# Hosung Hwang

> Hosung Hwang is a Series B investor at QUAD Investment Management backing Big Data and Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [QUAD Investment Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/quad-asset-management)
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2020
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Hosung Hwang is a Series B investor at QUAD Investment Management in Seoul focused on Big Data and Software. Hosung Hwang is the current CEO of QUAD Investment Management. Hosung Hwang attended Seoul National University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Big Data | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Credit Bureau | 1 | 100% |
| Consumer Reviews | 1 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 100% |

9 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Korea Credit Data | 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. |  | Series B | Jan 02, 2020 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Shinhan Card](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shinhan-card-11ab) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Yukyung PSG Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yukyung-psg-asset-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About QUAD Investment Management

VC Fund · Seoul, South Korea

Established in 2009, QUAD is an independent investment manager overseeing approximately US$1.0 billion in equity assets (as of June 2019). Our clients range from institutional clients such as pension funds, endowments and family offices to individual parents and their children. All investment managers and key management being equity partners of thefirm, QUAD members are significant investors in the company, which we believe aligns our goals with the interests of our clients.

1 contacts available at QUAD Investment Management.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hosung Hwang | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hosung-hwang-c6c5 |

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## FAQ

### What does Hosung Hwang invest in?

Hosung Hwang invests primarily in Big Data, Software and Credit Bureau startups, most often at Series B stage. Most of the 1 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 Hosung Hwang last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hosung Hwang closed in Jan 2020. Shizune tracks 1 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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