Jaewoong Lee
Founder @ Socar
Busan, South Korea
Jaewoong Lee is a seed investor at Socar in Busan focused on News and SaaS. Jaewoong Lee is based out of Busan, Pusan-jikhalsi, and is the Founder of Socar. Jaewoong previously worked at Daum Communications as a Founder.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 17%
Last updated:
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Industries Jaewoong Lee invests in
Stages Jaewoong Lee invests in
Countries Jaewoong Lee invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- News 1 (17%)
- SaaS 1 (17%)
- Beauty 1 (17%)
- Software 1 (17%)
- E-Commerce 1 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (33%)
- Angel 1 (17%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (17%)
- Funding Round 1 (17%)
Country
- Vietnam 1 (17%)
- South Korea 1 (17%)
- United States 1 (17%)
- United Kingdom 1 (17%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Beaubble
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beauty + bubble = beaubble [byoo-buhl] | Pre-Seed / Nov 01, 2021 | |
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Beaubble
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beauty + bubble = beaubble [byoo-buhl] | Pre-Seed / May 31, 2021 | |
Cohost AI
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Byline
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BYLINE is a London-based crowdfunding journalism startup that enables journalists and bloggers to directly reach their readers. Writers can contribute regularly to a particular topic and stand the chance of getting paid per article or per month while interacting with their readers through Supporter’s Café and offer them special rewards to encouragepayment. Byline was founded by Seung Yoon Lee and Daniel Tudor in January 2007 and is based in London, England. | $850K / Seed / Jul 21, 2015 | |
Primer
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Primer (프라이머) is a startup accelerator that the partners are all entrepreneurs based in Korea. The company started Jan 2010.The company forms groups called “PrimerClub Members” by selecting potential entrepreneurs, invest seed fund and provides them with mentoring and other support services to help ensure successful outcomes in their newventures. | $355K / Jan 01, 2010 | |
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Primer
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Primer (프라이머) is a startup accelerator that the partners are all entrepreneurs based in Korea. The company started Jan 2010.The company forms groups called “PrimerClub Members” by selecting potential entrepreneurs, invest seed fund and provides them with mentoring and other support services to help ensure successful outcomes in their newventures. | $371K / Angel / Jan 01, 2010 |
Co-Investors
About Socar
Socar is a Korean eco-friendly car sharing community that allows travelers to share cars with others who are traveling the same route.Socar has raised an $18 million round of funding in 2015 which was one of the highest funding deals for a South Korean startup to date. Most notably, it was led by a US investor: Bain Capital, a private investmentfirm with $80 billion in assets under management.Socar was founded in March 2012, and it has a website and smartphone apps that let users book cars for their own use. Service has over 1,700,000 registered users, 50,000 of whom use the service each month. Around 80,000 transactions per month — that’s more than one car booking each 30 seconds.
Socar Contacts
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Jaewoong Lee
Founder
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DaeHyun Kim
System Engineer
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Jimahn Kim
Chief Executive Officer
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KyungJae Woo
Client Development Team Leader
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Ryeongaeng Lee
Employee
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FAQ
What does Jaewoong Lee invest in?
Jaewoong Lee invests primarily in News, SaaS and Beauty startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Vietnam. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Jaewoong Lee last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Jaewoong Lee closed in Nov 2021. Shizune tracks 6 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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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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