Robin Kim

Robin Kim is the Founder and CEO of Soomgo, a local services marketplace based in Seoul, South Korea. As a serial entrepreneur in the e-commerce and consumer technology sectors, he has scaled the platform to over ten million total registered users and five million monthly active users as of December 2024. Under his leadership, the company has raised more than $30 million in total funding, including a $15 million Series C round in March 2025 led by KB Investment, with additional backing from Kakao Ventures and SoftBank Ventures Asia. Operating within a competitive ecosystem alongside platforms like Naver, Kim recently guided Soomgo's international expansion through a beta launch in Japan during the first quarter of 2025. His current focus remains on optimizing marketplace operations and scaling consumer technology platforms across the broader Asian market.