This article showcases our top picks for the best Seoul based Marketplace companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Marketplace 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 Seoul Marketplace Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Karrot Market
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Karrot is a hyperlocal community app which offers a secondhand marketplace.
MyRealTrip
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MyRealTrip leading tours&activities startup in South Korea
Soomgo
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Soomgo is a local service marketplace that helps service providers such as movers, piano teachers and event planners find new customers.
ZigBang
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ZigBang is a real estate marketplace that offers an apartment hunting app.
OHouse
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OHouse is a all-in-one lifestyle platform enabling customers to easily source & purchase goods for their homes.
Dongnae
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Making great housing more affordable and accessible to renters in Korea.
Bungaejangter
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Bungaejangter operates as a mobile C2C marketplace application.
Lendit
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#1 online lending marketplace for unsecured personal loans in Korea
HonestFund
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Fintech, Marketplace Lending, Alternative Investment
Musicow
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Musicow allows investors to buy or sell stakes in copyrights to K-Pop songs in a public auction or an online marketplace.
Hellomarket
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Korea’s mobile P2P classifieds marketplace on steroids
Linkshops
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April is a Dongdaemoon (Korea’s biggest fashion marketplace) based B2B clothing wholesale service.
EC21
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EC21 is a B2B e-commerce company connecting buyers and suppliers through e-marketplaces.
simplyO
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simplyO is a marketplace for everyone and offers premium consumer goods at breakthrough prices.
Danggeun Market
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Danggeun Market develops an online secondhand marketplace that connects buyers and sellers within a neighborhood.
blintn
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Blintn is an online B2B content data platform that connects media companies.
Gmarket
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Gmarket is an online marketplace for clothing, accessories, cosmetics and electronics.
eBay Korea
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EBay Korea is an online marketplace that connects a network of e-commerce buyers and sellers.
ECPlaza
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ECPlaza is an online B2B trad marketplace company.
SenTech
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Provides collaborative-commerce marketplace services to the security, fire and life safety industry.
UUNIO
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UUNIO is a SNS marketplace based on the blockchain technology with the actual reward system.
huppiness
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huppiness is an online marketplace for home appliances and pet supplies.
Funing Factory
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Funing Factory is an online marketplace for clothing, gifts, and beauty products.
Crosstrade Group
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The company operates a website, gazhoo.com, which is a user generated content marketplace that allows users to buy and sell documents,
Matrix2B
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Matrix2B is a PI consulting, e-trade solutions, e-purchase solutions, and marketplace solutions provider company.
Auctionory
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Auctionory is a Korean online marketplace for translation services.
eMUSICMARKET
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eMUSICMARKET is an online marketplace for music.
JewelDistrict
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JewelDistrict facilitates an online marketplace that enables designers and customers to create and share jewelry designs.