# Kakao Mobility

> Kakao Mobility is a VC fund in Seongnam backing Transportation and Software. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seongnam, South Korea
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kakaomobility/
- Website: http://www.kakaomobility.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kakaomobility

Kakao Mobility is a VC fund in Seongnam focused on Transportation and Software. Kakao Mobility provides online taxi-hailing and parking services. Kakao Mobility brands include Kakao Taxi, Kakao Driver, and Kakao Navi. Kakao Mobility also provides its services.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Kakao Mobility. Shizune tracks 7 team members at Kakao Mobility. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/kakao-mobility?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $14M–$17M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Transportation | 6 | 50% |
| Software | 4 | 33% |
| Automotive | 4 | 33% |
| Apps | 3 | 25% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 25% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Corporate Round | 4 | 33% |
| Seed | 3 | 25% |
| Series A | 3 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 7 | 58% |
| Japan | 2 | 17% |
| United States | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jongwon Chae | Head of Franchise Business | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jongwon-chae |
| Joohwan Jung | CEO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joohwan-jung-2 |
| Seungil You | Chief Technology Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seungil-you |
| Stefano Jang | manager for Mobility, Project management, Business strategy, Strategic partnership | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stefano-jang |
| Taeksoo Lee | Android Developer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/taeksoo-lee |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Autonomous a2z | Autonomous a2z is a driving mobility platform that provides autonomous driving service with judgement, control and recognition technologies. | $25.3M | Series B | Oct 10, 2023 |  |
| National Cargo Yard | The National Cargo Yard is a freight brokerage platform that locates cargo near the user and offers personalized services. |  | Corporate Round | Oct 11, 2022 |  |
| AltiMobility | AltiMobility manages various shared mobility services such as car sharing, car hailing, rental automation, and micro-mobility. The company also provides reservation, parking, and payment, and supports integrated smart parking control and centralized management for operators. |  | Series A | Aug 26, 2022 |  |
| Daedong Mobility | Daedong Mobility, which has played a vital role in factory automation in Korea for the past 40 years by delivering high-quality industrial chains, has manufactured high-quality chain products, gardening equipment, and leisure vehicles. We are now leaping forward as a future high-tech e-mobility company by adding electricity-based platformconversion, based on the movement, transit, work, and leisure platform technology and know-how gathered over the years. | $7.6M | Corporate Round | Aug 17, 2022 |  |
| Studio Galilei | Studio Galilei is an SFO platform company that operates and manages mobility services. |  | Seed | Aug 01, 2022 |  |
| ThorDrive | ThorDrive is a company that develops software solutions related to automated and unmanned technology. ThorDrive provides an automated and unmanned platform and associated products as well as intellectual properties that can be applied to other areas. | $16.7M | Series A | Feb 17, 2022 |  |
| Autonomous a2z | Autonomous a2z is a driving mobility platform that provides autonomous driving service with judgement, control and recognition technologies. | $13.7M | Series A | Sep 13, 2021 |  |
| Mobility Technologies | Mobility Technologies provides vehicle allocation systems for taxi operators. |  | Corporate Round | Sep 14, 2018 |  |
| JapanTaxi | JapanTaxi is a Provider of taxi booking services designed to cater the needs of people in Japan. The company's services offer a fare calculator application if users took a taxi offline, enabling users to easily travel from one place to another. |  | Corporate Round | Sep 06, 2018 |  |
| Mobility Technologies | Mobility Technologies provides vehicle allocation systems for taxi operators. |  | Corporate Round | Aug 17, 2018 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [K and Investment Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/k-and-investment-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [KB Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kbinvest) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CJ Logistics](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cj-logistics) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Daishin Securities](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daishin-securities) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Enlight Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enlight-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hana Securities](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hana-securities) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Kakao Mobility invest in?

Kakao Mobility invests primarily in Transportation, Software and Automotive startups, most often at Corporate Round and Seed stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Korea. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Kakao Mobility's check size?

Kakao Mobility typically joins rounds of $14M–$17M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kakao Mobility participates in.

### How do I contact Kakao Mobility?

Public channels for Kakao Mobility include LinkedIn, the website linked on this profile and Facebook. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Kakao Mobility?

The team at Kakao Mobility includes Jongwon Chae (Head of Franchise Business), Joohwan Jung (CEO) and Seungil You (Chief Technology Officer), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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