Experience

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  2080 Ventures

  • Seoul, South Korea

  • Co-Founder

    • Feb 2022 - Present
    • Seoul, South Korea

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  Techstars

  • United States
  • Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Program Director

    • Jul 2021 - Mar 2023

  • Program Manager (Korea)

    • Dec 2019 - Mar 2023

    Techstars is the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. Techstars founders and their teams connect with other entrepreneurs, experts, mentors, alumni, investors, community leaders, and corporate partners who will help their companies grow. Techstars operates three divisions: Techstars Startup Programs, Techstars Mentorship-Driven Accelerator Programs and Techstars Corporate Innovation Partnerships. Techstars Mentorship-Driven Accelerator Programs help founders do more faster and Techstars Startup Programs inspire, educate and connect entrepreneurs. Techstars Corporate Innovation Partnerships helps brands supercharge growth by accelerating innovation and cultural transformation.

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  Gyeonggi Center for Creative Economy & Innovation (GCCEI)

  • Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

  • Senior Manager

    • Apr 2017 - Dec 2019
    • Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

    Based on the Korean government's Creative Economy driven strategy, Gyeonggi CCEI was established in collaboration with the central government. Gyeonggi Province and KT(Korea Telecom) having mission to accelerate innovative startups and to become the Global Hub to promote such startups to global markets with 17 other Innovation Centers in South Korea.Main functionality of the Innovation Center is to accelerate startups to Go-to-Market in many industries including Next Generation Game, FinTech, Safety/ Healthcare, IoT and 5G telecommunications with partnerships with Global Incubators and Startup Accelerators in US, UK, France, Spain and South East Asia and to bring Korean startups to go global.

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  KOTRA

  • Stockholm

  • Assistant Manager

    • Jan 2015 - Apr 2017
    • Stockholm

    KOTRA (Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency) is Korean government, not-for-profit organization with a global network of 126 offices in 86 countries. Directly under the Korean government’s largest ministry, the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (MTIE), KOTRA has a mission to successfully bridge Korea with other countries by building strong economic relations. KOTRA Stockholm office is responsible for investment and trade promotion in 3 countries - Sweden, Norway and Finland.