Korea Business Angel Association

Name

Korea Business Angel Association

Website

https://kban.or.kr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Korea Business Angel Association (KBAA), founded in 2012 and based in Seoul, operates the Angel Investment Support Center to connect Korean angel investors with early-stage startups and to facilitate cross-border startup diplomacy platforms, such as the June 2026 Seoul-Thailand Startup & Innovation Space.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Angel Investment Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Micro-VC & Angel Funds (FSANAAAI)

Keywords

• Angel investment support
• Startup funding network
• Investor matching services
• Venture capital ecosystem
• Startup diplomacy platforms

Headquarters

HQ city

Seoul

HQ country

South Korea

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Korea Business Angel Association (KBAA) operates the Angel Investment Support Center (엔젤투자지원센터), a business association that supports angel investment activities in South Korea. The association facilitates connections between Korean angel investors and early-stage startups, including through international startup diplomacy platforms such as the Seoul-Thailand Startup & Innovation Space and the Korea-Thailand Business Forum spanning biohealth, medical technology, wellness, and future food sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Angel Investment Support Center (엔젤투자지원센터) Ongoing association program that supports angel investment activities in South Korea and facilitates connections between Korean angel investors and early-stage startups seeking capital and deal-flow exposure.
• Seoul-Thailand Startup & Innovation Space A bilateral startup diplomacy event platform connecting Korean angel investors (including KBAA members and partners such as SparkLabs and BlueTide Capital) with Thai startups, structured as part of Korea-Thailand diplomatic commemorative activities.
• Korea-Thailand Business Forum A business forum convened by KBAA to facilitate investor-startup engagement between Korean and Thai stakeholders across biohealth, medical technology, wellness, and future food sectors.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Royal Thai EmbassyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2026KBAN participated in the startup diplomacy platform organized by the Royal Thai Embassy in Seoul as part of the 68th anniversary of Korea-Thailand diplomatic relations. The event featured KBAN pitching to Thai startups at the Seoul-Thailand Startup & Innovation Space.

Broad incumbents

• Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA): Government agency promoting Korean business globally, including startup cross-border engagement. Comparable to KBAA in facilitating Korean-foreign startup ties but at vastly greater scale and with state backing.
• Seoul Business Agency (SBA): Seoul municipal agency supporting startups and SMEs with funding, mentoring, and global programs. Overlaps with KBAA on early-stage ecosystem support in the same geography.
• Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME): Government-affiliated agency that channels funding and support to Korean SMEs and startups; a much larger incumbent that overlaps with KBAA's mandate to mobilize early-stage capital.

Direct peers

• Korea Startup Forum (KSF): Major Korean startup ecosystem association that connects founders, investors, and policymakers—closely parallel to KBAA's role as an angel-investor-facing platform.
• Angel Investment Network (Global): Global online platform that matches angel investors with startups, providing a direct functional analogue to KBAA's investor-startup matchmaking role, though at greater geographic scale.
• Korea Venture Capital Association (KVCA): Korea's main venture capital industry association, directly comparable to KBAA as a membership body representing early/growth-stage investors and advocating for the Korean VC ecosystem.

Others

• National Pension Service of Korea (NPS) - Venture Programs: Large Korean institutional investor with growing commitments to domestic venture and growth funds. Not a direct peer, but a major capital allocator whose mandates shape the environment KBAA operates in.

Emerging players

• SparkLabs: Korean accelerator and early-stage VC that runs startup programs and is also a KBAA partner. Comparable as an active deal-flow source for Korean angel investors, though operating as a fund rather than an association.
• Techstars: Global accelerator network that has operated Korea-focused programs; comparable to KBAA in connecting early-stage capital to startups, though via a fund/accelerator model rather than an angel association.
• BlueTide Capital: Emerging VC firm that co-participated with KBAA in the Korea-Thailand platform; operates in similar cross-border early-stage deal flow, making it a directly comparable emerging investor.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/kban_angel

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Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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