# Kelvin Dongho Kim

> Kelvin Dongho Kim is a seed investor at Korea Credit Data (Seoul) backing News and Content. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Korea Credit Data](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/korea-credit-data)
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Aug 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelvinkim
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/kelvindonghokim
- Website: http://kelvinkim.net/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kelvin.dongho.kim

Kelvin Dongho Kim is a seed investor at Korea Credit Data in Seoul focused on News and Content. Kelvin Dongho Kim is the founding Chief Executive of Korea Credit Data (KCD), a leading provider of essential digital services for small and medium-sized businesses in South Korea. KCD’s offerings span business management software, credit scoring, POS and payments infrastructure, as well as a marketplace platform. Together with its fivesubsidiaries, the company currently supports over 3 million businesses, establishing itself as a dominant force in the Korean SME services landscape.A recognised figure in Korea’s start-up ecosystem, Kelvin is a serial entrepreneur whose first major success was Opensurvey, a mobile-based consumer data and insights platform.In 2025, Kelvin was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $920k–$29M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| News | 1 | 25% |
| Content | 1 | 25% |
| Advertising | 1 | 25% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 25% |
| Service Industry | 1 | 25% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Angel | 1 | 25% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 2 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Art Busan | Art Busan is the organizer of the Korean art fair brand |  | Angel | Aug 09, 2023 |  |
| The Data Foundation | Powering web3 narrative universes via story legos | $29.3M | Seed | May 17, 2023 |  |
| Project Pluto | Building Finance Superintelligence. AI Investment Agent that automates investment professionals workflow. | $3.2M | Pre-Seed | Aug 18, 2022 |  |
| Long Black | Long Black is a media and content-creating company that provides news, articles, and advertising. | $920K | Seed | Jan 03, 2022 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [a16z crypto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a16z-crypto) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Berggruen Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/berggruen-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CTR](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ctr-5eba) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [dao5](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dao-5) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DoubleX Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/doublex-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FuturePlay](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/futureplay-co) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Korea Credit Data

VC Fund · Seoul, South Korea

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.

2 contacts available at Korea Credit Data.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kelvin Dongho Kim | Co-Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kelvin-dongho-kim |
| Jeong-gi Im | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeong-gi-im |

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## FAQ

### What does Kelvin Dongho Kim invest in?

Kelvin Dongho Kim invests primarily in News, Content and Advertising startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 4 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 Kelvin Dongho Kim's check size?

Kelvin Dongho Kim typically joins rounds of $920k–$29M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kelvin Dongho Kim participates in.

### When did Kelvin Dongho Kim last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kelvin Dongho Kim closed in Aug 2023. Shizune tracks 4 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?

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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