# Hyuck-Tae (Ted) Kwon

> Hyuck-Tae (Ted) Kwon is a seed investor at Coolidge Corner Investment backing Software and EBooks. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Coolidge Corner Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coolidge-corner-investment)
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: May 2015
- Lead investor: 80%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hyuck-tae-ted-kwon-47750429
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/hyucktae

Hyuck-Tae (Ted) Kwon is a seed investor at Coolidge Corner Investment focused on Software and EBooks. Ted, a Babson College alumni, tries to spread out the entrepreneurship throughout the country. His diverse professional experiences including analyzing industries in a mutual fund firm in Boston, CFO in a startup company in Boston, M&A firms in Korea, enable him to maximize equity value through his investments. He is specialized in innovativetechnologies, finance, strategy and restructuring of small and growing companies.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| EBooks | 1 | 20% |
| Events | 1 | 20% |
| Fashion | 1 | 20% |
| Finance | 1 | 20% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 80% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 4 | 80% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Trusted Insight | Trusted Insight is an LP network that provides institutional investors with curated news, jobs, rankings, online and offline events, and a forum. With over 140,000 members on the platform controlling over $18 Trillion in assets, Trusted Insight is the fastest growing and most trusted alternative platform.30,000 institutional investors engagewith Trusted Insight each week. They are actively investing in alternative assets, primarily private equity, hedge funds, real estate and private companies. Founded by Alex Bangash, Trusted Insight started in 2010 and is venture-funded and revenue-producing. Its investors were the first investors or founders of Facebook, LinkedIn, Mint, Match.com, and Blackstone, among others. The company has offices in NYC and San Francisco. | $5M | Series A | May 14, 2015 |  |
| i-ePUB | i-ePUB (아이이펍) is a Korean-based company focused on providing digital content publishing and e-book publishing services to its customers. The company offers total publishing services including planning, production, publication, and the distribution of e-books in HTML format. i-ePUB offers its e-book services to major publishers including SamsungMobiles. i-ePUB won the “Innovation Award” from the Korea Electronic Publishing Association in December 2011.i-ePUB was established in October 2011. | $371K | Seed | Jun 16, 2014 |  |
| YDEA | YDEA(www.ydea.co) focuses on improving and providing E-Commerce experiences. The company explores best E-Commerce solutions for next generations in mobile devices. Our Mission: Delivering the best shopping experience. For more information about our products we provide, visit us. www.ydea.co | $297K | Seed | Feb 20, 2014 |  |
| ViewReple | ViewReple (뷰리플) is a Korean provider of social curation services for product reviews in education, fashion, games, style, art, movies, children, music, interiors, restaurants, food, applications, sport, beauty, life, books, events, and automotive.The reviews on ViewReple are shared on Facebook and Twitter, making the service a marketing tool.ViewReple was established in February 2012 in Seoul, Korea. | $371K | Seed | Aug 27, 2013 |  |
| Plask | Plask is a Korean startup developing mobile apps, like Believe My Brother, Girlfriend, and Alfredo. | $223K | Seed | Oct 15, 2012 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BootstrapLabs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bootstraplabs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Morado Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morado-ventures-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Route 66 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/route-66-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Coolidge Corner Investment

VC Fund · Seoul, South Korea

Coolidge Corner Investment (CCVC) provides Seed and Seed+ funding to the most innovative tech startup companies in Korea. They proudly provide their portfolio companies a customized support in professional incubating, growth hacking, strategy, network and more.

5 contacts available at Coolidge Corner Investment.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ae-Young Moon | Senior Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ae-young-moon |
| Choi Mi-ran | Business Incubator | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/choi-mi-ran |
| HoYoung (Ryan) Jang | Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ho-young-jang |
| Hyuck-Tae (Ted) Kwon | CEO & President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyuck-tae--ted--kwon |
| Hyun-Joo Lee | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyun-joo-lee |

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## FAQ

### What does Hyuck-Tae (Ted) Kwon invest in?

Hyuck-Tae (Ted) Kwon invests primarily in Software, EBooks and Events startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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 Hyuck-Tae (Ted) Kwon last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hyuck-Tae (Ted) Kwon closed in May 2015. 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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