FOUNDED
BY ENTREPRENEURS
FOR ENTREPRENEURS

SparkLabs Group comprises of SparkLabs accelerator network,
Asia’s premier startup accelerators; SparkLabs Global Ventures, a leading seed stage fund; SparkLabs Ventures, a localized early-stage fund (Series A & B) in South Korea; SparkLabs Capital, a late stage investment vehicle.

SparkLabs accelerator network consists of SparkLabs Korea (Seoul), SparkLabs China (Beijing and launching Shanghai, Chengdu and Shenzen), SparkLabs IoT & Smart Cities (Songdo, South Korea), SparkLabs Taipei and SparkLabs FinTech (Hong Kong).

Our goal is to build each startup investment vehicle to be independently successful while still leveraging the synergies across each team, network and portfolio of companies.

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  • SparkLabs Seoul
  • SparkLabs Beijing
  • SparkLabs Taipei
  • Global Ventures
  • SparkLabs FinTech
  • SparkLabs IoT
  • SparkLabs Ventures
  • SparkChain Capital

WHO
WE ARE

  • VINT CERF
    Advisor / SparkLabs Seoul VP & Chief Internet Evangelist for Google
  • JUSTIN KAN
    Advisor / SparkLabs Beijing CEO of Atrium
  • YOKY MATSUOKA
    Advisor / SparkLabs Global Ventures CTO at Nest
  • PETER GUBER
    Advisor / SparkLabs Beijing CEO of Mandalay Entertainment
  • MARK CUBAN
    Advisor / SparkLabs Seoul Owner of Dallas Mavericks
  • NICHOLAS BRATHWAITE
    Advisor / SparkLabs IoT Founder & Partner of Riverwood Capital
  • STEVE CHEN
    Advisor / SparkLabs Taipei Co-Founder of Youtube & EIR at Google
  • XAVIER NIEL
    Investor / SparkLabs Global Ventures Founder of Iliad & Co-Owner of Le Monde
  • LILY CHENG
    Advisor / SparkLabs Beijing GM in Microsoft Research (FUSE Labs)
  • RAY OZZIE
    Advisor / SparkLabs Seoul Creator of Lotus Notes
  • Wu Choy Peng
    Advisor / SparkChain Capital
    CTO at GIC
  • Michael Crow
    Advisor / SparkLabs SeoulPresident of Arizona State University
  • GIRI JADEJA
    Advisor / SparkLabs FinTech Global Head, Financial Innovation at IFC
  • ERIC LY
    Advisor / SparkLabs Beijing Co-founder of Linkedin
  • MIKE HONDA
    Advisor / SparkLabs Ventures Former U.S. Congressman
  • JOHN PLEASANTS
    Advisor / SparkLabs Global Ventures CEO, Brava
  • WILLIAM WANG
    Advisor / SparkLabs IoT Founder & CEO of VIZIO
  • JOYCE KIM
    Fund Advisor / SparkLabs Seoul Co-founder of Stellar.org
  • Jason Wang
    Investor / SparkLabs Global Ventures Co-President, UMC
  • Spiros Margaris
    Venture Partner / SparkLabs FinTechFounder of Margaris Ventures
  • JESSICA JACKLEY
    Venture Partner / SparkLabs FinTech Co-founder of Kiva
  • BRIAN BEHLENDORF
    Advisor / SparkLabs Global Ventures Executive Director for Hyperledger
  • David He
    Joint Venture Partner / SparkLabs BeijingGeneral Manager at Guoan Academy
  • JIM MCKELVEY
    Advisor / SparkLabs FinTech Co-Founder of Square
  • KEVIN CHOU
    Advisor / SparkLabs Taipei Co-founder & CEO of Kabam
  • BOB CERMESAK
    Advisor / SparkLabs FinTech Formerly with Farallon Capital
  • TOM PETERS
    Advisor / SparkLabs Seoul Business Guru
  • MARTIN HARTONO
    Advisor / SparkLabs IoT CEO of GDP Venture
  • Robin K. Das
    Venture Partner / SparkLabs Ventures Co-founder & Chief Architect, Splunk
  • Jeff Guo
    Venture Partner / SparkLabs IoT Chairman, Syntrend Creative Park
  • SEONG OHM
