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
Top South Korean Social Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Karrot Market
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Karrot is a hyperlocal community app which offers a secondhand marketplace.
Hyperconnect
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Hyperconnect is a global social platform company that provides video and AI-powered products.
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.
Platfarm Inc. (mojitok)
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Platfarm helps messaging services to monetize or/and increase user engagement with the visual communication solution.
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.
Loadcomplete
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Loadcomplete is a social and mobile games developer in Korea.
Socialinus
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Socialinus Inc. is a Korean-based independent game development company focused on creating online games for social networks.
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.
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.
Pristones
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Pristones is a Korean venture supporting startups that provides mobile and web services.
PlayEarth
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Playearth is a Korean socal games developer and is the developer of Kaizan Rumble.
Kong Liao
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Kong Liao is a web-based platform that offers daily quizzes.
Soulgit, Inc.
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Soulgit is a mobile game publisher and premium marketing agency.
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.
Promisope
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Promisope is a personalized Korean social shopping platform.
Share & Care Co., Ltd.
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Share & Care Co., Ltd. is provides social networks and mobile app services.
Freetrip Co
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Frip is a social activity platform which allows people to gather and enjoy various outdoor/indoor activities together.
Black coin
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Black coin, a Korean startup, provides social membership cards for individuals all around the country.
Yello Digital Marketing
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Yello Digital Marketing is a total media platform.
Avocado Entertainment
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Avocado Entertainment is a top-ranked social and mobile game publisher in Korea.
ChannelBreeze
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ChannelBreeze (채널브리즈) is a Korean company that provides social commerce services through an online platform including social network
INSOMENIA
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INSOMENIA is a Korean startup offering a social mobile shopping app.
CwaveSoft
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CwaveSoft was founded by former head director of Nexon.
Haeyoom Media
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Haeyoom media is a Korean mathematics teaching service provider.
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)
BollingoBlog
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Bollingo is a social blog service for users to share experiences and interests with each other.
Bitave Lab
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Bitave Lab is a Korean tech startup offering social networking, marketing, web, and mobile services.
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.”
Yea Studio
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Yea Studio a popular kids drawing social networking site
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.
플랩풋볼 Plab Football
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소셜 축구 풋살 경기 진행 서비스 Social Football, Futsal pickup game service
Wonderabbit
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Wonderabbit is a Korean mobile app company focusing on private social networking services.
Post-i
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Post-I is an interactive design and development platform in Korea.
Labelby.me
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labelby.me is a social e-commerce platform that provides its users with fashion merchandising services.
Social Network
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Social Network, a specialist platform servicing Korean trends.
Mediafront
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Mediafront is a media agency based in Seoul, Korea.
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.
LiveRe
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Cizion is the maker of LiveRe, a social commenting solution for blogs and other websites.
Mapiacompany Inc.
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Mapiacompany is a global digital music business operating on 3 independent platforms, Mapianist, MyMusicSheet and KPopPiano.
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.
CookApps
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CookApps is a game developer that specializes in web and mobile games.
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.
Claris
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Claris is a Korean social dating platform that enables users to collaborate online with others and build new relationships.
Wow Ventures
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Wow Ventures is a Korean social network services platform offering advertising and mobile application development services.
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.
TI
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TI is a tech startup based in Korea that offers travel- and tourism-based social networking services.
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.
Ium
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IUMSOCIUS is a Korean-based app development company focused on creating novel dating apps for mobile users.
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
AINE
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AINE is a company that provides social platform services using artificial intelligence technology.
Syntasia
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Syntasia is a Korean web and mobile social game development and publishing company.
HS Ad
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HS Ad is an advertising agency that was established in 1984 as an affiliate of LG Group.
Persona
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Persona brings the influential people to your business for social marketing.
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.
Moncast
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Driven Cast is a social network that offers video clips in different categories and genres.
Bapul
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Immediately Solve is a question-and-answer platform that enables users to ask and answer study-related questions.
Vanilla Breeze
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Vanilla Breeze is a developer of applications, games, and content for the smartphone industry.
MIRAL Welfare Foundation
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MIRAL Welfare Foundation is an international humanitarian organization.
NRISE
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NRISE research and develops social media services to bring people the joy of communication.
Foresting
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Foresting rewards content creators and curators through a new concept of social media token operation.
Donordonut
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Donordonut is a smartphone application that enables users to share and donate goods and money to create social value.
Fungrep
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Fungrep is a Korean mobile game development and publishing company focusing on iOS, MS Mobile, and Android devices.
Asan Nanum Foundation
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Asan Nanum Foundation to contribute to the alleviation of social inequality and to promote entrepreneurship among youth.
MOVIE1 broadcast media
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International satelite, web2.0 IPTV
Whatif
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Whatif is a Korean software startup offering online advertising and social network services.
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.
Yoons English School
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Yoons English School is an english education company that provides english education programs.
BourbonShake
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We focus on a product that connects people nearby with a fun and unique location-based technology.
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.
Compassion
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Compassion is a social service organization for children.
BlockPet
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BlockPet is a blockchain-based social media pet community platform with a practical reward system
lele global
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lele is mobile app making people meet quickly really social.
SMC
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SMC is a digital marketing agency that provides all-in-one social marketing solution for brands.
Underdogs
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Underdogs is a company specializing in social innovation entrepreneurship education.
KickSubs
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KickSubs is an influencer marketing platform that delivers native ads within online videos, with 85+ million subscribers.
Buzzni
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Buzzni is a Korean data searching web platform that helps consumers find reliable information.
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.
Swizzle Global Inc.
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The Feedback Interpreters – providing solutions to turn your app store reviews into actionable insights.
Profound
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Profound is a business spot-consulting market network.
Ihateflyingbugs
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Ihateflyingbugs is a mobile application offers social network, marketing, and PR services to its users.
Science & Engineering Research Support soCiety
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SERSC is an international center for supporting distinguished scholars and students.
Grap.io
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GRAP is an enterprise social networking service for collaboration.
WikiTree
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WikiTree provides social news and information services.
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.
Peoplegate
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Peoplegate is Korean-based software company focused on developing a self titled social messenger service for smartphones.
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.
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.
Inquivix (인퀴빅스)
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Digital Marketing Agency in Korea Specializing in Paid Search, Paid Social and SEO.
Epirus
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Epirus is a publisher specializing in genre novels & webtoons.
The SMC Group
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The SMC Group is a social marketing company.
GSIL Co., Ltd.
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GSIL Co., Ltd provide ‘Total safety care solution’ using Risk-Matrix first in world.
RANKWAVE
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RANKWAVE is providing customer management solutions based upon its social big data analysis platform