Tech In Seoul

Tech In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Matthew (차민근) Shampine, Co-Founder and CEO at Dongnae.

Dongnae is "a modern real estate discovery and service platform" with an ambition to revolutionize the way people rent or buy real-estate in Korea. The app will be officially launched in May 2021.

Before starting Dongnae, Matthew spent a large part of his business life working for WeWork. He joined the company at a very early stage, launched the asia-pacific business and eventually moved to Seoul to become the general manager of WeWork Korea.

In this episode, Matthew shares his experience in the prop-tech industry in the US and in Korea. He also develops for us the mission and the ambition of Dongnae, and how he and his team plan to have a strong and lasting impact on the local real-estate market. 

Matthew and his co-founder only started the company 13 months ago. They already raised 4.8 Million dollars from US investors and VCs for whom it was the first investment in Asia.

Links:

https://www.dongnae.com/ (in Korean)

https://blog.naver.com/dongnaeofficial (in Korean)

About La French Tech Seoul:

La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate   and government organizations working together to build bridges in the   tech ecosystem between France and Korea.

Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com/

[This episode was recorded on April 27th, 2021]

Tech In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Catherine Hong, Founder at TOOTI.

Tooti is an online language platform. Catherine shares with us her experience of founding a multicultural startup in Seoul and abroad, while benefiting from the vibrant local ecosystem and the generous government support.

Link:

http://www.tooti.co.kr/ (not active yet)

About La French Tech Seoul:

La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate  and government organizations working together to build bridges in the  tech ecosystem between France and Korea.

Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com/

[This episode was recorded on April 26th, 2021]

Tech In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Ania Montoya & Lucia Lacuesta, Co-Founders at EKI.

EKI is a gamified app where users can find everything they want to learn in the area of sex education.

Link:

https://www.instagram.com/eki_edu/

About La French Tech Seoul:

La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate  and government organizations working together to build bridges in the  tech ecosystem between France and Korea.

Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com/

[This episode was recorded on April 22nd, 2021]

Tech In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Philip Lee, Founder and CEO at Pickool.

In this episode, Philip Lee tells us everything we need to know about his new Tech media. He also shares his view on the strenghts and the weaknesses of the Korean Tech & Startup ecosystem.

Links:

Pickool (https://pickool.net/)

About La French Tech Seoul:

La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate and government organizations working together to build bridges in the tech ecosystem between France and Korea.

Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com/

[This episode was recorded on April 13th, 2021]

Tech In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Jason Boutte, Co-founder and CEO at Shuttle Delivery.

In this episode, Jason Boutte tells us everything we need to know about the startup he co-founded in 2016 by merging 2 startups together. Jason also shares with us his experience of starting a business in Korea and the challenges and opportunities he met along the way.

Link:

Shuttle Delivery: https://www.shuttledelivery.co.kr/en

Promo-code: jasonboutte

About La French Tech Seoul: 

La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate and government organizations working together to build bridges in the tech ecosystem between France and Korea.

Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com/

[This episode was recorded on April 6th, 2021]