# Top 50 SaaS Angel Investors in South Korea in June 2026

## Aviram Jenik
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cupertino, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence

Venture Capitalist, investor and former Enterpreneur.
Founder x5, profitable bootstraps, 3 exits; investor x30+ in Israel, Silicon Valley and Korea; passion for: cyber security, building scalable B2B companies

## Daniel Shin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Financial Services

Daniel Shin is a renowned entrepreneur and investor, with extensive expertise and deep relationships in e-commerce. Daniel Shin is the Founder and CEO of PortOne Global, a leading payment company in Asia and beyond. The company's mission is to empower digital commerce partners across the Asian region. Through PortOne Global, Daniel Shinassists in the growth and development of partner companies and facilitates expansion.Previously, Daniel founded and was CEO of TicketMonster, Korea's leading e-commerce platform with $3.5Bin GMV. He is also a Co-Founder and board member of Fast Track Asia, a company-builder that established and sold multiple businesses including Fast Five (office sharing platform) and FoodFly (food delivery, acquired by Yogiyo).Daniel holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

## Jay Eum
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Mobile, Analytics

Jay Eum	 is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of GFT Ventures.

## S Cubic Angels
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Education, Apps, EdTech

S Cubic Angels

## Taekkyung Lee
- Type: Angel
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Taekkyung Lee is the Founder , CEO and Representative Partner of Mashup Ventures. He previously worked at Primer Season2 as a Founding Partner. Taekkyung Lee attended Yonsei University.

## Matthew Papakipos
- Type: Angel
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Music, Apps, Video

Matthew Papakipos

## Richard Seongho Choi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Human Resources

Richard Seongho Choi

## Pietro Dova
- Type: Angel
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Events, Mobile, Sports

Pietro Dova was Corporate Controller and Finance Director at Google from 2001 to 2007. He was partly responsible for the Google IPO and roadshow, and directed Google’s operational and transactional accounting responsibilities worldwide. Immediately prior to joining Google, Pietro was CFO of Employeeservice.com. From 1996 to 1999, Pietrowas VP Finance of Quote.com, an early online pioneer providing financial news and stock information to active investors. Pietro began his career in technology in 1988 at Oracle Corporation and held various executive finance positions through 1992. From 1993 to 1996, Pietro headed Fulcrum Technologies’ European finance operations based in Paris, France. Pietro received his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from Imperial College, London and his Masters in Management from M.I.T.’s Sloan School of Management.

## Sisun Lee
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: SNS, Software, Content Creators

Sisun Lee is CEO at 82 Labs.

## Park Jong-hwan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kangnam, Cholla-namdo, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Mobile, PC Games, Information Technology

Park Jong-hwan is a Founder and CEO at LOC&ALL.

## Seung Yoon Lee
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, B2B, Productivity Tools

Seung-yoon Lee is a Global Strategy Officer at Kakao Entertainment. He attended University of Oxford.

## Alex Shin
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, SNS, Internet

Alex Shin

## Son Seok-gu
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apparel, Fashion

Son Seok-gu is an Actor.

## Justin Lubliner
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Content, Software, Digital Media

Justin Lubliner is a CEO of the Darkroom.

## Hwang Seong-hyeon
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Education

Hwang Seong-hyeon

## Sean (Solme) Kim
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SNS, Bitcoin, Ethereum

Solme Kim is President and Chief Product Officer at Kajabi. He attended The University of Texas at Austin.

## Yoon Soo-young
- Type: Angel
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SNS, Software, Content Creators

Yoon Soo-young - CEO @ Trevari

## Seojoon Kim
- Type: Angel
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: FinTech, Blockchain, Financial Services

Seojoon Kim (서준 김) is a co-founder and vice president of KnowRe, an education technology company that develops digital learning platforms.Kim’s previous career portfolio includes his time as an intern at Sun Microsystem; intern at Olaworks; manager at ½ project; and project manager at Mozzet. He was also the co-founder of edueyes. Aftergraduating from Seoul Science High School, Kim went on to obtain a bachelor’s degree in computer systems engineering from Pohang University of Science and Technology.

## Seongho Choi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, E-Commerce, Retail

Choi Seong-ho is the chairman of the AI ​​Angel Club.

## Jong-Il Yoon
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce

Jong-Il Yoon - Venture Partner @ BonAngels Venture Partners

## Naval Ravikant
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Blockchain

Naval Ravikant is an entrepreneur and investor. He is the co-founder and chairman of AngelList. He previously served as the CEO of AngelList. He attended Dartmouth College.

## Samuel Ahn
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Child Care, Elder Care, Health Care

Samuel Ahn is the current Chief Innovation Officer of Match Group. He attended Seoul National University.

