Taekkyung Lee
Founder , CEO & Representative Partner @ Mashup Ventures
Seoul, South Korea
Taekkyung Lee is a seed investor at Mashup Ventures in Seoul focused on Software and Apps. Taekkyung Lee co-founded Daum Communications and served as CTO and Head of Communication & Community Services, leading Daum's growth into a major portal service and its KOSDAQ listing. He later facilitated the M&A of D&Shop, a spin-off from Daum, to GS Home Shopping. While contemplating his path as a serial entrepreneur and investor, he decided to focus on early-stage investments and began investing in early-stage startups in earnest. He established Mashup Angels (now Mashup Ventures), an early-stage startup investment firm, and as CEO, aims to support portfolio companies' growth and engage in various activities within the startup ecosystem.
- Total investments:
- 38
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 66%
Last updated:
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Industries Taekkyung Lee invests in
Stages Taekkyung Lee invests in
Countries Taekkyung Lee invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $295k–$969k
- Angel
- $371k–$520k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 9 (24%)
- Apps 3 (8%)
- Information Services 3 (8%)
- Information Technology 3 (8%)
- SaaS 2 (5%)
Stage
- Seed 21 (55%)
- Angel 2 (5%)
- Funding Round 1 (3%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Shipda provides logistics and matching services. | Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 28, 2024 | ||
| StepHow is an AI-powered work process and manual automation solution that addresses the issue of internal knowledge evaporation by automating work processes and creating manual content. | $295.4K / Seed / Jul 22, 2024 | ||
| Scordi provides a subscription management service for software tools with a single click. | Seed / Apr 30, 2024 | ||
| Zero One Republic is a software company that designs and operates a SaaS management platform for growing startups. | Seed / Apr 30, 2024 | ||
| OFFLIGHT is a daily planning tool that allows users to schedule and prioritize chores, effectively planning when they should be addressed. | Seed / Mar 19, 2024 | ||
| BubbleShare offers a performance dashboard for tracking the production of substantial organic traffic through worldwide localization marketing. | Seed / Jan 29, 2024 | ||
| Harpy Chat is an online platform that allows users to freely chat with one another. | Seed / Dec 04, 2023 | ||
| Gena offers customer consultation and automation tools to accurately analyze consumer behavior. | Seed / Dec 04, 2023 | ||
| bitBLUE is a web3 culture company that offers IP development and infrastructure services. | Seed / Feb 08, 2023 | ||
| AI.M develops practical solutions for commerce based on artificial intelligence (AI) technology. | Seed / Sep 27, 2022 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Mashup Ventures
Mashup Ventures is a Seoul based early-stage VC led by Taekkyung Lee, co-founder of Daum Communications, focusing on AI, SaaS, and IT.
Mashup Ventures Contacts
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Taekkyung Lee
Founder , CEO & Representative Partner
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Brian Yoo
Venture Partner
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Seung-Gook Lee
Partner
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Shin In-mo
Principal
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FAQ
What does Taekkyung Lee invest in?
Taekkyung Lee invests primarily in Software, Apps and Information Services startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 38 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Korea. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Taekkyung Lee invest in?
Taekkyung Lee typically joins rounds of $295k–$969k at Seed and $371k–$520k at Angel. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Taekkyung Lee's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Taekkyung Lee took part in.
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When did Taekkyung Lee last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Taekkyung Lee closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 38 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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