101 Top South Korean Social Companies and Startups

October 14, 2021

This article showcases our top picks for the best South Korean based Social companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Social industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

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Top South Korean Social Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Karrot Market

Karrot Market

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Karrot is a hyperlocal community app which offers a secondhand marketplace.

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Hyperconnect

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Hyperconnect is a global social platform company that provides video and AI-powered products.

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Lezhin Entertainment

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Lezhin Entertainment is a Korean startup that offers Lezhin Comics, a webtoon ( web comics , online manga ) service for mature readers.

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Platfarm Inc. (mojitok)

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Platfarm helps messaging services to monetize or/and increase user engagement with the visual communication solution.

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Primer

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Startup Accelerator in Korea from Jan 2010

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SMARTSTUDY

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SmartStudy is a global entertainment company. We make high-quality animated and gaming content such as Pinkfong and Monster Super League.

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Loadcomplete

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Loadcomplete is a social and mobile games developer in Korea.

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Socialinus

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Socialinus Inc. is a Korean-based independent game development company focused on creating online games for social networks.

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Vingle

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Vingle is an interest-based community platform available via mobile and web, where users can mingle together through shared interests.

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Trust Us

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Trust Us is a Korean IT venture company that offers online content and services such as Poing and My Booking, two food-related apps.

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Pristones

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Pristones is a Korean venture supporting startups that provides mobile and web services.

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PlayEarth

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Playearth is a Korean socal games developer and is the developer of Kaizan Rumble.

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Kong Liao

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Kong Liao is a web-based platform that offers daily quizzes.

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Soulgit, Inc.

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Soulgit is a mobile game publisher and premium marketing agency.

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Get Together

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Get Together is a Korean company based in Seoul, enabling people of other sectors of the community to connect with companies.

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Promisope

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Promisope is a personalized Korean social shopping platform.

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Share & Care Co., Ltd.

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Share & Care Co., Ltd. is provides social networks and mobile app services.

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Freetrip Co

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Frip is a social activity platform which allows people to gather and enjoy various outdoor/indoor activities together.

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Black coin

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Black coin, a Korean startup, provides social membership cards for individuals all around the country.

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Bob Games

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Social casino game developer

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Yello Digital Marketing

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Yello Digital Marketing is a total media platform.

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Avocado Entertainment

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Avocado Entertainment is a top-ranked social and mobile game publisher in Korea.

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ChannelBreeze

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ChannelBreeze (채널브리즈) is a Korean company that provides social commerce services through an online platform including social network

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INSOMENIA

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INSOMENIA is a Korean startup offering a social mobile shopping app.

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CwaveSoft

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CwaveSoft was founded by former head director of Nexon.

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Haeyoom Media

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Haeyoom media is a Korean mathematics teaching service provider.

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Entcrowd

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Performance facilitation platform.

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SIKSIN (from SeeOn)

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SIKSIN operates two services:

1. Mobile App – food stamp service for business (Korean name – 식신 e-식권)

2. Mobile, PC web, App – Service for finding local restaurants that are worth sharing experiences with other people. (Korean name – 식신)

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BollingoBlog

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Bollingo is a social blog service for users to share experiences and interests with each other.

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Bitave Lab

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Bitave Lab is a Korean tech startup offering social networking, marketing, web, and mobile services.

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Peeper

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Peeper is a Q&A platform, connects Stars and Fans for the mission of “Star-Fans make the world better.”

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Veam

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Veam is a Seoul-based social networking company.

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Yea Studio

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Yea Studio a popular kids drawing social networking site

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Easyworks Universe

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Easyworks Universe is a Korean-based startup company engaged in the development of Planet Jack, a web portal for designers.

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플랩풋볼 Plab Football

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소셜 축구 풋살 경기 진행 서비스 Social Football, Futsal pickup game service

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Wonderabbit

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Wonderabbit is a Korean mobile app company focusing on private social networking services.

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Post-i

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Post-I is an interactive design and development platform in Korea.

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Labelby.me

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labelby.me is a social e-commerce platform that provides its users with fashion merchandising services.

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Social Network

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Social Network, a specialist platform servicing Korean trends.

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Mediafront

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Mediafront is a media agency based in Seoul, Korea.

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Dodonation

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Dodonation is a Korean online recruitment agency that enables users to apply for job vacancies, present their salary expectations, and more.

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LiveRe

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Cizion is the maker of LiveRe, a social commenting solution for blogs and other websites.

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Mapiacompany Inc.

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Mapiacompany is a global digital music business operating on 3 independent platforms, Mapianist, MyMusicSheet and KPopPiano.

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U.Gene.us

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U.Gene.us is a Korean advertising company based in Seoul, executing new approaches to help companies market their products.

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CookApps

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CookApps is a game developer that specializes in web and mobile games.

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Cubbying

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Cubbying is a web and mobile service that gathers and organizes content gathered from a person’s social media networks.

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Claris

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Claris is a Korean social dating platform that enables users to collaborate online with others and build new relationships.

