Richgo

What Richgo does

Richgo is a Seoul, South Korea-based privately held company (legal entity: Data Knows Co., Ltd. / ㈜데이터노우즈) that operates a mobile and web real estate investment analysis platform targeting individual Korean property investors. The single integrated product surfaces apartment auction data, regional/neighborhood analysis, AI-driven investment checks, expert commentary, and a predictive 'Future Complex Prediction' feature that ranks apartment complexes by forecasted price appreciation. Underlying data covers Korean apartment complexes with both actual transaction prices (실) and asking prices (호가), alongside redevelopment, rebuilding, and remodeling project status tracking across Seoul districts.

The platform distributes predominantly through a product-led growth motion via its iOS/Android apps and the m.richgo.ai mobile web experience, with reported traffic of 398,005 weekly and 1,739,282 monthly visitors, supported by an agent-facing channel (중개사) that layers a B2B2C distribution loop onto the consumer app. Marketing channels are weighted toward organic search, app store presence, content marketing, and word-of-mouth within the Korean retail real estate investor community; no paid acquisition channels are disclosed.

Monetization is led by real estate transaction facilitation — connecting investor demand surfaced through analysis features to listings and agents — implying commission or transaction fee economics. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and the platform appears to operate a freemium model, leaving premium/AI-feature monetization under-articulated. Representative Kim Ki-won (김기원) is the sole disclosed executive; the firm has no disclosed funding rounds, no parent company, and a single Seoul headquarters, indicating a lean, product-focused operating structure.

Name

Richgo

Legal name

(주) 데이터노우즈

Website

https://m.richgo.ai

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Richgo (Data Knows Co., Ltd.) is a Seoul-based mobile and web platform that uses big data and AI to provide Korean individual real estate investors with apartment auction analysis, regional market intelligence, investment checks, and future price predictions for apartment complexes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Real Estate Investment Analytics Software

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (531210)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate Auction Services (FSAEAJAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Luxury & High-End Residential Brokerage (BPAJAAAC)

Keywords

• Real estate analytics
• Property investment analysis
• Apartment auction data
• AI property valuation
• Korean real estate platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Seoul

HQ country

South Korea

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Real Estate Transaction Facilitation: The platform facilitates real estate transactions by connecting buyers with properties and agents, likely earning commissions or fees on completed transactions. Property listings show actual transaction data including actual prices (실) and asking prices (호가).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Richgo operates a mobile and web application that delivers AI-powered real estate investment analysis for the South Korean apartment market. The platform surfaces auction data, regional and redevelopment/rebuilding project tracking, AI-driven property valuation ("Investment Check"), and expert analysis, ranking top-performing apartment complexes ("Seoul Daegang" lists). It also facilitates connections between buyers, properties, and licensed real estate agents.

Product overview

Richgo is a unified real estate investment analysis platform that positions itself as South Korea's leading property investment app. The core offering consists of the Richgo mobile/web application, which provides apartment auction analysis, neighborhood analysis, investment property evaluation, and expert market insights. The company (Data Knows/데이터노우즈) operates exclusively through this single integrated product platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Richgo (리치고) Real Estate Investment Analysis App

Quantifiable outcome

• High user engagement with 398,005 weekly visitors and 1,739,282 monthly visitors to the platform

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SnowflakeminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 24 March 2026Richgo participated as a judging organization in Snowflake Korea's second annual 'Snowflake Hackathon 2026.' Richgo provided industry expertise as one of the judges evaluating finalist teams from both Tech and Business tracks who developed applications using Snowflake's AI data cloud platform. The partnership provides brand visibility for Richgo within Korea's data and AI community.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Dabang: Korean apartment rental and sales app providing transaction price data and investment insights to individual investors; closely comparable mobile-first RE analytics product.
• CompStak: Real estate data analytics platform aggregating lease and sale comparables for investors, demonstrating the data-platform business model Richgo aspires to at consumer scale.
• Zigbang: Korea's largest residential real estate platform offering apartment listings, transaction data, and agent matchmaking. Directly competes with Richgo as a Korean property analytics destination.
• R114 / 부동산114: Long-established Korean real estate data portal offering apartment complex tracking, transaction history, and auction information for individual investors.
• Hogangnono (호갱노노): Korean apartment transaction-data platform focused on 실거래가 (actual transaction prices) and neighborhood analytics for individual property investors.
• KB부동산 (KB Land): Korean real estate information service from KB Financial Group providing apartment transaction data, valuations, and market analytics to consumers.

Broad incumbents

• Redfin: U.S. tech-enabled residential brokerage offering data-driven home valuations and neighborhood insights, comparable in combining analytics with transaction facilitation.
• Naver Real Estate (네이버 부동산): Naver's real estate vertical integrates listings, transaction prices, and school/district data into Korea's dominant search portal, serving a much wider audience than Richgo.
• Zillow: U.S. residential real estate data and analytics platform with comparable AI-powered home valuation and price prediction capabilities, though serving a different geography.

Emerging players

• Asking Price (호가) / Real Estate Auction platforms in Korea: Korea's leading real estate auction house (Auction.co.kr) overlaps with Richgo's apartment auction (아파트경매) feature set, representing auction-specific competition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Dataknowsrichgo
• Facebookfacebook.com/weRichGo

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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