# Top 25 Marketplace Angel Investors in South Korea in June 2026 ## Aviram Jenik - Type: Angel - Location: Cupertino, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence 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 ## Douglas Guen - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## 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 ## 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. ## Toni Ko - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Beauty, Wellness, Cosmetics 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. ## Erik Peterson - Type: Angel - Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Series A - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, SaaS Erik Peterson is the Founder at DormTrader. ## Jay Eum - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Mobile, Analytics Jay Eum is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of GFT Ventures. ## Justin Waldron - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile 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. ## Kim Chang-won - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce Kim Chang-won ## Shirley Crystal Tan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Beauty, Wellness Shirley Crystal Tan ## Perry Tam - Type: Angel - Location: Redwood Shores, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Mobile, Consumer, Software Perry Tam is the Co-Founder and Managimg Partner of Locus Ventures. Took up B.S., Computer Science at Cornell University. ## Boon Hwee Koh - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services 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. ## Seojoon Kim - Type: Angel - Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Blockchain, Financial Services 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. ## Seung Yoon Lee - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, B2B, B2C Seung-yoon Lee is a Global Strategy Officer at Kakao Entertainment. He attended University of Oxford. ## Geoff Ralston - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Education, E-Commerce Geoff Ralston is the President, CEO, and Partner of Y Combinator. He previously worked at Imagine K12 as a Founder. Geoff Ralston attended INSEAD. ## Miguel McKelvey - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Real Estate, Rental, Software 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 ## Perry Ha - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, Rental, FinTech 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. ## Brian Kim - Type: Angel - Location: Jeju, Cheju-do, South Korea - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fashion, Medical, Women's Brian Kim is Founder & Chairman at Kakao. ## David Petersen - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software 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. ## Osuke Honda - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, Mobile 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. ## Edith Yeung - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Mobile, Software, Information Technology 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. ## Jesse Middleton - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce 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. ## 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 ## Matthew Shampine - Type: Angel - Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Beauty, Fashion, Big Data Co-founder and CEO at Dongnae ## Sujay Tyle - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, B2B 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. # 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