurs (KASE), on the Visiting Committee at MIT, and on the Leadership Board of MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research.He earned B.S. and M.S. degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Rental, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SWING — SWING is a micro-mobility service provider.
  • Precursor Energetics — Precursor Energetics utilizes state-of-the-art inorganic and organometallic chemistry, coupled with advanced process engineering and materials science, to satisfy the need for high value advanced materials within the electronics and energy markets. Our technology can fundamentally change the way that many of these materials are produced.Precursor Energetics’ proprietary molecular precursor ink technology provides atomic-level control over material structure and composition. It thereby improves material uniformity, performance, and yield while enabling high-throughput manufacturing processes using low-cost printing and coating methods.Our technology platform is applicable to a wide range of markets, including thin film solar, Li-ion batteries, transparent conductors, LED lighting, and others.
  • Zeuss Technologies — Zeuss Technologies develops next generation blockchain-based Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) technology for cash intensive industries. Zeuss’ software non-intrusively monitors and verifies all financial activity across industries and efficiently fulfills federal regulatory compliance obligations.
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Brian Kim
Angel · Jeju, Cheju-do, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Brian Kim is Founder & Chairman at Kakao.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fashion, Medical, Women's
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $891k–$6.9M
  • Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Neuroventi
  • Malama Health — Personalized support through Diabetes in Pregnancy. Download our App on the App Store and Google Play. We help moms diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes log and track glucose levels, snap pictures of meals for automatic ingredient tagging, record exercise, stress and medication, and share reports wi
  • Art and Design International — Art and Design International(ADI) is a Korea-based global manufacturer & distributor, with large customer base mainly in Korea, China, North America, and other countries. Headquartered in Seoul, Korea, the firm provides a comprehensive range of cosmetic products including face/body/hair products, and it extends its business intolifestyle products and services.
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David Petersen
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

David Petersen is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Assists. He previously worked at BuildZoom as a Co-Founder and CEO. David Petersen attended the University of Maryland.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

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  • Icon — Icon helps brands partner with creators, turn 1 video into 20 videos with AI, and A/B test messaging to find winning ads. We’re backed by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, as well as founders & executives of OpenAI, Ramp, Flexport, Pika, & Cognition (Devin).
  • Winible — Winible is the first creator monetization platform for cappers to launch a business online, build a community, and sell their picks.
  • Julius AI — Julius is a powerful AI data analyst that helps you analyze and visualize your data. Chat with your data, create graphs, build forecasting models, and more.
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Osuke Honda
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Osuke Honda is a General Partner at DCM Ventures, Osuke previously worked at Mitsubishi Corporation and then at Apax Globis Partners & Co (now GLOBIS CAPITAL PARTNERS & Co.). Having assumed the position of Outside Director of Sansan, Inc. in April 2018, he draws on his extensive experience of investment and business management in makinggeneral management recommendations.Osuke Honda attended Hitotsubashi University, The Wharton School, and Keio University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Japan, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $2.2M–$23M; Series A $4M–$11M; Series B $2.8M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

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  • x.ai — More human events, for more human humans.
  • Miso — Miso provides Instantly book quality home services in South Korea with Miso's apps for iOS and Android.
  • Buildstock — Buildstock is a B2B construction materials marketplace & Fintech software company, focused on connecting buyers of materials directly with materials suppliers for bulk purchasing of base building materials, in the high rise & industrial market. While also offering access to real time lending for procurement & factoring for PurchasingOrders of suppliers; improving, cost of materials, time efficiency, data accuracy & cashflow innovation.
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Edith Yeung
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Edith is a venture capitalist, technology executive, and creator of the China Internet Report, and Silicon News.Edith is a General Partner at Race Capital - an early-stage Silicon Valley venture capital fund. A few sectors we are particularly interested in are infrastructure, fintech, and deep tech verticals. She has invested in over 50 startupsincluding Agora.io (Nasdaq: API), Lightyear/Stellar (valued at $1.2B), Silk Labs (acquired by Apple), Chirp (acquired by Apple), Fleksy (acquired by Pinterest), Human (acquired by Mapbox), Solana, Oasis Labs, Hooked, DayDayCook, AISense, and many more.Prior to Race Capital, Edith was a partner at 500 Startups, the world's most active early-stage fund and incubator invested in Twilio, Credit Karma, Grab, and 2000 more companies. Before 500, Edith was the general manager at Dolphin Browser, a Sequoia-backed mobile browser with over 150 million installs worldwide. Edith also worked with many Fortune 500 companies such as Siebel, AMS, AT&T Wireless, and Autodesk.She frequently speaks on China and Silicon Valley technology and the investment landscape. She is also a frequent guest lecturer at Berkeley and Stanford and a commentator on BBC, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, SCMP, Techcrunch, etc.Edith attended Harvard Business School, Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley, and Purdue University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Malaysia, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 51
  • Round size: Seed $680k–$8M; Series A $1M–$7M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

