Empower entrepreneurs seeking to advance humanity.
Axiom Associates is a Korea-based early stage venture fund. Our mission is to empower exceptional and daring entrepreneurs seeking to advance humanity. We believe these extraordinary companies and breakthrough technologies can greatly harness the human potential to make the world a better place.
With this long-term vision, we work to foster our companies by supporting them with the best investors, advisors and global network throughout all stages of their growth. We help our portfolio companies with financing, business development, strategic and operational support, and providing them with global network.
Philanthropy, honesty and integrity are our core values at Axiom. We seek founders who will collaborate with us towards these common goals of making our communities better. Some of the areas that interest us the most are healthcare, clean technology and education.
Axiom Associates Korea, Inc.
#454, 11, Bongeunsa-ro 63-gil,Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea 06097
E-mailhello@axiom.associates
Sangmin(Eddy) Hongis a co-founder and partner of Axiom Associates. He is a veteran investor with 20+ years of venture capital and financial advisory experience. He specializes in early-stage investments and has invested in numerous global companies, many of which have had successful IPO's and M&A's and become multibillion-dollar companies. He is also currently the CEO in Nextrans, a venture accelerator based in Korea, Vietnam and US. Eddy has received degrees from the most elite universities in South Korea, including his B.A degree in Psychology from Yonsei University and MBA from Seoul National University.
Jung Yub(James) Hyunis a co-founder and partner of Axiom Associates. He has been an active angel investor for numerous years with many of his portfolio companies achieving successful IPO’s and acquisition. James previously worked in Ministry of Health and Welfare, where he focused his works on improvement of provincial medical system and its public health doctors. He received his B.A. degree in Biology from University of Pennsylvania and D.M.D. degree in Dentistry from Penn Dental Medicine at University of Pennsylvania.
Seijun(John) Jeongis a co-founder and partner of Axiom Associates. Seijun’s philosophy on investing is not just about making money, but is about solidifying long-term synergistic relationships to build a brighter future together. An exceptional investor with numerous years of experience, he previously worked at Goldman Sachs and Anchor Equity Partners and is also a partner at Reverent Partners currently. He received his B.A. degree in Economics from University of Pennsylvania.
Axiom Associates Korea, Inc.
#454, 11, Bongeunsa-ro 63-gil,Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea 06097
E-mailhello@axiom.associates
