# Kwon Yong-hyun

> Kwon Yong-hyun is a Series A investor at LG Uplus (Seoul) backing Training and E-Learning. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [LG Uplus](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lg-uplus)
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jul 2023
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yonghoon-kwon-b1bb4881/

Kwon Yong-hyun is a Series A investor at LG Uplus in Seoul focused on Training and E-Learning. Kwon Yong-hyun is the CSO, General Manager, and Head of the Corporate Division at LG Uplus.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Training | 1 | 100% |
| E-Learning | 1 | 100% |
| Mobile Apps | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Somsidang Company | Somsidang Company is an online learning platform that offers baking and pottery painting training services. | $2.4M | Series A | Jul 25, 2023 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About LG Uplus

VC Fund · Seoul, South Korea

LG Uplus Corp is a South Korean telecommunications and Mobile phone operator controlled by the LG Group, one of the country's largest chaebol. It was formerly known as LG Telecom.LG Telecom became one of the first companies to launch a commercial 3G service using PCS technology. In 1997, this was followed up by launching the second PCSnetwork, offering greatly increased data transmission speeds.LG Telecom also offers a variety of mobile services. BankOn is one of the most popular Mobile banking services in South Korea and MusicOn is an on-line music store.In July 2006, the South Korean government has cancelled LG Telecom's business license for a W-CDMA wireless communications system after the company opted not to develop the technology. LG Telecom will instead continue investing and upgrading in its CDMA2000 EV-DO Rev. A network.In January 2010, LG Telecom merged with LG Dacom and LG Powercom.As of 1 July 2010, LG Telecom changed its name to "LG U+".On July 17th 2013 LG Uplus launched LTE-A service and introduced Galaxy S4 LTE-A, the world’s first "100% LTE" smart mobile phone that can utilize data, voice and text with LTE and not fall back to CDMA. Starting from 2014 LG Uplus plans to release only "100% LTE" phones.

3 contacts available at LG Uplus.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hyeon-hoe Ha | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyeon-hoe-ha |
| Kim Ji-hoon | Chief Strategy Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jihoon-kim-f5e0 |
| Kwon Yong-hyun | CSO, General Manager, and Head of the Corporate Division. | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kwon-yong-hyun |

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## FAQ

### What does Kwon Yong-hyun invest in?

Kwon Yong-hyun invests primarily in Training, E-Learning and Mobile Apps startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 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 Kwon Yong-hyun last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kwon Yong-hyun closed in Jul 2023. Shizune tracks 1 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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