# Minki Ryu

> Minki Ryu is a Series A investor at Stick Ventures backing Recruiting and Human Resources. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Stick Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stick-ventures)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Aug 2022
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.sticventures.co.kr/kor/sub/people.php

Minki Ryu is a Series A investor at Stick Ventures focused on Recruiting and Human Resources. Minki Ryu

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recruiting | 1 | 100% |
| Human Resources | 1 | 100% |
| Service Industry | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Specter | Specter is a reputation sharing platform for applicants who are sincere and do their job well, but cannot do enough self-PR in interviews. | $4.8M | Series A | Aug 28, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bass Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bass-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Storm Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/storm-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Strong Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/strong-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Stick Ventures

VC Fund · Seongnam, South Korea

Stick Ventures is a venture capital firm based in South Korea that prefers to invest in seed-stage, early-stage, and later-stage companies.

2 contacts available at Stick Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kyungsik Kim | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kyungsik-kim-adf5 |
| Minki Ryu | Chief Investigator | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryu-min-gi |

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## FAQ

### What does Minki Ryu invest in?

Minki Ryu invests primarily in Recruiting, Human Resources and Service Industry 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 Minki Ryu last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Minki Ryu closed in Aug 2022. 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?

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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