Seoul’s 101 Fastest Growing FinTech Startups

At Fintech Energy we track over 200,000 fintech startups and over 1,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.

We’ve ranked the top 101 FinTech companies in Seoul. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).

We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:

Track record
Executive leadership
Market share
Innovation
ESG rating

Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.

Top FinTech Companies & Startups (Seoul)

Anchor Protocol

Founders	Daniel Shin, Do Kwon
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Anchor Protocol is a savings platform that provides crypto natives, fintech companies, and investors a stable, high interest rate finance.

Toss

Founders	Seunggun Lee
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Toss is a mobile finance platform used to simplify the payment procedure.

PeopleFund

Founders	Joey Kim
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PeopleFund is Korea’s leading digital lender focused on consumer finance.

Qraft Technologies

Founders	Unknown
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Qraft Technologies provides AI solutions customized for various uses and has specialties in AI investment solutions.

Fount

Founders	Y.B. KIM
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Fount Inc. Is an asset management Robo-Advisor startup founded in 2015.

WireBarley

Founders	Eric TaeJung Yoon, Jai Kim, John Joongwon Yoo
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WireBarley is a fin-tech company that provides a platform for online money transfer.

VegaX Holdings

Founders	Natasha Bansgopaul, Sang Lee
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VegaX Holdings is a cryptocurrency index platform providing actionable crypto-indexes & index-based asset management products for investors.

DAYLI Financial Group

Founders	SangYoung Park, Sean Shin
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A leading Fintech company in Asia providing data tech solutions, digital wealth management, and lead-generation services

Dunamu

Founders	Chi-Hyung Song, Hyoung-nyon Kim, Hyung-nyon Kim
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Dunamu provides a wide range of innovative services with a focus on fintech and blockchain.

rainist / 레이니스트

Founders	Taehoon Kim
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Rainist is a one of the fastest growing Korean startup that helps users to manage money fun and easy.

Coinone

Founders	Myunghun Cha
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Coinone provides blockchain-related financial services including cryptocurrency exchange, asset management and trading matching engines.

AIZEN Global

Founders	Jung Seok Kang
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Redesigning Digital Banking with AI Lending Platform ‘CreditConnect’, powered by proprietary AutoML platform ABACUS

Kasa

Founders	Unknown
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Kasa is a financial service platform that allows people to invest in commercial real estate.

Doomoolmori

Founders	Jisoo (Guersam) Park, Rakhyeon (Ryan) Song, Seungkyu (Simon) Lee, Yung Nok (Jules) Chun
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Doomoolmori provides AI wealth management and data analytics solutions to financial institutions, and robo-advisory services to end users.

MOIN, Inc.

Founders	Ilseok Ian Suh
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MOIN is a Blockchain-based global money transfer service, which is fast, convenient, and reasonably priced, focusing on Asia countries.

HonestFund

Founders	Sanghoon Seo
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Fintech, Marketplace Lending, Alternative Investment

Korbit

Founders	Kangmo Kim, Louis Jinhwa Kim, Tony Lyu
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Korbit provides online bitcoin exchange, wallet, and merchant processor services.

Lendit

Founders	Sungjoon Kim
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#1 online lending marketplace for unsecured personal loans in Korea

TESSA

Founders	Jun Kim, Timothy Shin
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Alternative investment platform for the purchase, sale and trade of fractionalized ownership interests in investment-grade blue-chip artwork

Uberple

Founders	Jae Yun Kim, Jaepil Jeong
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Uberple is building real-time statistical computing engine to democratize investment research.

Albam

Founders	Jinyong Kim, young Cho
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Payroll, Human Capital Management(HCM) service for SMBs, Payday Loan/Hiring/Insurance

Streami

Founders	Junhaeng Lee
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Blockchain remittance middleware and infra provider for financial service providers

AIM (Automated Investment Management)

Founders	Jenna Lee
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AIM is an online platform that allows its users to make trades and investments via smartphone.

Quantec

Founders	Sanggeun Lee
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Quantec provides individual optimized portfolio provision services through discretionary financial investment with Robo-Advisor technology.

QARA Soft

Founders	Changwhan Byun, Jongwook Oh, Katie Bomi Son
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Fintech start-up that provides online investment advisory and asset management services using deep-learning technology.

Bankware Global

Founders	Kyoungjo Lee
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Bankware Global is a company specialising in enterprise software for banks and financial services, with its headquarters in Seoul

Ascensive Assets

Founders	Oliver Blakey
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Ascensive Asset is a private investment firm focusing solely on digital assets industry

Klaytn

Founders	Jaesun Han
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Klaytn is an enterprise-grade, service-centric platform that brings user-friendly blockchain experience.

