Kakao Ventures

Kakao Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 2012, it focuses on deep technology, services, digital healthcare, and games, and is described as a founder-friendly seed-stage investor. It operates as an independent subsidiary of Kakao Corp that manages external funds raised from limited partners.

Anne Ahn

Senior Associate

Eddie Chang

Executive Director

Kim Chi-won

Executive Director, Managing Director and Partner

Mike Cho

Senior Associate

Andy Choi

Associate

Jade Chung

Senior Associate

Shin-ah Chung

CEO and Partner

Aiden Jang

Principal Associate

Brian Jang

Executive Director

Shin Jeong-ho

Judge

Jade Jung

Senior Associate

Kim Ki-Jun

CEO and Partner

Jacob Kim

Principal Associate

Jun Kim

CEO / Partner

Zero Kim

Associate

Jang Seung- ryong

chief

Justin Shin

Senior Associate

Ryan Won

Managing Director

Past deals in Search Engine

Tripstore

Venture Round in 2021
Tripstore is an O2O platform that makes it easy to search overseas trips. The company has more than one million international travel products from seventy countries around the world, where the users can easily check out their desired overseas travel products.

Tripstore

Series B in 2019
Tripstore is an O2O platform that makes it easy to search overseas trips. The company has more than one million international travel products from seventy countries around the world, where the users can easily check out their desired overseas travel products.

Tripstore

Series A in 2018
Tripstore is an O2O platform that makes it easy to search overseas trips. The company has more than one million international travel products from seventy countries around the world, where the users can easily check out their desired overseas travel products.

Quryon

Angel Round in 2014
Quryon develops AI-driven platforms for extracting insights from large, unstructured text data. Its patent-pending semantic algorithms enable accurate analysis of consumer reviews, bridging the gap between general search engines and review aggregation sites.

WIV Labs

Angel Round in 2013
WIV Labs is a technology-driven company based in Seoul, South Korea, specializing in data and social analytics software, primarily through its product Qaster. Founded in 2013, the company focuses on the collection and analysis of data via a global Social Networking Service (SNS), extracting meaningful insights from user-generated questions and answers. With a team comprising leading experts in search engine technology, WIV Labs enhances the effectiveness of marketing campaigns by employing innovative approaches to data analysis, deviating from traditional marketing processes. The company's expertise includes the development of Korea's second-largest search engine, Daum, demonstrating its strong capabilities in the tech sector.
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