# Kimoon Nam

> Kimoon Nam is a seed investor at Smilegate Investment (Seongnam) backing Fashion and Health Care. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Smilegate Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smilegate-investment)
- Location: Seongnam, South Korea
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jul 2020
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimoon-nam-36b6a41b

Kimoon Nam is a seed investor at Smilegate Investment in Seongnam focused on Fashion and Health Care. Kimoon Nam - CEO @ Smilegate Investment

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fashion | 1 | 50% |
| Health Care | 1 | 50% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 50% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 50% |
| Medical Device | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |

### Country

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TAU-PNU MEDICAL | TAU is developing state-of-the-art minimally invasive catheter-based surgical methodologies for treating structural heart diseases like Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation (TR), Mitral Valve Regurgitation (MR), Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy (HOCM), and Heart arrhythmia. | $22M | Series B | Jul 09, 2020 |  |
| Stripes | Stripes is a Korea-based apparel company that designs and manufactures men’s clothing products. Stripes’ clothing collection carries directional designs, as well as every day favorites including, t-shirts, shirts, and suits. The company also provides personalized styling services, enabling customers to personalize their clothes and have themdesigned to a perfect fit. Stripes markets its product through the web and mobile medium, giving consumers the facility of buying clothes at the comfort of their homes.Stripes was established in January 2013. | $1M | Seed | Oct 24, 2014 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [STIC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stic-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Stonebridge Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stonebridge-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Smilegate Investment

VC Fund · Seongnam, South Korea

Smilegate Investment, founded in 1999 originally as MVP Capital, is a venture capital and private equity firm that grows remarkably alongside invested companies. Since initial venture capital funding in 2000, the firm has since organized and managed more than 30 venture capital and private equity funds and has invested in more than 200 companieswith promising growth potential.

5 contacts available at Smilegate Investment.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hoon-gon Nam | Senior Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hoon-gon-nam |
| Insoo Paik | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/insoo-paik-b279 |
| Inwoo Kang | General Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inwoo-kang |
| Jong Hyuk Park | Executive Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jong-hyuk-park |
| Kimoon Nam | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kimoon-nam |

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## FAQ

### What does Kimoon Nam invest in?

Kimoon Nam invests primarily in Fashion, Health Care and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 2 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 Kimoon Nam last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kimoon Nam closed in Jul 2020. Shizune tracks 2 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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