Superbly

Founders	Unknown
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Superbly provides the payment authentication system that utilizes IT Fin Tech including authentication, information security and payment.

KT investment Inc.

Founders	Jinsoo Kim
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KT Investment Inc. is a venture capital arm of KT Corporation. The firm was founded in 2015 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

ProBit Exchange customer support

Founders	Hyunsu Do
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ProBit Exchange is a global Top 20 crypto exchange in real daily trading volume that has successfully completed over 200 rounds of IEO.

N-Cash

Founders	Unknown
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N-Cash is a tech firm that powers micro-transactions and virtual economies.

Banksalad

Founders	Taehoon Kim
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Banksalad is a fintech company that develops financial applications.

Finda

Founders	Hongmin Park, Hyemin Lee
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Finda is an online financial comparison platform across various financial products.

bitHolla

Founders	Adrian Pollard, Ali Beikverdi
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Financial cryptocurrency trading engine

Shinhan Financial Group

Founders	Unknown
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Shinhan Bank, is a bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea.

Beyond Finance

Founders	Kenneth Moon
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Beyond Finance is a decentralized platform for creating and trading synthetic financial products.

Upbit Singapore Pte. Ltd.

Founders	Unknown
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Upbit Singapore Pte. Ltd. was incorporated in Seoul, Korea in April 2012, and is one of the country’s leading fintech companies.

Cashwalk

Founders	Unknown
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Cashwalk is an app that motivates to walk by providing financial incentives.

BOMAPP

Founders	Joon-woo Ryu
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Bomapp is a Seoul-based insurtech startup that offers fully digital insurance experience to consumers.

Bitribe

Founders	Unknown
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Bitribe is a cryptocurrency trading platform for digital currency aggregation transactions.

Gowid

Founders	Hang-Gi Kim
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Gowid is a fintech company that provides corporate credit cards, instalments, loans and B2B financial services for start-ups.

WaveBridge

Founders	Jihoon Lee
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Wavebridge is a fintech startup that provides a digital asset management platform through various financial services.

Korea Tech Incubator Program For Startup

Founders	Unknown
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R&D fund for Korean startups who secured at least $100,000 from designated startup VCs or Accelerators

Smallticket

Founders	Jung Eun Kim
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Digital insurance brokerage platform that provides with the customized policies and services for micro-segmented groups

Gopax

Founders	Unknown
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Gopax is a virtual asset exchange platform by Streamy.

Solidware

Founders	Olivier Duchenne, Sophie Eom
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Solidware builds Machine Learning-based predictive models for financial services companies to make more profits.

Lucidefi

Founders	Sung Min Aum
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Making defi investments easy, smart, and profitable

Mobidoo

Founders	David Yunhee Lee, Ryan Kwon
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Frictionless mobile payment solution via SmartSound (data over sound) technology.

Cross Remittance

Founders	Unknown
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Cross is a payments service that introduced South Korea’s first blockchain-powered remittance service

Huobi Korea

Founders	Unknown
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Huobi Korea is a digital asset exchange platform.

8percent

Founders	Unknown
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8percent is Korea’s leading online financial service.

Youbit

Founders	Unknown
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Youbit is a digital currency exchange platform.

GLOSFER

Founders	Taewon Kim
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GLOSFER is a leading blockchain technology and services company in South Korea.

Blockchain Revolution Partners

Founders	Bruno Cho, Sean Eo, Steve Han
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Blockchain Revolution Partners is a blockchain-specialized company that invests in promising blockchain companies.

Spendit

Founders	Unknown
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Spendit is a B2B fintech company in Seoul, Korea.

TBT

Founders	Ram Lee
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TBT utilizes its industry knowledge and experience to help companies build services and products that can make the world a better place.

Dove Wallet

Founders	Unknown
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Dove Wallet is a service to deposit, transfer, and trade cryptocurrency.

CrePASS Solutions

Founders	Unknown
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Peer-to-Peer Financial Integration Platform

Utransfer

Founders	Unknown
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Utransfer is a platform that offers overseas money transfer services.

UUNIO

Founders	Connor Tack
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UUNIO is a SNS marketplace based on the blockchain technology with the actual reward system.

PayGate

Founders	Unknown
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PayGate is a fintech solution provider company.

Metaps Plus

Founders	Seungyeon Kim
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As a part of Metaps Group listed in Tokyo Stock Exchange(TSE: 6172), Metaps Plus is a leading fintech/blockchain platform in South Korea

EdenChain

Founders	Unknown
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EdenChain provides digital asset platform service for leaders of the new digital economy.