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  • OhmniLabs — OhmniLabs is reinventing traditional robotics development and redefining telepresence for healthcare, education, senior care and work. Along with game changing solutions for Developers, Enterprise and RaaS. Learn more about how you can use robotics for your business.
  • Presence (Application Software) — Manage and track student engagement and skill development, inside and outside the classroom to drive student retention.
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Jesse Middleton
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Jesse is a GP at Flybridge Capital and a co-founder of The Community Fund. His expertise lies in business development, community building, product, and fundraising. Jesse was on the founding team of WeWork and a part of the global WeWork community. He attended Drexel University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$5.5M; Series A $5M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • DNK — Dongnae provides an online real estate platform that digitizes the rental and home-buying market. The company's platform assists users to find the right house based on their needs and purpose, even find easy transport to work from the resident with the assistance of the brokers, enabling users to save time and energy on finding the right placeto stay in.It was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
  • FlyngCat — FlyingCat is Wish for Korea.
  • 3Claps — 3Claps provide fast fashion for Kids on a daily basis. They are determined to deliver high quality of kids fashion, made widely accessible through technology. 3Claps is targeting moms in global who want to provide best quality of apparel for their kids. They're a venture-backed eCommerce company at the intersection of fashion andtechnology. They are looking for driven and dynamic self-starters who are passionate about learning, and able to keep up with the flexibility and changing demands of an early stage startup.
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S Cubic Angels
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

S Cubic Angels

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, Apps, EdTech
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% 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 rental guarantee company that offers rental management and rent deposit management services.
  • Turing — Reinvent Education with Technology
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Matthew Shampine
Angel · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Co-founder and CEO at Dongnae

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Fashion, Big Data
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FlyngCat — FlyingCat is Wish for Korea.
  • 3Claps — 3Claps provide fast fashion for Kids on a daily basis. They are determined to deliver high quality of kids fashion, made widely accessible through technology. 3Claps is targeting moms in global who want to provide best quality of apparel for their kids. They're a venture-backed eCommerce company at the intersection of fashion andtechnology. They are looking for driven and dynamic self-starters who are passionate about learning, and able to keep up with the flexibility and changing demands of an early stage startup.
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Sujay Tyle
Angel · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 1 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, B2B
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Colombia, United Kingdom, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $2.2M–$23M; Series A $10M–$48M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ascendx Cloud — Supercharge Salesforce with connected apps that streamline sales, automate data, and drive enterprise-scale growth - Salesforce Solutions By Ascendx
  • Boosters — Boosters is a brand aggregator that uncovers and acquires high-potential brands that have been hidden for a long time, or discovers commerce businesses that will be appreciated by the public at an early stage. They achieve scale-up by developing tactics that are specific to each brand's attributes. Scale-up is the maximum of sales forBoosters.
  • Everything — Everything is a UK-based Fintech firm focused on reinventing premium bonds with a social spin.
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Marketplace Angel investor funding in South Korea at a glance

Stats across 6 deals from 5 investors.

5
investors
in South Korea Marketplace startups
6
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in South Korea Marketplace startups
$649k
median round
in South Korea Marketplace startups
0%
lead investors
lead at least one round
50%
Seed
most common funding stage

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