Courses & Events
The Growth and Outlook for the Korean Startup Ecosystem in the Global Market | Zoom only
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
04:30 pm - 05:50 pm
Guest Moderator Clara YoonJin Chang, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at STAYGE Labs, will host a discussion with Victor Ching, CEO of Miso, and Tony Young-Suc Lyu, Venture Partner at Softbank Ventures Asia. They’ll go over the latest trends and patterns in entrepreneurship happening in Korea.
To attend by Zoom, please register at <https://stanford.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvdOqgrTooEte626Net4f5iuR7jUH63I2p>. This will register you for the entire 8-week series and the same link will be used for all sessions. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting series. You may cancel at anytime.
May 2nd’s panel will be on Zoom only. We will not be holding this session in-person.
Details
Venue:
- Stanford University, Paul G. Allen Building, Allen 101X Auditorium, 330 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305 [Google Map]
Parking options:
- Via Ortega Garage, 498 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA 94305 [Google Map]
- Parking Structure 5, 295 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305 [Google Map]
- Please check parking signs carefully to ensure that permitted parking and metered spaces are free after 4:00 pm.
Session Recordings are typically posted within 3 business days after each session on our Youtube Channel and the course page here.
Speakers
Guest Moderator: Clara YoonJin Chan
Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at STAYGE Labs
Clara YoonJin Chang is an advocate for technology startups across the globe. She is the Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of STAYGE Labs, a KPOP fan community platform that has partnered with Korea’s leading global entertainment company CJ ENM. STAYGE hit 1 million users in two weeks recently. Previously Clara was a partner at Kstartup, a leading accelerator in Korea with support from Google, and co-founded LifeSite, a secure online digital vault. She has served as an advisor or angel investor in over 40 Korean startups, and as a venture partner at Cherubic Ventures. Prior to joining the startup scene, Clara was titled as Miss Korea and subsequently hosted her own TV show, other TV programs, and big media events for several years. In 2013, she was voted the “Most Promising Female Entrepreneur” in Korea.
Victor Ching
CEO, Miso
Victor Ching is the Founder and CEO of Miso. Miso is a home services marketplace where customers can book over 70 different services. Services include cleaning, moving, repair, interior remodeling and more. They have raised over $11 million in funding and went through Y Combinator in 2016. They have completed over 3 million bookings totaling over $150 million in volume.
Tony Young-Suc Lyu
Venture Partner, Softbank Ventures Asia
Tony Young-Suc Lyu is is a Venture Partner with SoftBank Ventures Asia, the global early-stage venture arm of SoftBank Group. Tony’s relationship with SoftBank Ventures Asia started when his startup Korbit received investment from SoftBank in 2014. Tony was founder and CEO of Korbit, Korea’s first cryptocurrency exchange. He guided the company through its acquisition by NXC Corporation in 2017. Tony also co-founded TIDE Institute, a non-profit organization providing technology entrepreneurship education. Prior to that, he has worked in Germany and in Austria as an Associate Expert at the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, and in Sri Lanka as a vocational school teacher for the Korea International Cooperation Agency.
