# Sean Sohn

> Sean Sohn is a seed investor at Krafton (Bengaluru) backing Gaming, Apps and Mobile. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Krafton](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bluehole)
- Location: Bengaluru, India
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 56%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/changhan-kim-58964310a/
- Website: https://x.com/hisohn

Sean Sohn is a seed investor at Krafton in Bengaluru focused on Gaming and Apps. Sean Hyunil Sohn is based out of Bengaluru, Karnataka, and is the CEO of KRAFTON India of Krafton and also serves as Board Member at Game Developers Association of India. Sean previously worked at PUBG Corporation as a Chief Financial Officer. Sean Hyunil Sohn attended the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$12M |
| Series A | $3.4M–$25M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 4 | 25% |
| Apps | 3 | 19% |
| Mobile | 2 | 13% |
| Internet | 2 | 13% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 13% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 31% |
| Series A | 5 | 31% |
| Series B | 2 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 13% |
| Corporate Round | 2 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 6 | 38% |
| South Korea | 4 | 25% |
| United States | 2 | 13% |
| Vietnam | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shuru | Shuru app is a location-based audio primary hyper-social network to enable and empower local communities and services. | $3.4M | Series A | May 22, 2025 |  |
| Deftouch | Deftouch is a game development company that currently focuses on winning the Cricket gaming market, by providing a billion cricket-mad followers with a platform to engage & interact with their daydreams with a social, Realtime multiplayer game. |  |  | Oct 09, 2024 |  |
| The Data Foundation | Powering web3 narrative universes via story legos | $25M | Series A | Sep 06, 2023 |  |
| Mykare Health | Mykare Health offers services for orthopedics, gastroenterology, urology, infertility, neurology, and cardiology. They offers telemedicine services, preventive care, second opinions, and operations. They can be reached by phone and email. | $2M | Seed | Jun 15, 2023 |  |
| One Impression | One Impression’s platform helps brands instantly discover and access over 7 Mil+ creators globally ranging from top-tier celebrities to regional nano creators. The platform also provides best-in-class creator pricing, facilitates compliant creator contracts, ensures seamless on-time delivery, automates creator payouts, and allows brands to trackcampaign performance in real time. The platform enables brands to reliably drive campaigns at scale and speed.The platform is currently active in over 14 countries including India, USA, UAE, Indonesia & more. It is trusted by over 500+ top brands including companies such as Unilever, Amazon, Nestle, Meta to name a few. One Impression was founded in July 2018 in Gurgaon, Haryana by Apaksh Gupta & Jivesh Gupta. | $10M | Series A | Mar 14, 2023 |  |
| Charan | Charan is an operator of an e-commerce platform intended to sell second-hand fashion apparel. | $3.2M | Seed | Feb 23, 2023 |  |
| GGWP | GGWP provides a gaming tool to help reduce toxic and disruptive in the game. | $12M | Seed | Mar 21, 2022 |  |
| Summoners Arena | Summoners Arena is an idle-RPG blockchain-based game that integrates traditional and blockchain gaming to provide countless opportunities for players to take part in immersive gameplay, experience true ownership over gaming assets whilst earning crypto assets. | $3M |  | Feb 11, 2022 |  |
| Summoners Arena | Summoners Arena is an idle-RPG blockchain-based game that integrates traditional and blockchain gaming to provide countless opportunities for players to take part in immersive gameplay, experience true ownership over gaming assets whilst earning crypto assets. | $3M | Seed | Feb 11, 2022 |  |
| Seoul Auction Blue | Seoul Auction Blue is an online art auction services. | $2.5M | Series B | Feb 07, 2022 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Elevation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elevation-capital-6e8a) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Zentry](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guildfi) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hashed](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hashed-f96b) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kyber Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kyber-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kyros Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kyros-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Lumikai](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lumikai) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Krafton

VC Fund · Seongnam, South Korea

Krafton is a game developer for PC and mobile devices that focuses on fantasy games. Its vision is to stay a household name in video game development by keeping true to its core value of craftmanship.

5 contacts available at Krafton.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kim Chang-han | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/changhan-kim-4f61 |
| Sean Sohn | Head Of Corporate Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chang-han-kim |
| Brian Corrigan | VP & Head of Americas | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-corrigan |
| Chang Byung-gyu | Founder & Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chang-byung-gyu |
| Jin Oh | Chief Global Publishing Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jin-oh |

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## FAQ

### What does Sean Sohn invest in?

Sean Sohn invests primarily in Gaming, Apps and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Sean Sohn's check size?

Sean Sohn typically joins rounds of $2M–$12M at Seed and $3.4M–$25M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Sean Sohn participates in.

### When did Sean Sohn last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sean Sohn closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 16 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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