# Yoonmin Cho

> Yoonmin Cho is a seed investor at Sopoong Ventures backing Mining. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sopoong Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sopoong)
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://sg.linkedin.com/in/yoonmin-cho-6587aa18
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/campusseoul

Yoonmin Cho is a seed investor at Sopoong Ventures in Seoul focused on Mining and Machine Learning. Yoonmin Cho is the Partner at Sopoong Ventures. She attended INSEAD.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mining | 1 | 50% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 50% |
| Natural Resources | 1 | 50% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Israel | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Baniql | Baniql helps in extraction of nickel for advanced batteries in environmental manner. | $1.6M | Seed | May 20, 2024 | https://www.baniql.com/ |
| BioRaptor | BioRaptor is building the operating system for biotech and biopharma firms. The platform enables scientists to leverage scientific data and deep insights to design better experiments, learn from experiments, and understand how to accelerate outcomes. |  | Seed | Apr 24, 2024 | https://www.bioraptor.ai/ |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [A2D Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a2d-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BEENEXT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bee-next) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Good Startup](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/good-startup) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Seedstars International Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seedstars-international-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [XA Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xoogler-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Sopoong Ventures

VC Fund · Seoul, South Korea

Sopoong discovers startups aiming to solve social issues, mainly climate crisis through business. We accompanies our entrepreneurs on their challenging journey with Impact investment and active accelerating.

3 contacts available at Sopoong Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jaewoong Lee | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jaewoong-lee |
| Sangyeob Han | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sangyeob-han |
| Yoonmin Cho | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yoonmin-cho |

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## FAQ

### What does Yoonmin Cho invest in?

Yoonmin Cho invests primarily in Mining, Machine Learning and Natural Resources startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Yoonmin Cho?

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### When did Yoonmin Cho last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yoonmin Cho closed in May 2024. Shizune tracks 2 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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