## Blaine Vess
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Blaine Vess is the Founder of Immeasurable. He previously worked at Solve as a Co-Founder and CEO. Blaine Vess attended San Jose State University.

## Bong Jin Kim
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Pet, Software

Bongjin is the CEO & Co-Founder of Woowa Brothers.

## Shin Hyun Sung
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Computer, Internet

Shin Hyun Sung

## Alexander Schill
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Corporate Round
- Focus: Hardware, Wearables, Health Care

Alexander Schill

## Chaehyun Lee
- Type: Angel
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Consulting, Professional Services, Information Technology

B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering, POSTECH
M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering, POSTECH
NASA Ames Research Center Research Intern
LG Uplus Next Browser Dev.
Naver Search Engine Crawler Dev.
SK planet RecoPick founder & Team Leader

## Seo Jae-young
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Apps, Dental, EdTech

Seo Jae-young is the managing director of NH Investment & Securities.

## Tim Draper
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Tim Draper is the Founding Partner of Draper Associates. He attended Harvard Business School.

## Kim Won-tae
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Mobile, PC Games, Made to Order

Kim Won-tae

## Perry Tam
- Type: Angel
- Location: Redwood Shores, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Mobile, Consumer, Software

Perry Tam is the Co-Founder and Managimg Partner of Locus Ventures. Took up B.S., Computer Science at Cornell University.

## Ed Sheeran
- Type: Angel
- Location: Framlingham, Suffolk, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Content, Software, Media and Entertainment

Edward Christopher Sheeran, MBE is an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actor. He attended the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford as an undergraduate from the age of 18 in 2009. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project.

## Erik Peterson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Series A
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, SaaS

Erik Peterson is the Founder at DormTrader.

## Jimmy Iovine
- Type: Angel
- Location: Malibu, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Beauty, Gaming

Jimmy Iovine is a figure in the music industry and a forward-thinking visionary, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy, the Iovine and Young Center, Interscope Records, and Beats Electronics (Beats by Dre).Jimmy’s influential career began in the 1970s at Record Plant in New YorkCity. Early on, Jimmy was a recording engineer for the likes of John Lennon and Bruce Springsteen before becoming a recording producer for Patti Smith, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Stevie Nicks, Dire Straits, The Pretenders, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, and U2.Jimmy co-founded Interscope Records in 1990 with Ted Field and others, launching rap, pop, and rock artists such as future business partner Andre “Dr. Dre” Young, Nine Inch Nails, No Doubt, The Black Eyed Peas, Eminem, and Lady Gaga into international stardom. At Interscope Records, Jimmy put artists and their ideas first and empowered those artists to take their careers into their own hands.In 2006, Jimmy and hip-hop producer and trailblazer Dr. Dre co-founded Beats by Dre, a leading, high-performance headphone, earbud, and speaker company. Thanks to the stylish and sleekly designed headphones, and its expansion into smartphones and car audio systems, Beats by Dre secured the No. 1 spot in the billion-dollar-plus premium headphones industry. In early 2014, Jimmy and Dr. Dre expanded the Beats brand into the digital music space with Beats Music — the first streaming music service delivering contextually and culturally relevant playlists personalized for each user. Apple, Inc. acquired Beats by Dre and Beats Music in late 2014.During their time at Beats, Jimmy and Dr. Dre gained important insight into an educational divide that existed between the arts and technology. Witnessing this divide inspired them to provide the resources to launch a school offering an interdisciplinary curriculum where technology meets creativity rather than the two being siloed. With a $70 million donation in 2013, Jimmy and Dr. Dre endowed the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.The Academy — which opened its doors in 2014 — spearheads the careers of aspiring technologists, entrepreneurs, designers, and innovators hoping to drive societal change. The Academy provides an integrated learning framework, with undergraduate and graduate degrees focused on technology, communication, entrepreneurship, the liberal arts, and human-centered design. Looking to extend the Academy’s curriculum to high school students across the U.S., Jimmy and Dr. Dre co-founded the Iovine and Young Center (IYC), which is built on an interdisciplinary secondary education model that focuses on critical thinking, creative problem-solving, and real-world, project-based opportunities. Students learn skills centered around entrepreneurship, technology, and design, which are critical to the 21st-century collegiate landscape and workforce. The first IYC opened its doors in Los Angeles in 2022. Another location — at Frederick Douglass High School in Atlanta — opened in August 2024. A second California location, this one in Inglewood, is set to open in the fall of 2025.Jimmy is a board member for several companies and organizations, including Live Nation Entertainment, XQ Institute, Complex (or Complex NTWRK), Bizaar Studios, and Rosewood Creative. He received a Wall Street Journal Innovator Award in 2014 and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the Ahmet Ertegun Award in 2022.Jimmy is an investor in Bizaar Studios and Gin & Juice By Dre and Snoop, a canned cocktail and ultra-premium spirits brand.Follow Jimmy Iovine on Instagram (@jimmyiovine) and X (@jimmyiovine_), and subscribe to his YouTube (@jimmyiovine_).