    Advisor / SparkLabs Global Ventures EVP, CCO at Homeplus
  • DAVID LEE
    Fund Advisor / SparkLabs Seoul Managing Partner at Refactor Capital
  • CHARLES HUANG
    Venture Partner / SparkLabs IoT Co-Founder, RedOctane (Guitar Hero)
  • LING HAO
    Advisor / SparkChain CapitalPartner at Hylands Law Firm
  • JONATHAN TEO
    Advisor / SparkLabs Global Ventures Founder & Managing Director at Binary
  • Sandor Hau
    Investor / SparkLabs Global Ventures Managing Director,of Charlesbank
  • Edgar Chiu
    Managing Partner / SparkLabs Taipei
  • Sameer Chishty
    Venture Partner / SparkLabs FinTechFounder & Chairman of Streeton
  • Nadiem Makarim
    Advisor / Sparklabs Ventures Founder & CEO, Go-Jek
  • TONY LING
    Venture Partner / SparkLabs Taipei
  • COLIN QU
    Managing Partner / SparkLabs Beijing -
  • FRANK MEEHAN
    Co-Founder / Sparklabs Global Ventures Co-Founder & CEO of SmartUp
  • JOHN SUH
    Venture Partner / SparkLabs Ventures CEO of LegalZoom
  • Maurice Werdegars
    Advisor / SparkLabs Global Ventures CEO at Western Technology Investment
  • William Chu
    Venture Partner /
    SparkLabs Global Ventures
  • Kai Huang
    Venture Partner / SparkLabs IoT Co-Founder of RedOctane (Guitar Hero)
  • Greg Badros
    Advisor / SparkLabs Global VenturesFounder at Prepared Mind Innovations
  • TEDDY ZEE
    Advisor / SparkLabs IoT Venture Partner Xcelerate Limited
  • Mike Joo
    Mentor / SparkLabs SeoulCOO of Global Markets at BofA Merrill Lynch
  • HANJOO LEE
    Co-Founder & General Partner / SparkLabs Seoul
  • JOHN LEE
    Fund Advisor / SparkLabs Seoul Portfolio Manager, MLB
  • BRIAN KANG
    Co-Founder & Managing Partner / SparkLabs Ventures
  • Rob DeMillo
    Venture Partner /
    SparkLabs Global Ventures
  • Jay McCarthy
    Partner / SparkLabs Seoul Partner of Pacific Advisers Pte Ltd
  • EUGENE KIM
    General Partner / SparkLabs Seoul
  • Chris Koh
    Co-Founder & Principal /
    SparkLabs Ventures
  • PETER CHANG
    Venture Partner & Technical Adviser / SparkLabs Global Ventures
  • Alex Wu
    Venture Partner / SparkLabs TaipeiVice President of Marketing & Communications at Newsela
  • Jimmy KIM
    Co-Founder & General Partner / SparkLabs Global Ventures
  • Koichi Miyamoto
    Advisor / SparkChain CapitalPartner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
  • Yul Kwon
    Fund Advisor / SparkLabs Seoul Director of PM, Facebook
  • Bernard Moon
    Co-Founder & Partner / SparkLabs Global Ventures


ACCELERATORS

VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDS




UPCOMING
EVENTS

2019’
DEC.12
SEOUL, KOREA
SPARKLABS KOREA DEMODAY 14
NOV.19
TAIPEI, TAIWAN
SPARKLABS TAIPEI BATCH 3 KICKOFF
OCT.14
ARIZONA. USA
SPARKLABS FRONTIER-ASU PROGRAM KICKOFF
SEP.17
SEOUL, KOREA
SPARKLABS KOREA BATCH 14 KICKOFF
SEP.10
SYDNEY. AUSTRALIA
SPARKLABS CULTIV8 DEMODAY 2
World's Largest Startup Demoday With OVER 2,300 ATTENDEES
SparkLabs Demo Day is the world's largest demo day event presenting world-change startups, new technologies and innovations, and discussions on the latest issues and trends from leaders in technology, media and telecommunications. This is a must-see event where you will meet some of the hottest entrepreneurs, investors, corporate leaders, media and government people all interested in innovation and change.
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