Kaist Venture Investment Holdings

Founders	Byungtae Lee
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Kaist Venture Investment Holdings is a startup company that invests in startups that solve social problems through innovative technologies.

TAP Angel Partners

Founders	Unknown
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TAP Angel Partners provides accelerator programs, venture investment, and corporate innovation.

Innofin

Founders	Unknown
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Innofin is a Korea-based fintech company.

Daybit

Founders	Unknown
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Daybit is a Korea-based cryptocurrency spot exchange platform.

PAYMONTHS

Founders	Jongwook Jang
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Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL)

Foblgate

Founders	Unknown
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Foblgate is a virtual asset investment platform that builds an anti-money laundry system for secure cryptocurrency transactions.

M-Venture Investment

Founders	Unknown
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M-Venture Investment Inc. is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in small and medium companies in startup stage. The firm

ThinkPool

Founders	Unknown
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ThinkPool is a big data and AI-based investment platform.

Korbot

Founders	Joon Song, Keunil Wang
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South Korean Cryptocurrency Algorithmic Trading Company.

SBI Cosmoney

Founders	Unknown
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SBI Cosmoney is a fintech company that provides money transfer service.

Samsung Securities

Founders	Unknown
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Samsung Securities provides personalized asset management service to individual investors

Newsystock

Founders	Hongjib Moon, Ryan Kyungrok Moon
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Newsystock is a Robo-Portfolio platform based on Quant providing simulation and analysis infra and algorithm market for retail investors.

Hashgrab

Founders	Unknown
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Hashgrab is a fintech company and financial service platform.

MoneyQ

Founders	Unknown
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MoneyQ is a P2P investment platform that offers financial services.

Emmental

Founders	Unknown
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Emmental is a fintech startup that combines expertise and IT.

Payhere

Founders	Unknown
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Payhere is a fintech company that provides card terminals and online payment gateway services for multiple industries.

Cakeplabs

Founders	Joohyun Oh
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CakepLabs is a South Korean based company which concern about Financial Technology (Fintech) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) development.

Cakeplabs

Founders	Joohyun Oh
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CakepLabs is a South Korean based company which concern about Financial Technology (Fintech) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) development.

TCASH

Founders	Unknown
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TCASH is a mobile wallet application that provides payment and cash withdrawal services.

Fintech Switch

Founders	Unknown
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Fintech Switch is a blockchain technology development and finance platform.

Kairex

Founders	Unknown
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Kairex is a digital currency platform based in Korea.

Blockbridge Partners

Founders	Unknown
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Products and solutions to streamline processes for blockchain startups and refining tokenized fundraising models.

AVEapp

Founders	Sung Rock Lee, Won Seok Kim
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Fintech social media platform

d.Lemon

Founders	Unknown
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d.Lemon is a fintech financial service provider.

IMAS

Founders	Unknown
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IMAS is an information technology company that provides mobility management and fintech solutions.

Finnq

Founders	Unknown
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Finnq is a mobile-based app platform that offers deposits, loans, insurance, and other financial services.

Lab80

Founders	Keywon Chung
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Lab80 builds Hello Money, an investment portfolio design tool.

Tenspace

Founders	Unknown
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Tenspace is a fintech company that develops mobile messenger and mobile loan application.

ATON

Founders	Unknown
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ATON offers fintech security software, smart financial system development and other fintech services.

Givenu

Founders	Unknown
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Givenu is a Korean marketplace for pre-owned items that uses the barter system, which does not require cash-based transactions.

MoFin

Founders	JoonMo Kim
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AI automated asset investment platform

DA:Ground

Founders	Hoonjong Paik, Hyunmyung Lee, Jungwun Kim, Sujin Park
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DA:Ground is a FinTech startup that actualizes connected finance via blockchain and other new technologies.

XRP Trade

Founders	Unknown
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XRP Trade offers ripple exchange, payment, legal advice, accounting firms, and remittance system development services.

Childly

Founders	Unknown
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Childly specializes in a digital wallet that provides the digital transfer of financial assets, trading services, and crypto exchange.

Tobicon

Founders	Unknown
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Tobicon is a financial commission insurance fintech company provider.

ATZ Trading

Founders	Unknown
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ATZ Trading is a fintech firm that provides market-making services for cryptocurrency exchanges.

elefund

Founders	Unknown
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elefund is a peer-to-peer financial platform for lending-type crowdfunding.