## Do Kwon
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech

Do Kwon is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Terraform Labs. Do Kwon is the Founder & CEO at Terraform Labs . Do Kwon attended Stanford University.

## Chester Roh
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Apps, Beauty

Chester is 13 year-long serial entrepreneur with successes such as IPO and M&A with Google. His current company, Ablar Company, is the fourth start-up with a great vision to connect offline world more into online. He worked as a product manager at Google Korea after his last start-up, Tatter&Company had been acquired by Google in 2008.Before Tatter&Company, he founded two more companies, one of which had successfully done the IPO. He also worked as a product manager at SK Telecom, where he developed intelligent personalization system for mobile phone users. Chester received his bachelor’s degree in Management Engineering from KAIST.He's also been an active angel investor and business mentor in the companies like, Ticket Monster (Recently merged to LivingSocial), Paprika Lab, LIFO interactive, Sha.kr Media, Ultra Caption Corp (klassmate.com), Flyfan (clubvenit.com) and J3T (stylesays.com).

## Luke Wood
- Type: Angel
- Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Content, Software, Media and Entertainment

Wood began his career with Geffen Records in 1991 as a Director of Publicity, representing such bands as Nirvana and Sonic Youth. He subsequently served as Geffen’s Director of Marketing, and later as Vice President of A&R at DreamWorks Records. In 2003, Wood joined Interscope Records (as part of its merger with DreamWorks) as Executive VicePresident of A&R, having signed such artists as Jimmy Eat World, Elliott Smith and AFI. He also developed label deals with Downtown Records and signed artists such as TV on the Radio, All Time Low and Yelawolf.A lifelong producer, songwriter and musician, Wood signed a publishing deal with Universal Music Group in 1996 and that same year his band, Sammy, released its third album, Tales of Great Neck Glory, on Geffen/DGC Records. Wood earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University with a major in American Studies.

## Bashar Hamood
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce

Bashar Hamood is a Venture Partner at FasterCapital. He previously worked as an Associate Director at Logica. He attended Heriot-Watt University.

## Geoff Ralston
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Education, E-Commerce

Geoff Ralston is the President, CEO, and Partner of Y Combinator. He previously worked at Imagine K12 as a Founder. Geoff Ralston attended INSEAD.

## Sam Kazemian
- Type: Angel
- Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Finance, Blockchain, Financial Services

Sam Kazemian is the Founder of Frax Finance.

## Sangmin Shim
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gyeongju, Kyongsang-bukto, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Analytics, Real Time, Scheduling

Sangmin Shim was the CEO and Founder of HogangNono. Sangmin Shim is the current CEO of Cafe Nono.

## Cristian Manea
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bucharest, Bucuresti, Romania
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Internet, PC Games

Cristian Manea is the Co-founder and CEO at Aggero.

## Fernando Martinelli
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Financial Services, FinTech

Fernando Martinelli is the Co-Founder and CEO at Balancer Labs. He was the Co-Founder of Brasil Mate before that.

## Jae Moon Chung
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology

Jae Moon Chung is the Philosopher, Founder & CEO of Liberty Labs

## Sung Cho
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Analytics, Social Media

Founder and CEO of Chartmetric.io, a data analytics company dedicated to serve the music industry, by solving the complex problem by tracking a large amount of data and meeting the industry needs around playlist marketing.Most recently he worked as Principal Product Manager at Oracle Corporation. Prior to that, he was first employee/engineerat Gamevil (KQ:063080, Market Cap: $400MM), where he initiated mobile game development and eventually positioned the company as a leading mobile game developer. Graduated with a bachelor’s degree of electrical engineering and computer science from Seoul National University, and an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management.

## Bae Yong-Joon
- Type: Angel
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Hotel, Mobile Apps

Bae Yong-joon (born August 29, 1972) is a South Korean actor and businessman.

## Han Ki yong
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Fitness

Han Ki-yong is an individual investor.

## Martin Randel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Mobile, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Martin Randel - Co-Founder, Board Member and Owner @ Vitamin Well

## Andrew McGlinchey
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Mobile, Internet, Software

Andrew McGlinchey is the VP of Products at PropertyGuru Group.

## Tarun Chitra
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology

Tarun Chitra is Co-Founder and CEO of Gauntlet, a simulation platform for crypto networks to help developers understand how decisions about security, governance, and consensus mechanisms are likely to affect network activity and asset value. His research in DeFi includes the first peer-reviewed papers proving the economic security properties ofUniswap and Compound. He previously worked in high frequency trading for Vatic Labs and was a scientific programmer at D. E. Shaw Research.

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