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Sangjoon Park

Managing Director at Korea Investment Partners Co

Seoul Incheon Metropolitan Area

Overview 

Sangjoon Park is a Managing Director at Korea Investment Partners Co., Ltd., with expertise in private equity, venture capital, and new business development. He has successfully invested in a wide range of sectors such as semiconductors, digital health, and consumer internet, and has held key roles in various companies as an investor and non-executive director. Park's career highlights include leading due diligence processes, developing successful business strategies, and making impactful investments in companies like Twelve Labs, Wintec Glovis, and REVU Corporation. His current role as Managing Director showcases his extensive experience in private equity and his ability to drive growth and success in diverse industries.

Work Experience 

  • Managing Director, Private Equity

    2012 - Current

    - Established and managed approximately USD 1.3 billion of private equity funds - Invested across diverse stages of growth - early to growth, significant minority, small-to-mid cap buyout - Achieved compounded IRR 35%+ in exit portfolios of more than USD 500 million - Selected portfolios: (1) IPO'ed: Doosan Robotics (cobot), Bumhan Fuelcell (hydrogen fuelcell), REVU Corporation (influencer marketing platform), NBT (ICT/ad-tech), etc. (2) M&A or secondary exits: Carelabs (digital healthcare), E-land retail (department store and outlets), Total Terminal Int'l Algeciras S.A. (container terminal in Spain), etc. (3) Active: Kakaomobility (Korea's No.1 mobility platform), Twelve Labs (multimodal AI understanding), Superbin (r-PET recycling), Xpanner (contech), NEW ID (CTV/FAST ad-tech), Hyojin E&HY (carbon recycling), Wintec glovis (activated carbon recycling), Danbi education (smart learning contents), etc.

  • Investor

    2023

    https://www.twelvelabs.io/

Twelve Labs makes video foundation models accessible via APIs to empower businesses and developers to build intelligent video products.

Raised $77,120,000.00 from Korea Investment Partners, New Enterprise Associates, WndrCo, NVentures, Radical Ventures and Index Ventures.

  • Investor / Non Executive Director

    2023

    https://www.xpanner.com/

  • Investor / Non Executive Director

    2022

    https://wintecglovis.co.kr/?lang=en

  • Investor

    2022

    https://www.superbin.co.kr/

  • Investor

    2022

    https://www.its-newid.com/

  • Investor / Non Executive Director

    2022

    - Acquired controlling shares of the Korea's No.1 influencer marketing platform - Listed into KOSDAQ (443250)

  • Investor / Non Executive Director

    2020

    382900 (KOSDAQ); Cash Multiple 2.3x; IRR 30%+ http://www.bumhanfuelcell.com/en/

  • Investor

    2018

    https://www.wink.co.kr/client/desktop/company

  • Investor / Non Executive Director

    2018

    https://www.deepsearch.com/

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