# Taekkyung Lee

> Taekkyung Lee is a seed investor at Mashup Ventures backing Software and Information Services. See 32 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Mashup Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mashup-ventures)
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 32
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 66%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taekkyung
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/kyung88
- Website: https://x.com/kyung88
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/taekkyung

Taekkyung Lee is a seed investor at Mashup Ventures in Seoul focused on Software and Information Services. 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 andinvestor, 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.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $295k–$743k |
| Angel | $371k–$520k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 9 | 28% |
| Information Services | 3 | 9% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 9% |
| SaaS | 2 | 6% |
| Content | 2 | 6% |

55 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 19 | 59% |
| Angel | 2 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 3% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 3% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shipda | Shipda provides logistics and matching services. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 28, 2024 |  |
| StepHow | 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 | Scordi provides a subscription management service for software tools with a single click. |  | Seed | Apr 30, 2024 |  |
| Zero One Republic | Zero One Republic is a software company that designs and operates a SaaS management platform for growing startups. |  | Seed | Apr 30, 2024 |  |
| OFFLIGHT | 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 | BubbleShare offers a performance dashboard for tracking the production of substantial organic traffic through worldwide localization marketing. |  | Seed | Jan 29, 2024 |  |
| BubbleShare | BubbleShare offers a performance dashboard for tracking the production of substantial organic traffic through worldwide localization marketing. |  | Seed | Jan 29, 2024 |  |
| Harpy Chat | Harpy Chat is an online platform that allows users to freely chat with one another. |  | Seed | Dec 04, 2023 |  |
| Harpy Chat | Harpy Chat is an online platform that allows users to freely chat with one another. |  | Seed | Dec 04, 2023 |  |
| GENA | Gena offers customer consultation and automation tools to accurately analyze consumer behavior. |  | Seed | Dec 04, 2023 |  |

10 of 32 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mashup Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mashup-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [MashUp Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mashup-angels) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Lotte Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lotte-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [TheVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/theventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bass Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bass-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Mashup Ventures

VC Fund · Seongnam, South Korea

Mashup Ventures invests in early-stage startups and supports startups to grow quickly through a network of founders.

4 contacts available at Mashup Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Taekkyung Lee | Founder , CEO & Representative Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/taekkyung-lee |
| Brian Yoo | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-yoo |
| Seung-Gook Lee | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seung-gook-lee |
| Shin In-mo | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shin-in-mo |

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## FAQ

### What does Taekkyung Lee invest in?

Taekkyung Lee invests primarily in Software, Information Services and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 32 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Korea. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Taekkyung Lee's check size?

Taekkyung Lee typically joins rounds of $295k–$743k at Seed and $371k–$520k at Angel. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Taekkyung Lee participates in.

### When did Taekkyung Lee last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Taekkyung Lee closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 32 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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