# Hong Seok Jang

> Hong Seok Jang is a Series B investor at LB Investment backing E-Commerce and Apps. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [LB Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lb-investment)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Hong Seok Jang is a Series B investor at LB Investment focused on E-Commerce and Apps. Senior Investment Manager, LB Investment Inc

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 100% |
| Apps | 1 | 50% |
| Retail | 1 | 50% |
| Grocery | 1 | 50% |
| Shopping | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ASWEMAKE | ASWEMAKE is a provider of digital transformation management solutions, dedicated to creating a customer experience that makes purchasing daily necessities online as satisfying as buying them in person. By focusing on developing online sales infrastructure within competitive nationwide food ingredient markets and collaborating with local offlinepartners, the company aims to achieve 'Today's Shopping,' where orders made today are delivered the same day throughout the country, leveraging logistics and distribution services. It operates 'Q Market,' an application for same-day delivery from local grocery stores. Q Market serves as an O2O service that links consumers residing within a 3km radius of medium-to-large offline supermarkets, using city center supermarkets as delivery hubs to ensure that orders reach customers' doorsteps on the same day. The company is committed to offering consumers a fresher 'Convenience Premium' (Convenience + Premium) by setting itself apart through the use of logistics warehouses associated with supermarkets, ensuring that the products customers require are delivered as quickly as possible. | $7.4M | Series C | Jun 05, 2025 |  |
| TASTY9 | TASTY9 is an online food marketplace that provides food delivery services. | $6.4M | Series B | Jan 05, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [A Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-ventures-88a4) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Partners Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/partners-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SV Investment Corp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-investment-corp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [WONIK Investment Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wonik-investment-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About LB Investment

VC Fund · Seoul, South Korea

LB Investment is one of the top VCs in Korea. LB invests in diverse industries ranging from Technology and Contents to Bio and healthcare

5 contacts available at LB Investment.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Boncheon Koo | CEO, Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-bonchun-koo |
| Dooseok Chae | Managing Director, Executive Director, and Head of Growth Secondary Headquarters | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dooseok-chae |
| Hong Seok Jang | chief of LB Investment, | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hong-seok-jang |
| Jeong Kyung-in | General manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeong-kyung-in |
| Jung Hyeong-rok | Deputy general manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jung-hyeong-rok |

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## FAQ

### What does Hong Seok Jang invest in?

Hong Seok Jang invests primarily in E-Commerce, Apps and Retail startups, most often at Series B and Series C 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.

### When did Hong Seok Jang last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hong Seok Jang closed in Jun 2025. 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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