Best Startup
This article showcases our top picks for the best South Korean based E-Commerce companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the E-Commerce 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 E-Commerce Startups
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Coupang
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Coupang offers an e-commerce platform that is powered by innovative technology and operations.
Tridge
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Tridge is a digital platform that combines technology and human network to connect buyers and suppliers globally.
TMON
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TMON (Ticket Monster) is one of leading e-commerce companies in Korea.
Karrot Market
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Karrot is a hyperlocal community app which offers a secondhand marketplace.
CLO Virtual Fashion
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CLO Virtual Fashion develops true-to-life, 3D garment simulation technology for fashion and film/gaming industries.
O-House
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O-House is a one-stop home furnishing and interior design platform enabling customers to easily source & purchase goods for their homes.
WeMakePrice
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Wemakeprice (위메프) is a Korean social commerce platform offering e-commerce and internet advertising services.
RIDI
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RIDI Corporation is South Korea’s leading content platform specialized in Web Comics, Web fiction and e-book, headquartered in Seoul.
ZIGZAG
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ZIGZAG is a shopping meta-service app for women.
Bungaejangter
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Bungaejangter operates as a mobile C2C marketplace application.
Kmong
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Kmong is a Korean online talent market enabling individuals to sell and buy services in design, business, computing, music, and more.
Althea
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Althea is Korea’s premier beauty e-commerce that provides the latest beauty products, trends and lifestyle to consumers in Southeast Asia.
DAILYHOTEL
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DAILYHOTEL is a smartphone application that allows users to find and book luxury hotels.
YDEA
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YDEA is a Korean-based startup company focused on providing new-age e-commerce solutions to its customers.
Balaan
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A platform that allows you to get the latest luxury goods in just 3 days.
FEELWAY
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FEELWAY is the 1st largest domestic luxury products market place in korea.
Storets
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Storets was born from a desire to offer trendy, stylish, high quality fashion that doesn’t break your wallet.
Bringko
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Bringko is an integrated shopping platform that provides easy and quick purchase of Korean products.
ODDM
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ODDM is mobile / online marketing platform company in Korea running automatic influencer marketing platform, Adpick
YAP
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The YAP Company is a Korean startup providing O2O commerce platform
Hellomarket
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Korea’s mobile P2P classifieds marketplace on steroids
B2Link
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B2Link is an online B2B beauty platform that offers subscription services for branded products.
MEATBOX
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MEATBOX is a B2B-based online commerce platform.
OWiN
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OWiN is a computer company that provides a device and software platform that connects car divers and merchants online and offline.
29CM
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29CM runs an online select shop 29cm, which provides customers with various kinds of domestic and foreign brands.
OGQ
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OGQ is a Social Creators Platform. 14M Creators upload images, videos, musics, stickers like emoji and fonts to OGQ market.
Wholesum Brands
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We honor ecommerce brand entrepreneurs, their products, and offer an alternative platform to scale their brand.
Perfitt
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Shoe Size Recommendation Solution, B2B Solution, Retail Technology
Casual Steps
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Casual Steps provides global online shopping services and solutions.
breezm
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Breezm produces custom eyewear optimized for the customer’s face, using 3D-printing, 3D-scanning, and big data analysis.
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.
Brandi
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Brandi is an online marketplace that offers clothes and foot wears for women .
MVERSE
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MVERSE designs and develops mobile accessories and mobile commerce solutions.
Tumblbug
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Tumblbug is an online Korean crowdfunding site focused on art and cultural content.
Linkshops
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April is a Dongdaemoon (Korea’s biggest fashion marketplace) based B2B clothing wholesale service.
Foodfly
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Foodfly is a Korean online food delivery service that allows consumers to order food online and get them delivered.
The Clozet
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THE CLOZET is a fashion sharing service aiming to be Airbnb for fashion.
AIONCO KOREA Co
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AIONCO KOREA provides competitive item sourcing and logistics solution service.
ONOFFMIX
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We are a meeting and event platform helping to build strong values among the people we work with.
Promisope
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Promisope is a personalized Korean social shopping platform.
SIOT
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SIOT provide e-commerce software frameworks to make people easier.
Tuck & Company
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Tuck & Company Inc.provides mobile start-up, personal, and interpersonal commerce platforms.
Club Venit
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Club Venit is a private Korean e-commerce company offering luxury brands online.
Agreable
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Agreable is a brand commerce startup that manufactures and distributes lifestyle products.
FLEAPOP
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Fleapop provides women in their teens and 20s with an opportunity to experience the latest fashion items and online items every two days.
Onemoment
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Onemoment offers a flower delivery service to convey happiness.
