# Sunghwan Choi

> Sunghwan Choi is a seed investor at SK Networks (Seoul) backing Software and Financial Services. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SK Networks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sk-networks)
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunghwan-choi-877aba19a

Sunghwan Choi is a seed investor at SK Networks in Seoul focused on Software and Financial Services. Sunghwan Choi

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $4M–$5.7M |
| Series A | $5.6M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 24% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 18% |
| FinTech | 2 | 12% |
| Pharmaceutical | 2 | 12% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 12% |

38 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 41% |
| Series A | 3 | 18% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 6% |
| Series C | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 10 | 59% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 6% |
| South Korea | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cheiron | PhnyX Lab is working under the concept of redefining biopharma workflow through AI-powered solutions. The industry celebrates breakthroughs in medicine—but behind the scenes, progress isn't slowed by science. It's hindered by fragmented data, bloated documentation, and disconnected workflows. With Cheiron, they are revolutionizing howpharma operates, turning chaos into clarity by unifying internal and external data within a single discovery platform. They are going beyond unified search to intelligent action and automation, powered by GenAI. | $4M | Seed | Aug 04, 2025 |  |
| Sequin | Sequin is building a suite of credit products for women, starting with a debit card that builds credit. | $5.7M | Seed | Sep 15, 2021 |  |
| Sequin | Sequin is building a suite of credit products for women, starting with a debit card that builds credit. |  | Seed | Sep 01, 2021 |  |
| CHAI | CHAI they develops infrastructure technologies to create an efficient digital economy. |  | Series A | Jun 01, 2020 |  |
| Trove | Chrome extension that allows you to annotate the internet. | $150K | Pre-Seed | Mar 16, 2020 |  |
| Trove | Chrome extension that allows you to annotate the internet. |  | Pre-Seed | Mar 01, 2020 |  |
| CHAI | CHAI they develops infrastructure technologies to create an efficient digital economy. | $15M | Series A | Feb 01, 2020 |  |
| BOOQED | We know the agony of finding a perfect work or meeting space, and the impact it has on cost, growth and flexibility. We started BOOQED to eliminate that pain. BOOQED is a digital marketplace for tenants and landlords to find or monetize short-term, unused business spaces. With over 35 corporate clients and 1,600 listings across 9 Asian cities,our platform easily facilitates transactions between tenants and landlords, helping tenants quickly and easily find flexible short-term spaces they need for their business, while increasing return on investment for landlords by monetizing their unused space.At BOOQED, our goal is to make every space accessible and productive for business. Visit us at www.booqed.com. |  | Seed | Oct 01, 2019 |  |
| Minerva Project | Minerva Project is an educational innovator, providing higher education offerings to the Minerva Schools at KGI, as well as other educational partners. Building upon the traditions of liberal arts and sciences education, Minerva is committed to preparing global leaders and innovators for the complexities of the 21st century. By integratingpedagogy, curriculum, and the class environment in its innovative educational system, Minerva enables institutions of all types and sizes to improve learning outcomes for students around the world.Minerva Project was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $57M | Series C | Jul 11, 2019 |  |
| Minerva Project | Minerva Project is an educational innovator, providing higher education offerings to the Minerva Schools at KGI, as well as other educational partners. Building upon the traditions of liberal arts and sciences education, Minerva is committed to preparing global leaders and innovators for the complexities of the 21st century. By integratingpedagogy, curriculum, and the class environment in its innovative educational system, Minerva enables institutions of all types and sizes to improve learning outcomes for students around the world.Minerva Project was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. |  | Series C | Jun 01, 2019 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Bragiel Brothers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bragiel-bros) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liquid2-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Scribble Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scribble-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bow Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bow-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ByteDance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bytedance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About SK Networks

VC Fund · Seoul, South Korea

SK Networks has created customer values in various business areas.(ICT Marketing) SK is the Korea’s No.1 mobile phone distributor based on the largest sales network and nationwide distribution system in the domestic market. We also have launched various ICT products to ease customers’ digital life and established the ecosystem of used phonerecycling.(Home appliance) SK magic (subsidiary of SK Networks) is a premium kitchen appliance company by introducing the gas oven to the Korean market in 1985, and it is expanding its business area to gas/electric ranges, electric ovens, dishwashers, water purifiers, air purifiers and bidets. (Rent-a-car) SK rent-a-car (subsidiary of SK Networks) is an automotive company that leads the total automotive after market and runs about 170 nationwide network points and consumes about 20.7% market share. (Trading) With 28 global out posts, our trading business is expanded all over the world. Through international experience amassed over more than 50 years, we have secured outstanding global sourcing ability, market intelligence and strategic networking on steel/chemical/automotive industries around the world that gives us a distinct competitive edge and stable profit structure.(Hotel) Walkerhill Hotels & Resorts is a pioneer of the Korean hotel industry that provides the best experience in the overall lifestyle including leisure, culture, and food, as well as comfortable rest in the nature.(Investments) SK Networks is looking for investment opportunities that can bring disruptive innovation to its existing businesses. Since 2018, SK Networks has been actively investing in Venture Capitals/Start-ups mostly in Silicon Valley and in Korea as well.

2 contacts available at SK Networks.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Park Sang Kyu | CEO & President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/park-sang-kyu |
| Sunghwan Choi | Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sunghwan-choi-bba9 |

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## FAQ

### What does Sunghwan Choi invest in?

Sunghwan Choi invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Sunghwan Choi's check size?

Sunghwan Choi typically joins rounds of $4M–$5.7M at Seed and $5.6M–$15M 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 Sunghwan Choi participates in.

### When did Sunghwan Choi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sunghwan Choi closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 17 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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