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Wow Ventures

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Wow Ventures is a Korean social network services platform offering advertising and mobile application development services.

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Asiance

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Asiance is the first Brandtech partner in Asia. Brandtech is an advanced model of Digital Agency based in Seoul and Tokyo.

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TI

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TI is a tech startup based in Korea that offers travel- and tourism-based social networking services.

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NOTEFOLIO

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NoteFolio is a social web platform that enables artists and designers to share their creative notes and work with each other.

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Ium

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IUMSOCIUS is a Korean-based app development company focused on creating novel dating apps for mobile users.

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Nasmedia

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Korea’s No.1 Media Marketing Agency that specializes in media planning, buying, operating & optimization for various types of ad campaign

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AINE

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AINE is a company that provides social platform services using artificial intelligence technology.

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Syntasia

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Syntasia is a Korean web and mobile social game development and publishing company.

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HS Ad

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HS Ad is an advertising agency that was established in 1984 as an affiliate of LG Group.

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PUBLY

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PUBLY is a Content Platform for Working People.

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Persona

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Persona brings the influential people to your business for social marketing.

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Twinklr

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Twinklr offers SUPERFAN, an online service that enables clients to promote and share their brand and related content on Facebook.

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Moncast

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Driven Cast is a social network that offers video clips in different categories and genres.

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Bapul

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Immediately Solve is a question-and-answer platform that enables users to ask and answer study-related questions.

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Vanilla Breeze

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Vanilla Breeze is a developer of applications, games, and content for the smartphone industry.

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MIRAL Welfare Foundation

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MIRAL Welfare Foundation is an international humanitarian organization.

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NRISE

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NRISE research and develops social media services to bring people the joy of communication.

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Foresting

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Foresting rewards content creators and curators through a new concept of social media token operation.

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Donordonut

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Donordonut is a smartphone application that enables users to share and donate goods and money to create social value.

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Fungrep

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Fungrep is a Korean mobile game development and publishing company focusing on iOS, MS Mobile, and Android devices.

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Asan Nanum Foundation

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Asan Nanum Foundation to contribute to the alleviation of social inequality and to promote entrepreneurship among youth.

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MOVIE1 broadcast media

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International satelite, web2.0 IPTV

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Whatif

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Whatif is a Korean software startup offering online advertising and social network services.

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Kaist Venture Investment Holdings

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

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Yoons English School

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Yoons English School is an english education company that provides english education programs.

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BourbonShake

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We focus on a product that connects people nearby with a fun and unique location-based technology.

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Startup Alliance Korea

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Startup Alliance Korea works to help startups grow and go global by connecting people in the startup ecosystem with one another.

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Compassion

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Compassion is a social service organization for children.

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BlockPet

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BlockPet is a blockchain-based social media pet community platform with a practical reward system

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lele global

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lele is mobile app making people meet quickly really social.

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SMC

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SMC is a digital marketing agency that provides all-in-one social marketing solution for brands.

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Underdogs

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Underdogs is a company specializing in social innovation entrepreneurship education.

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KickSubs

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KickSubs is an influencer marketing platform that delivers native ads within online videos, with 85+ million subscribers.

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Buzzni

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Buzzni is a Korean data searching web platform that helps consumers find reliable information.

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Langtree Korea

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Langtree Korea is an open service platform that connects tutors and students to enable them to learn each other’s native language.

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Swizzle Global Inc.

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The Feedback Interpreters – providing solutions to turn your app store reviews into actionable insights.

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Featuring

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Influencer / Social Commerce

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Profound

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Profound is a business spot-consulting market network.

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Ihateflyingbugs

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Ihateflyingbugs is a mobile application offers social network, marketing, and PR services to its users.

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Science & Engineering Research Support soCiety

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SERSC is an international center for supporting distinguished scholars and students.

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Grap.io

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GRAP is an enterprise social networking service for collaboration.

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WikiTree

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WikiTree provides social news and information services.

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Loopkin

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Loopkin is the 1st kids activity sharing platform that connects people with extra capabilities to host kids activities to local kids.

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Peoplegate

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Peoplegate is Korean-based software company focused on developing a self titled social messenger service for smartphones.

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KAI Inc.

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KAI presents the next generation immersive media. This allows the creation of VR experiences in the simplest and the most powerful way.

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Newsway

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Newsway is an online media and news company.

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MONs group

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MONs group is a Korean-based company specializing in providing interactive media solutions and mobile development solutions to its clients.

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Inquivix (인퀴빅스)

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Digital Marketing Agency in Korea Specializing in Paid Search, Paid Social and SEO.

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Epirus

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Epirus is a publisher specializing in genre novels & webtoons.

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The SMC Group

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The SMC Group is a social marketing company.

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I-UM SOCIUS

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The Social Dating Pioneer

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GSIL Co., Ltd.

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GSIL Co., Ltd provide ‘Total safety care solution’ using Risk-Matrix first in world.

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RANKWAVE

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RANKWAVE is providing customer management solutions based upon its social big data analysis platform

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spotlight101

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