# Karrot Market

> Karrot Market is a VC fund in Seoul backing Events and Communities. See 2 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://us.karrotmarket.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karrotmarket

Karrot Market is a VC fund in Seoul focused on Events and Communities. Karrot is a hyperlocal community app which offers a secondhand marketplace. Karrot supports an eco-friendly lifestyle and local economy by promoting buying and selling secondhand goods locally. Since its launch in 2015, Karrot has become South Korea's largest second-hand marketplace and second-biggest e-commerce company. Karrot is currentlyavailable in select cities in four countries outside the home country, including the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States and Japan. As of March 2021, Karrot runs one of the largest and fastest growing consumer-to-consumer (C2C) mobile marketplace, receiving 14.5 million monthly unique visitors.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Events | 1 | 50% |
| Communities | 1 | 50% |
| Event Management | 1 | 50% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Changhun Jeong | Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/changhun-jeong |
| Gary Kim | Co-founder, Co-CEO & Product Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gary-kim-30c4 |
| Jae-hyun Kim | Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jae-hyun-kim |
| Yong-hyun Kim | Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yong-hyun-kim-28d1 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Naamezip | Naamwzip is a conversation community that hosts meetings and events to connect people. | $851.2K | Seed | Sep 23, 2021 | https://naamezip.com |

1 of 2 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Karrot Market invest in?

Karrot Market invests primarily in Events, Communities and Event Management startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Korea. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Karrot Market?

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### Who are the partners at Karrot Market?

The team at Karrot Market includes Changhun Jeong (Co-Founder), Gary Kim (Co-founder, Co-CEO & Product Manager) and Jae-hyun Kim (Co-Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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