KAKAO CORP

Kakao is a mobile lifestyle platform company with services spanning messaging, mail, search, news, advertising, gaming, e-commerce, music, maps and more. Its content platform offers a diverse array of content that can be enjoyed by users of all interest range. Daum News offers tens of thousands of news articles from top news outlets every day, and Story Funding, the country’s first crowdfunding service, is building a healthy platform for new information in hand with users. Kakao Music, Kakao ... Page, Daum Webtoon and more, enrich user's daily lives enabling users to easily share and enjoy music, cartoons, novels and more. Kakao Game is a mobile gaming platform that allows users to compete with friends on their social graph. Its popularity has resulted in explosive growths for the Korean mobile gaming industry while establishing mobile games as a mainstream phenomenon. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Jeju, South Korea.

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KAKAO CORP

Social Links:

Facebook

Twitter

Industry:

Apps Internet Messaging Mobile

Founded:

2006-01-01

Address:

Jeju, Cheju-do, South Korea

Country:

South Korea

Website Url:

http://www.kakaocorp.com

Total Employee:

1001+

Status:

Active

Contact:

+8207074921300

Email Addresses:

[email protected]

Total Funding:

1.64 B USD

Technology used in webpage:

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Current Advisors List

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Brian Kim Chairman of the Board of Directors @ Kakao Corp
Board_member
2014-10-01

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JaeHong Choi Independent Director, Chairman of Nominating Committee & Member of Audit Committee @ Kakao Corp
Board_member
2015-03-27

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Minsik Cho Non-executive Director of Kakao @ Kakao Corp
Board_member

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Piao Yanli Independent Director @ Kakao Corp
Board_member
2015-03-27

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Brian Kim Founder @ Kakao Corp
Board_member

Current Employees Featured

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Yeo Min-soo
Yeo Min-soo CEO @ Kakao Corp
CEO
2018-03-01

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Joh Su-yong
Joh Su-yong Chief Executive Officer @ Kakao Corp
Chief Executive Officer
2018-03-01

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Andy Kang
Andy Kang CLO @ Kakao Corp
CLO
2016-03-30

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Juntae Jang
Juntae Jang Business Platform Planning Team @ Kakao Corp
Business Platform Planning Team
2020-07-01

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Yeo Min-soo
Yeo Min-soo Vice President @ Kakao Corp
Vice President
2016-09-01

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Choi Hee-doo
Choi Hee-doo Senior Business Development Manager @ Kakao Corp
Senior Business Development Manager
2018-06-01

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Park Jong-hwan
Park Jong-hwan Team Leader @ Kakao Corp
Team Leader
2016-01-01

Founder

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Brian Kim

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Catherine Sison-Pariño

Stock Details

Company's stock symbol is KRX:035720

Acquisitions List

Date	Company	Article	Price
2021-04-15	ZIGZAG	ZIGZAG acquired by Kakao Corp	N/A
2016-02-29	Parking Square	Parking Square acquired by Kakao Corp	N/A
2016-01-12	Loen Entertainment	Loen Entertainment acquired by Kakao Corp	1.6 B USD
2016-01-10	MELON	MELON acquired by Kakao Corp	1.55 B USD
2015-05-29	Path	Path acquired by Kakao Corp	N/A
2015-01-05	Kids Note	Kids Note acquired by Kakao Corp	N/A
2014-09-15	Seoul Bus Mobile	Seoul Bus Mobile acquired by Kakao Corp	N/A
2014-05-26	Daum Communications	Daum Communications acquired by Kakao Corp	N/A
2012-07-30	ISEEYOU Co., Ltd.	ISEEYOU Co., Ltd. acquired by Kakao Corp	N/A
2012-06-04	Thinkreals	Thinkreals acquired by Kakao Corp	N/A

Investors List

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Investments List

Date	Company	Article	Money raised
2021-10-20	Superplastic	Kakao Corp investment in Series A - Superplastic	20 M USD
2021-07-16	Neubility	Kakao Corp investment in Seed Round - Neubility	2.5 M USD
2019-03-21	Tidesquare	Kakao Corp investment in Corporate Round - Tidesquare	34.7 B KRW
2018-05-10	Kakao Japan	Kakao Corp investment in Corporate Round - Kakao Japan	79.9 B KRW
2017-12-27	Dunamu	Kakao Corp investment in Series C - Dunamu	13 B KRW
2017-10-25	Korea Credit Data	Kakao Corp investment in Series A - Korea Credit Data	4 M USD
2017-08-31	TOROOC	Kakao Corp investment in Venture Round - TOROOC	N/A
2016-07-19	Shiftup	Kakao Corp investment in Venture Round - Shiftup	30 B KRW
2016-06-01	Seerslab	Kakao Corp investment in Seed Round - Seerslab	2 M USD
2015-10-02	Dunamu	Kakao Corp investment in Series B - Dunamu	5 B KRW

Key Employee Changes

Date	New article
2022-01-20	(LEAD) Kakao names Namkoong Whon as new CEO

Official Site Inspections

http://www.kakaocorp.com

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