Caffe Bene
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Caffe Bene provides a unique environment for New Yorkers looking for a similar experience.
CAPSULE CORP. Inc
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International, Fandom, Otaku, E-commerce, Big Data Analysis
Piñata Labs
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Piñata Labs is a Korean online pop-up shopping experience featuring fashion-related events, details on latest accessories, and more.
aliseon
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Aliseon is a crossborder ecommerce platform based on video content.
MeasureChina
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MeasureChina is AI powered software for China marketing. It solves challenges in understanding 1.3B Chinese consumers within seconds.
ChannelBreeze
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ChannelBreeze (채널브리즈) is a Korean company that provides social commerce services through an online platform including social network
simplyO
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simplyO is a marketplace for everyone and offers premium consumer goods at breakthrough prices.
Woman’s Talk
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Woman’s Talk, Korea’s is a first online mobile beauty home shopping.
Infinisoft
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Infinisoft specializes in developing and operating online and offline e-commerce software.
Planet8
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Planet8 is an internet startup incubator based in Korea, also focused on providing internet and software solutions to its customers.
Tenqube
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A mobile app to explore global fashion items. Discover cross-border fashion items based on your styles. A virtual try-on camera with AR.
BOOKCUBE
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BOOKCUBE is an eBook portal that provides comics and webtoons books.
WashApp Korea
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Clean baskets are not just a laundry basket contained only clothes.
Brich
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An O2O service delivering the latest Korean fashion trends online .
MUSINSA
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Online fashion platform where you can enjoy everything about fashion.
WishLink
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WishLink develops mobile shopping services such as Cacao Style, an advertising, brokerage and e-commerce platform for personal shopping.
PesaMall
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PesaMall is an e-commerce venture that aims to connect people in East Africa to high quality products sourced from Korea, Japan, and China.
Cafe24
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Cafe24 is a global e-commerce platform that provides everything you need to build an online DTC store in one-stop.
Marymond Corp.
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Marymond realizes the restoration of dignity through product design and infromative contects.
EC21
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EC21 is a B2B e-commerce company connecting buyers and suppliers through e-marketplaces.
Ibuildea
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Ibuildea provides 3D printing solutions in Korea.
Qustreet
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Qustreet.com is an online retail store specialized in selling apparels from new brands in Korea.
E-mart
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E-mart is a retail company that distributes and sells products through online shopping, specialty stores, and supermarkets.
Labelby.me
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labelby.me is a social e-commerce platform that provides its users with fashion merchandising services.
VRISM
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VRISM develops REALVU, online product 3D (AR and VR supported) viewer, which can enhance online shopping experience to another level.
Easy Storage
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Easy Storage offers storage space to e-commerce.
NOSITH
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Nosith/patplex provides online patent search and marketing platform in patent transaction.
Ebates
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Ebates is an e-commerce discovery platform offering a smarter way to shop.
Trenbe
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Trenbe is an e-commerce company of footwear products.
GS Shop
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GS Shop is an on-line shop set up to make the purchasing of products much easier and available.
WISHUPON, Inc.
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WISHUPON is a universal shopping wishlist.
Finda
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Finda is an online financial comparison platform across various financial products.
Danggeun Market
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Danggeun Market develops an online secondhand marketplace that connects buyers and sellers within a neighborhood.
Lululemon Athletica Korea
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Lululemon Athletica Korea is an e-commerce shop for fashion items.
The Daebak Company
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The Daebak Company is a community-driven e-commerce platform that aims to inspire the global Hallyu community
Catch Fashion
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Catch Fashion is an online fashion portal.
COSRX
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COSRX is an e-commerce platform for buying skincare products.
11Street
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11Street is an online marketplace for clothing and beauty products.
AGmall
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AGmall is an online marketplace for health care products.
bigin
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CRM marketing solution that maximizes customer value via segmentation and campaign automation.
eBay Korea
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EBay Korea is an online marketplace that connects a network of e-commerce buyers and sellers.
Beans Around
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Beans Around offers a monthly subscription service allowing its users to get fresh coffee at their homes from independent coffee roasters.
CAVA
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CAVA is an online platform for contemporary artists to sells their works and products.
Aladin Communication
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Aladin Communication is a bookstore that offers books, albums and cosmetics products.
Lotte Mart
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Lotte Mart is an online hypermarket that sells groceries, clothing, toys, electronics and other products.
AtMarket
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AtMarket is an online platform that enables users to compare the prices of financial products such as insurance schemes and loans.
AprilSkin
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AprilSkin is a brand that sells natural cosmetics products.
Pantos Logistics
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Pantos Logistics renders consulting, freight, e-commerce and logistic services.
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