Co-Founder
Michael ByungSun Hwang
CEO of Bigbang Angels
Michael Hwang, Managing director of Bigbang Angels, Inc which is seed accelerator in Korea. He started his career as a software engineer in Samsung Electronics and was a serial entrepreneur and consultant in LG CNS, director of a mobile service platform in LG Electronics, visiting professor of KAIST. Since 2018, he has founded Across Asia Alliance, a start-up community with more than 40 global accelerators and VCs and large corporations. He is also a Board member with SOSV, Chinaccelerator, 01Booster and Invention Lab.
David Jinyoung Kim
CEO of The Invention Labs
David Kim is a manaing partner of bigbang angels and founder of The Invention lab. He started working with SoftBank Media from 1997 to 2004, founded ROA Consulting, an IT technology strategy consulting organization in 2005, and then established The Invention Lab in February 2017. The Invention Lab has made initial seed investments intensively in more than 80 service platform startups. Kim led the discovery and seed investment of the following Vertical Sector Platform Startups.
ZipDoc (exit complete), Petdoc (exit complete), yamtable (series B complete), HomeMaster (acquisition and merger with JB Gas Company), Jaranda (series A2 complete), Voicethru (series A complete), Giguin Company (series A2 complete) , Store Camera (Series A complete), OKXE (Series A complete), Go2Joy (Series A2 complete), GOMI (Series A complete), SSK (Pre-Series A complete), etc.
From 2020, Kim has formed a project fund with KOSDAQ-listed companies Daewon-Kukbo Design-Boryeong Pharmaceuticals and is actively making strategic seed investment.
Jihoon Jeong
CEO of EMWorks
Dr. Jihoon Jeong received his MD from Hanyang University and PhD in Biomedical Engineering from University of Southern California (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering. His main interests are intersections of technology and society by serving in various roles including general physician, research scientist, book writer, professor, startup advisor and angel investor.
Co-Founders & Partners
Ted Koo
Managing partner / Lawyer
Partner of Lin law firm
Chris Ji
Managing partner / Principle Analyst
Kurt Taehoon Koo
Venture Partner
/ VP of Sinergy IB Investment
Steve Qha Kim
Venture Partner / Co-Founder
CEO of ServiceNow Korea
Sungsuh Park
Venture Partner / Co-Founder
CEO of Alpha Inventor
Eddie Kwangsun Choi
Venture Partner / Co-Founder
CEO of The Innovators
John Kim
VP of Bigbang Angels
Business Development
Bigbang Angels
2021
Bigbang Angels
2022
Team
Junmo Kim
Director
We were the sole investor in the Series A round of Volve, which was a huge indication of our trust and belief in each other. Since then, Volve has become one of the most talked about companies in its field.
Logan Kwon
Investment Analyst
When we first met the founders of Sovix, we knew we had discovered something really special. Since we made our first investment, other firms have also seen the potential and Sovix looks set to make a huge impact in the industry.
Leisha You
Team Leader
Polar was one of the first companies we invested in, and their founding team was a big factor in our decision. Their huge success proved that our early-stage decision to invest in them was the right one.
Jessie Kang
Team Leader
We were the sole investor in the Series A round of Itaka, which was a huge indication of our trust and belief in each other. Since then, Itaka has become one of the most talked about companies in its field.
Philipp Kang
Investment Manager
When we first met the founders of Hexa, we knew we had discovered something really special. Since we made our first investment, other firms have also seen the potential and Hexa looks set to make a huge impact in the industry.
Amy Choi
Investment Manager
When we first met the founders of Hexa, we knew we had discovered something really special. Since we made our first investment, other firms have also seen the potential and Hexa looks set to make a huge impact in the industry.