Best Marketplaces Companies in South Korea
The 49 best Marketplaces companies in South Korea in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: tictoccroc.
Ranked: Best Marketplaces companies in South Korea
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tictoccroc Tictoccroc is an app for child care. | $16M | 46 mo ago | Series B | — | 2016 | Node.jsReactstyled-components+18 | 3 patents Educational tech platform for teacher‑student matching and service‑worker management systems. | — |
| 2 | 33m2 33M2 is a housing rental platform. | $3M | 21 mo ago | Series A | — | 2018 | Node.jsFirebaseReact+15 | — | — |
| 3 | Abot Operator of a cloth manufacturing marketplace platform designed to provide information on various clothing… | — | — | Private | — | 2019 | PHPOpenSSLAmazon Web Services+7 | — | — |
| 4 | allstay Allstay will able to leverage on South Korea’s high smartphone penetration | — | — | Private | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | be local Be Local is a news and media site that presents interviews, events, and news. | — | — | Private | — | 2018 | ZURB FoundationNginxcore-js+12 | — | — |
| 6 | better&more Batter&More is a hospitality consulting agency. | — | — | Deadpooled | — | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 7 | beyond fund Beyond Fund is a P2P financial platform. | — | — | Private | — | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Bracket Project Developer of a cloud fashion platform designed to find designer clothes at reasonable prices. | — | — | Private | — | 2017 | — | — | — |
Top 2 Marketplaces companies in South Korea
#1
Series A · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi · founded 2018 · 12 employees$2.7Mraised▾
Operator of a rental platform intended to provide short-term housing rental services. The company operates a platform that connects tenants looking for a place to stay in Korea for a short period of time such as for business trips, studies, and travel, providing tourists and students with a network of numerous lessees to find rental homes.
#2
Series B · Haeundae, Pusan-jikhalsi · founded 2016 · 39 employees$16.3Mraised▾
Developer of a parenting application designed to match childcare teachers and parenting families. The company's platform helps users to enter the desired time and location and view the profiles of potential sitters, with information including proficiency in various educational areas, personality test results, and criminal history, enabling working parents to connect with vetted part-time babysitters for childcare services.
Funding & investor landscape
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Marketplaces coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
Common questions
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