Michael (Byungsun) Hwang

Founder of early stage VC of 135+ portfolios, 6x exits, Healthcare, Agritech, Sustainability in Korea, Singapore, Germany and MENA | Ph.D.

📍 South Korea, South Korea🔄 Updated September 2026💼 8 investments📅 14 years investing🗓 Last invested May 2022𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
Operator-angel🌍 South Korea
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Board Member
May 2022
A company specializing in construction safety management systems GSIL Co., Ltd. The smart construction safety management system uses IOT/ICT technology to establish a seven-phase system including Worker Management, Safety Examination of Equipment, Risk Assessment, Work Permission, Vulnerable Sites, Process Management and Disaster Management. The Worker Locating System provides real-time information regarding who is working where. We offer various systems including one for equipment safety examinations that checks and monitors equipment using an objective list; a risk assessment system that identifies risk levels, causes for work hazards and provides information for workers; and a disaster management system that offers a correspondence manual in case of accidents.
Stragegic Advisor and Investor
Jun 2020
With unsupervised AI technologies, we aim to provide safe and reliable AI solutions into clinical workflow -- End-to-end AI Solutions in Medical Imaging A. Image Reconstruction Solutions - CT-denoising/MRI acceleration/Image neutralization B. Image Diagnosis Solutions Anomaly detection in CT/MR/X-ray, CBIR (Content-based Image Retrieval) C. Image Generation Solutions Privacy-preserving high-quality medical images -- Discover how we fight COVID-19 with our AI solutions PROS CXR: COVID-19 (not approved) - AI-based COVID-19 diagnosis solution on CXRs - Collaboration with KAIST, Korea - Classify CXRs into 4 classes with high accuracy: Normal, bacterial pneumonia, tuberculosis, and viral pneumonia including COVID-19 - On-Premise standalone or cloud-based solutions are available with native DICOM/DICOMweb protocol supports Real-time anonymization, TLS-encrypted secured connection, and image sharing functionality in our cloud-based solution
early stageMedical Device
Strategy Advisor & Private Investor
Nov 2018
Cartesi is building Cartesi Rollups, a modular execution layer that elevates simple smart contracts to decentralized Linux runtimes. It allows developers to launch highly scalable rollup chains, and code decentralized logic with their favorite languages and software components. - Every DApp has its own high-performing rollup chain; - No cannibalization of resources from other DApps in Cartesi’s ecosystem; - No network gentrification; - Enable an entirely new class of DApps that currently cannot run on EVM chains; - Preserve the strong security guarantees of the underlying blockchain.
Strategic Advisor & Seed Investor
Apr 2018
STORE Camera is an all-in-one mobile solution for online E-commerce seller. Any seller can snap, edit and sell their products through STORE Camera. Seller can also list and easily manage their products on multiple local and global online marketplace in one place, STORE Camera.
Strategic Advisor & Seed Investor
Aug 2017
As South Koreas leading AI technology provider since April 2017, Crowdworks AI is endorsed by top-tier AI companies, including Samsung, Hyundai, and Naver. Specializing in custom LLM and generative AI, we facilitate Business-specific AI solutions for our clients. Our involvement in major projects like Navers HyperCLOVA X and our listing on the KOSDAQ in August 2023 showcase our commitment to innovation and excellence. Whether you’re looking to automate tasks or uncover insights through AI, Crowdworks AI delivers with precision and speed. <Our Core Businesses> 1. High Quality Data - delivering high quality training data for Enterprise AI on our patented platform Workstage 2. Custom LLM - providing end-to-end services for custom LLM development including consulting, data preparation, model developing and evaluation 3. Training programs on AI data - growing AI data experts with training program recognized by the Korean government
Strategic Advisor & Seed Investor
Jul 2017
인테리어 O2O 전문기업
Angel Investor
Mar 2012
Lezhin Comics: - #1 paid digital comics platform in South Korea - Over 8 million registered members worldwide - Available on the web, Google Play, and the App Store - Supports English, Korean, and Japanese
Experience · 15 entries
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Investments (8)
Founder (5)
Board (1)
2024
Cohort Partner of Anchor Fund 1
Apr 2024
Allocator One is one of the most active investors in emerging fund managers globally, with visibility on around 80% of the market. We back the top 3% of breakout GPs and provide them with the capital, data, and infrastructure to scale.
2022
Co-Founder
Jul 2022
AngelLounge started with eight of Koreas top accelerators who agreed on the mission to create a sustainable angel investment community. In five years, the goal is to build a community of more than 2,000 individuals, forming more than 100 angel/mentor clubs, and discussing $100M in angel investments and $1B in business development annually.
Board Member
May 2022
A company specializing in construction safety management systems GSIL Co., Ltd. The smart construction safety management system uses IOT/ICT technology to establish a seven-phase system including Worker Management, Safety Examination of Equipment, Risk Assessment, Work Permission, Vulnerable Sites, Process Management and Disaster Management. The Worker Locating System provides real-time information regarding who is working where. We offer various systems including one for equipment safety examinations that checks and monitors equipment using an objective list; a risk assessment system that identifies risk levels, causes for work hazards and provides information for workers; and a disaster management system that offers a correspondence manual in case of accidents.
2020
Stragegic Advisor and Investor
Jun 2020
With unsupervised AI technologies, we aim to provide safe and reliable AI solutions into clinical workflow -- End-to-end AI Solutions in Medical Imaging A. Image Reconstruction Solutions - CT-denoising/MRI acceleration/Image neutralization B. Image Diagnosis Solutions Anomaly detection in CT/MR/X-ray, CBIR (Content-based Image Retrieval) C. Image Generation Solutions Privacy-preserving high-quality medical images -- Discover how we fight COVID-19 with our AI solutions PROS CXR: COVID-19 (not approved) - AI-based COVID-19 diagnosis solution on CXRs - Collaboration with KAIST, Korea - Classify CXRs into 4 classes with high accuracy: Normal, bacterial pneumonia, tuberculosis, and viral pneumonia including COVID-19 - On-Premise standalone or cloud-based solutions are available with native DICOM/DICOMweb protocol supports Real-time anonymization, TLS-encrypted secured connection, and image sharing functionality in our cloud-based solution
early stageMedical Device
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