Daniel Shin
Co-Founder @ Terra
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.
- Total investments:
- 13
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 15%
Last updated:
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Industries Daniel Shin invests in
Stages Daniel Shin invests in
Countries Daniel Shin invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $1.6M–$5M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (23%)
- Internet 2 (15%)
- Legal Tech 2 (15%)
- Financial Services 2 (15%)
- B2B 1 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 8 (62%)
- Angel 2 (15%)
- Series A 1 (8%)
- Series B 1 (8%)
- Convertible Note 1 (8%)
Country
- South Korea 8 (62%)
- United States 2 (15%)
- Malaysia 1 (8%)
- Hong Kong 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Port One
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Port One provides payment solutions for online businesses. | Convertible Note / Mar 23, 2024 | |
MarqVision
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MarqVision helps global brands remove counterfeits from online marketplaces. | $20M / Series A / Aug 02, 2022 | |
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MarqVision
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MarqVision helps global brands remove counterfeits from online marketplaces. | $5M / Seed / Sep 28, 2021 | |
Bering Lab
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We are developing AI-powered translation engines and tools for the legal and intellectual property (IP) industries. Our solution is 2x more accurate and more data secure than Google Translate for contracts and patents. We offer both monthly subscription plans for our AI translator platform, as well as post-editing services by legal professionalsfor certified translations. We support 9 languages, serving over 100 clients across major law firms, corporate legal departments, and government agencies. | Seed / Mar 15, 2021 | |
Zaksim Library
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Zaksim Library is a company that designs customized reading rooms for studying. | $11.1M / Series B / May 29, 2019 | |
Korea Credit Data
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Korea Credit Data provides essential services for merchants in Korea including business management, customer analysis, POS and payment services as well as marketplace platform. KCD and its six subsidiaries currently serve more than two million businesses in Korea. KCD aims to resolve issues a business owner faces from the beginning to end of hisbusiness life. To this end, KCD expands its business areas to include payment(Korea Payment Networks), POS(IMU), and credit bureau(Korea Credit Service) which obtained a CB license for the first time in 17 years.KCD made strong strategic partnerships with industry leading companies and built a high entry barrier; the company raised $220M+ from Temasek(Pavilion Capital), Morgan Stanley(Tactical Value), Kakao(No.1 mobile platform in Korea), KB Kookmin Bank(No.1 retail bank in Korea), Hanwha Life Insurance, Shinhan Card(No.1 credit card company in Korea), Dunamu(No.1 cryptocurrency exchange in Korea 'Upbit'), GS Holdings(No.1 CVS in Korea 'GS25'), Fiserv(the largest non-bank merchant acquirer) and more. | $100K / Angel / Jul 29, 2016 | |
Kek.tv
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Kek eSports app. The free app, which is in public beta, is an eSports video aggregation platform that integrates multi-source livestreams and game video replays, as well as news, statistics and tournament feeds into one socially-curated experience for the growing audience of Asian eSports fans. | $2.5M / Seed / May 03, 2016 | |
TRAVO
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TRAVO, Inc. operates in the technology industry. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Santa Monica, California. | $2.4M / Seed / Nov 20, 2015 | |
HonestFund
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HonestFund is a financial technology company operating an alternative investing platform in South Korea. HonestFund provides individuals and institutional investors access to alternative investment opportunities across a wide range of asset classes, such as residential/commercial real estates, infrastructure financing and unsecured personalloans. Due to its unique capability of providing a fully transparent and frictionless process for both investors and private issuers, HonestFund raised funds from leading financial institutions, including Shinhan Bank, Hanwha Investment, KB Investment, Shinhan Capital and Daily Financial Group. | $3.2M / Seed / Aug 27, 2015 | |
KFit
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KFit gets you into the best fitness studios, classes and gyms in your city. Get access to unlimited group fitness classes and activities with just one monthly membership. Transform your workouts.Never get bored. Discover new ways to move. Take as many classes per month as you’d like. Try a different studio everyday. It’s time to work out the wayyou want to. | Seed / May 06, 2015 | |
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Co-Investors
About Terra
Terra is a price-stable cryptocurrency designed for mass adoption. It builds financial infrastructure for the next generation of decentralized applications.Terra is backed by Luna, a decentralized asset that derives its value from transaction fees collected on the Terra network. Much like the moon stabilizes the earth’s rotation, Luna isTerra's eternal guardian of stability.
Terra Contacts
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Jeff Kuan
Head Of Business Development
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Nicholas Platias
Head of Research
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Daniel Shin
Co-Founder
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Do Kwon
Co-Founder & CEO
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Ryan Park
Associate
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FAQ
What does Daniel Shin invest in?
Daniel Shin invests primarily in Software, Internet and Legal Tech startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Korea. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Daniel Shin's check size?
Daniel Shin typically joins rounds of $1.6M–$5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Daniel Shin participates in.
When did Daniel Shin last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Daniel Shin closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 13 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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