# Hoon-gon Nam

> Hoon-gon Nam is a Series A investor at Smilegate Investment backing E-Commerce. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Smilegate Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smilegate-investment)
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 80%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hoongon-nam-3752872b/?originalSubdomain=kr

Hoon-gon Nam is a Series A investor at Smilegate Investment focused on E-Commerce and Financial Services. Hoon-gon Nam is senior manager at Smilegate Investment.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 40% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 40% |
| Gaming | 1 | 20% |
| Finance | 1 | 20% |
| Big Data | 1 | 20% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 40% |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series C | 1 | 20% |
| Series D | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 3 | 60% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GGWP | GGWP provides a gaming tool to help reduce toxic and disruptive in the game. | $15M | Series A | Apr 30, 2026 |  |
| Habit Factory | Habit Factory provides financial big data analytics solutions. | $24.4M | Series D | Oct 23, 2025 |  |
| Habit Factory | Habit Factory provides financial big data analytics solutions. | $16M | Series C | Nov 28, 2023 |  |
| ConnectionH | ConnectionH provides big data-based artificial intelligence services. |  | Seed | Sep 29, 2022 |  |
| Wadiz | 'Best business structure that connects crowdfunding, e-commerce, and brand business', 'Ready to go public on the Korean stock market', 'Accumulated transaction value of more than USD 9.6 billion+', '7.1 mil members, 10 mil monthly visitors', 'More than 18,000 crowdfunding projects in a year','Selected Korea’s Top 10 game changer brand by interbrand' | $1.1M | Series A | Mar 17, 2016 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [KB Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kbinvest) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Shinhan Venture Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shinhan-venture-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [IBK Venture Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ibk-venture-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Industrial Bank of Korea](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/industrial-bank-of-korea) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/infinity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [KDB Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kdb-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Smilegate Investment

VC Fund · Seongnam, South Korea

Smilegate Investment, founded in 1999 originally as MVP Capital, is a venture capital and private equity firm that grows remarkably alongside invested companies. Since initial venture capital funding in 2000, the firm has since organized and managed more than 30 venture capital and private equity funds and has invested in more than 200 companieswith promising growth potential.

5 contacts available at Smilegate Investment.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hoon-gon Nam | Senior Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hoon-gon-nam |
| Insoo Paik | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/insoo-paik-b279 |
| Inwoo Kang | General Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inwoo-kang |
| Jong Hyuk Park | Executive Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jong-hyuk-park |
| Kimoon Nam | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kimoon-nam |

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## FAQ

### What does Hoon-gon Nam invest in?

Hoon-gon Nam invests primarily in E-Commerce, Financial Services and Gaming startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 5 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 Hoon-gon Nam last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hoon-gon Nam closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 5 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?

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