Fintech Energy - Team
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 South Korea. 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 (South Korea)
Anchor Protocol
| Founders | Daniel Shin, Do Kwon |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Anchor Protocol is a savings platform that provides crypto natives, fintech companies, and investors a stable, high interest rate finance.
Toss
| Founders | Seunggun Lee |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Toss is a mobile finance platform used to simplify the payment procedure.
PeopleFund
| Founders | Joey Kim |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
PeopleFund is Korea’s leading digital lender focused on consumer finance.
Kakao Pay
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Kakao Pay allows over-counter payments, peer-to-peer transactions, bill payment, web banking, and more.
Qraft Technologies
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Qraft Technologies provides AI solutions customized for various uses and has specialties in AI investment solutions.
Fount
| Founders | Y.B. KIM |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Fount Inc. Is an asset management Robo-Advisor startup founded in 2015.
Sentbe, Inc.
| Founders | J Young Lee, Sangyong Jung, Seongouk Choi |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Sentbe offers a faster, cheaper, and easier way to transfer money abroad.
Coinplug
| Founders | Jay Hong, Ryan Uhr |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Coinplug is a Korean blockchain developing company founded in 2013 with over 300 blockchain patents in multiple fields.
WireBarley
| Founders | Eric TaeJung Yoon, Jai Kim, John Joongwon Yoo |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
WireBarley is a fin-tech company that provides a platform for online money transfer.
VegaX Holdings
| Founders | Natasha Bansgopaul, Sang Lee |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
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 |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
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 |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
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 |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
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 |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
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 |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
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 |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Klaytn is an enterprise-grade, service-centric platform that brings user-friendly blockchain experience.
Kakaobank
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Kakaobank offers digital banking, loans, and financial services.
Superbly
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Superbly provides the payment authentication system that utilizes IT Fin Tech including authentication, information security and payment.
Keypair, Inc.
| Founders | JY Lee, Kevin Lee |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
FinTech Company – The World first NFC enabled HSM & OTP card solution provider for safe financial transaction and eID card.
KT investment Inc.
| Founders | Jinsoo Kim |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
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 |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Finda is an online financial comparison platform across various financial products.
bitHolla
| Founders | Adrian Pollard, Ali Beikverdi |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
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 |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
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 |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Bitribe is a cryptocurrency trading platform for digital currency aggregation transactions.
Gowid
| Founders | Hang-Gi Kim |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Facebook, Linkedin |
Gowid is a fintech company that provides corporate credit cards, instalments, loans and B2B financial services for start-ups.
SSenStone
| Founders | Chang-Hun Yoo |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
SsenStone specializes in Fintech, Authentication and Cyber Security.
WaveBridge
| Founders | Jihoon Lee |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
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 |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
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 |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
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 |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Huobi Korea is a digital asset exchange platform.
Lucentblock
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Lucentblock is a FinTech and blockchain-based digital real estate securities platform company.
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 |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Dove Wallet is a service to deposit, transfer, and trade cryptocurrency.
CrePASS Solutions
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
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 |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
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
COINVEST
| Founders | Unknown |
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COINVEST is a cryptocurrency and fintech solution development and consulting company.
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
Korea P2P Exchange
| Founders | Unknown |
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Korea P2P Exchange is a P2P investment marketplace.
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.
X Lab
| Founders | Anton Lee, Lex Choi, Mammad Emin, Mammad Emin Muzaffarli, Min Koo Kang, Youngjin Mo |
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X Lab is a technology company provides smart solutions to online spending.
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.
SECUVE
| Founders | Unknown |
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SECUVE specializes in information security, IoT and fintech services.
AVEapp
| Founders | Sung Rock Lee, Won Seok Kim |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
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.
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