Welcome to another episode of The Coral Capital Podcast, a show about startups, technology, and venture capital with a focus on Japan and Asia broadly.

In this episode, we chat with Han Kim, the Managing Director and a co-founder of Altos Ventures. Altos Ventures was founded in 1996 with a $30M fund, and now manages more than $10B. Notable investments include Coupang, Woowa Brothers, Roblox and Toss. Coupang, a Korean e-commerce startup, was valued at over $100B at IPO last year.

In this episode we discuss:

What it was like to invest in Coupang more than 10 years ago, and the evolution of the Korean startup ecosystem.
What are the similarities between the Korean and Japanese startup ecosystems and societies?
How Altos Ventures invested in Japanese startups Kyash and Soda.
Advice to entrepreneurs in Japan.

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