# Daniel Kang

> Daniel Kang is a Series A investor at SBVA (Seoul) backing Energy, Battery and Electronics. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SBVA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/softbank-ventures-korea)
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Apr 2021
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/daniel-kang/0/29a/5a3
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/Dongseok_Kang
- Website: https://x.com/Dongseok_Kang

Daniel Kang is a Series A investor at SBVA in Seoul focused on Energy and Battery. Daniel Kang - Managing Director @ SBVA

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 50% |
| Battery | 1 | 50% |
| Electronics | 1 | 50% |
| Marketplace | 1 | 50% |
| Real Estate | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Series C | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vietnam | 1 | 50% |
| South Korea | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Standard Energy | Standard Energy is a South Korea-based tech startup and developer of vanadium ion battery that is on the verge of revolutionizing the current lithium ion-based energy storage system | $8.9M | Series C | Apr 14, 2021 |  |
| Propzy | Propzy is a full-stack real estate platform that originates and facilitates property sale and leasing transactions in Vietnam. By combining a real estate marketplace on the front end with logistics, documentation, and transaction services on the backend, Propzy has created a strong value proposition for consumers and has established a clearcompetitive advantage in Vietnam.Vietnam has a total population of 92m with a very high mobile penetration rate of 147%. By 2017 all 4 major mobile operators had been issued 4G licenses, providing the platform for strong increases in Internet and smartphone penetration. Strong listing growth in 2017 is expected to significantly drive revenue growth due to the transaction focused business model. In Q1 2017, Propzy facilitated a total of $190mm in property transactions with an average share of the total commission of 0.40% and is currently on track for $300mm for Q2 (150% QoQ growth). In 2015 there were a total of 357k property sale transactions in Vietnam, with potential agency commissions for the whole Vietnamese market as high as US$1bn.The CEO and founder of Propzy, John Le, is a highly successful entrepreneur having founded and sold several technology businesses in North America. In 1999, he founded one of the Internet’s first mortgage trading platforms (LoanTrader) and attracted top tier investors including Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Koch Industries. John Le has been awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Orange County) and Deloitte’s Fast50 winner. In 2009 John Le returned to Vietnam to found Vietnam’s first international credit bureau along with operating and financial partner TransUnion. | $25M | Series A | Jun 05, 2020 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Breeze Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breeze-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FEBE Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/febe-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gaw Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaw-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Insignia Ventures Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/insignia-ventures-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Next Billion Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/next-billion-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [RHL Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rhl-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About SBVA

VC Fund · Seoul, South Korea

Established in 2000 as an early-stage venture capital arm of SoftBank Group, SBVA has a storied history of empowering extraordinary entrepreneurs across the globe. In 2023, we joined forces with The Edgeof, a global startup ecosystem builder founded by Taizo Son, JP Lee, and Atsushi Taira and began our new chapter as an independent entity with arenewed commitment to fostering innovation and technological advancement.

5 contacts available at SBVA.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Daniel Kang | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-kang |
| Eunwoo Lee | Managing Director & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eunwoo-lee |
| Jay Choi | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jay-choi-2 |
| Tony Lyu | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tony-lyu |
| Ben Weiss | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-weiss-4 |

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## FAQ

### What does Daniel Kang invest in?

Daniel Kang invests primarily in Energy, Battery and Electronics startups, most often at Series A and Series C stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Vietnam. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Daniel Kang last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Daniel Kang closed in Apr 2021. Shizune tracks 2 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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