On October 25th, app analytics company Wise App, released the number of monthly unique users in the retail app industry for the month of September. SK Planet was the number one company…
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SparkLabs Ventures Launches $50M Fund for Early Stage Korean and Southeast Asian startups
A global startup accelerator SparkLabs established ‘SparkLabs Ventures,’ its newest venture capital (VC), announcing the beginning of full-scale startup investment with an opening…
South Korea’s 10 top-funded startups
It is widely understood that 2016 was not an easy year for startups around the world. With investors looking for a roadmap towards profitability, startups are realizing that raising funds…
Why VCs are investing in Korean Startups
“Woowa Bros surpassed $10M USD in revenue last year. Even in US, that is challenging. Achieving this within five years in Korea proves that the Korea is not a small market.” Han Kim…
Korea’s Coupang raises $1B from SoftBank in world’s largest round so far in 2015
Your latest reminder that the startup world does not end at the shores of Silicon Valley comes today courtesy of Coupang, the Korean e-commerce service that just raised $1 billion from…