# Jinhwan Cho

> Jinhwan Cho is a seed investor at Mirae Asset Venture Investment backing Artificial Intelligence. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Mirae Asset Venture Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mirae-asset-venture-investment)
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 80%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/demian-jinhwan-cho-913a4a91
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jay.jinhwan.cho

Jinhwan Cho is a seed investor at Mirae Asset Venture Investment in Seoul focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Jinhwan Cho - General Manager @ Mirae Asset Venture Investment

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 60% |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 40% |
| Gaming | 1 | 20% |
| Lifestyle | 1 | 20% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Country

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DALPHA | Dalpha develops artificial intelligence technology for the creation of AI models. The company provides data security and ownership through a secure cloud environment and differential privacy technology. | $8.7M | Seed | Apr 24, 2024 |  |
| VESSL AI | VESSL AI enables machine learning teams to develop state-of-the-art models at scale without the complex and repetitive process of setting up pipelines and infrastructures.In addition to a centralized dashboard and workflow management, VESSL AI offers enterprise-grade infrastructure equipped with automated resource provisioning, and powerfultraining modes with automated hyperparameter optimization and multi-node distributed training. | $4.4M | Seed | Nov 15, 2021 |  |
| Atlas Labs | Atlas Labs develops and delivers language-based AI solutions. | $3.4M | Seed | Aug 13, 2020 |  |
| Red Sahara Studio | Red Sahara Studio creates a variety of interesting games. Their goal is to make games that make people happy. | $297K | Seed | Mar 18, 2014 |  |
| ByBox | One of Korea’s most recognized icons in fashion design and an industry expert in digital content have teamed up to found byBox, the curation commerce service for fashion. Kan Ho Sub was a former mentor on the television program Project Runway Korea and professor at Hongik University. byBox CEO Sae Woon Jung was a Producer at Cheil Worldwide Inc.,where he was recognized for his successful execution of IPTV content services.byBox offers boxes of jewelry and accessories created by Korean designers and curated by major celebrities and experts such as renowned fashion stylists. ‘byBox season2’ opened with new contents and services of the brand after large renewal of its online pages in August 2014. From fashion, living, to kids, byBox provides theme products throughout life-style products. | $371K | Seed | Mar 06, 2014 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Springcamp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spring-camp) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [A Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-ventures-88a4) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DSC Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dsc-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [IMM Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/imm-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [InterVest Co.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intervest-co) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [KB Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kbinvest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Mirae Asset Venture Investment

VC Fund · Seongnam, South Korea

Mirae Asset Venture Investment invests in specialized enterprises and provides technology, funding and management consulting.

5 contacts available at Mirae Asset Venture Investment.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chirag Heda | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ashish-dave |
| Chirag Heda | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ashish-dave-128e |
| Eunhye Haley Kim | Senior investment manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eunhye-haley-kim |
| Jinhwan Cho | General Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jinhwan-cho |
| Ashish Dave | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ashish-dave-f5f5 |

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## FAQ

### What does Jinhwan Cho invest in?

Jinhwan Cho invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Machine Learning startups, most often at 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 Jinhwan Cho last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jinhwan Cho closed in Apr 2024. 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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