Aaron Dongsuk Shin
Managing Director, CEO, Co-founder @ Ascendo Ventures
Seoul, South Korea
Aaron Dongsuk Shin is a seed investor at Ascendo Ventures in Seoul focused on Apps and Sensor. Aaron is an Asia Investment Partner at Formation Group and had a similar role with Formation 8, focusing on South Korea. Aaron led investments in a variety of industries including virtual realty, big data, healthcare, consumer technology and entertainment. Through investments at Formation 8, Aaron serves on the boards of MyMusicTaste, MOOOVR andRooy.Most recently, Aaron co-founded Blue Button, a cross-border startup accelerator, and helped Korean startups expand into the U.S. market. Previously, Aaron served as an investment professional at Softbank Ventures Korea, a venture capital subsidiary of Softbank Corp., focusing on startup and growth stage companies in e-commerce, digital content and other technology sectors. Before Softbank Ventures Korea, Aaron joined Accenture and performed various consulting projects such as optimizing supply chain process, designing corporate performance evaluation framework and implementing new business strategies mostly for large corporations. Aaron began his career as a co-founder and CTO of NodeNIC in South Korea, where he invented a patented domain lookup technology and led software development.Aaron earned a B.S. in Computer Science from Seoul National University in South Korea.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
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Industries Aaron Dongsuk Shin invests in
Stages Aaron Dongsuk Shin invests in
Countries Aaron Dongsuk Shin invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Apps 1 (17%)
- Sensor 1 (17%)
- Travel 1 (17%)
- Software 1 (17%)
- Lifestyle 1 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (17%)
- Series A 1 (17%)
- Series B 1 (17%)
Country
- Taiwan 1 (17%)
- South Korea 1 (17%)
- United States 1 (17%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Operation intelligence streaming service that increases profit by 20% | $2.1M / Series A / Aug 28, 2022 | ||
| ALLO is designed to adapt to and enhance your specific workflow whether you're brainstorming ideas, managing complex projects, or aligning your team towards common goals. | $5M / Seed / Dec 09, 2021 | ||
| ALLO is designed to adapt to and enhance your specific workflow whether you're brainstorming ideas, managing complex projects, or aligning your team towards common goals. | $5M / Seed / Dec 01, 2021 | ||
| Our vision is to empower people to delight their lives how they want when they want it. Our mission is to enable people to be spontaneous through an enjoyable, easy, and reliable booking experience. We are the best way for urbanites to book fun on the spur of the moment. | $15M / Series B / Nov 08, 2021 | ||
| ALLO is designed to adapt to and enhance your specific workflow whether you're brainstorming ideas, managing complex projects, or aligning your team towards common goals. | $1M / Seed / Dec 30, 2019 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Ascendo Ventures
Ascendo Ventures is an early stage venture capital fund based in Seoul, South Korea. Through its strong relationships with Korean R&D hubs and the startup ecosystem, Ascendo has early access to source and engage top tier startups, with the primary objective of accelerating growth via cross-border business development.
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Aaron Dongsuk Shin
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What does Aaron Dongsuk Shin invest in?
Aaron Dongsuk Shin invests primarily in Apps, Sensor and Travel startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Taiwan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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