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Kakao Corp

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Global mobile lifestyle platform

Jeju, South KoreaFounded 2010eCommerce & Marketplaces
Valuation $13B Market cap · 2026
Revenue $6.79B Latest reported FY
EBITDA $1.55B Latest reported FY

At a glance

Founded
2010
Headquarters
Jeju, South Korea
Listing
IPO 2003
Sector
eCommerce & Marketplaces
Power Law
Decacorn$10B+ valuation tierThoroughbred$100M+ revenue

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News, research, reports and resources connected to this company by Dealroom
News Kakao Corp — BlackRock crosses 5% with passive stake Aug 10, 2026 News Medical materials maker Dason lands seed backing from Jeju startup fund Jul 9, 2026 Market map SuperApps

Talent

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Employees mapped 3,238 incl. 2 AI specialists
Founders Hidden — book a demo/100 quality score
Key operators 6 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
Potential founders Hidden — book a demo likely future founders
Startup mafia 12 alumni-founded startups
Talent movements Hidden — book a demo in · Hidden — book a demo out past 12 months

Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.

Alumni founders

5 of 12 startups shown

Former Kakao Corp employees who went on to found companies, sorted by Dealroom signal score.

Danggeun MarketEst. 2015
GKGary kimSouth Korea
Signal score93
AiderXEst. 2023
Jisang YoonSouth Korea
Signal score87
AmazeVREst. 2015
JB LeeUnited States
Signal score87
EndowusEst. 2017
DJDK JungSingapore
Signal score82
Team SpartaEst. 2019
Jiwon ShinSouth Korea
Signal score79
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Global footprint

Workforce and web traffic by country
Workforce by country
10 countries with
team presence
🇰🇷 South Korea98.4%
🇺🇸 United States0.6%
🇦🇺 Australia0.2%
🇯🇵 Japan0.2%
🇨🇳 China0.1%
Top 5 of 10 shown
Web traffic by country
1.4M monthly visits
across markets
🏳️ Korea83.7%
🏳️ Republic of3.1%
🇺🇸 United States1.4%
🇹🇭 Thailand1.4%
🇮🇩 Indonesia1.1%
Top 5 markets shown

Patents

Estimated portfolio value
$117M

870 active patent families included in this estimate.

A patent family groups patent filings for the same invention. Source: Dealroom · PatSnap.

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Investments and acquisitions

Disclosed deals where Kakao Corp was the backer or acquirer, 2008–2026. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.

Portfolio analysis

404 deals across Kakao Corp's capital deployment.

Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.

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        Where Kakao Corp deploys vs peers

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        Market sentiment

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        Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

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