Radar · Travel and Hospitality in Seoul
Best Travel and Hospitality Companies in Seoul, South Korea
The 38 best Travel and Hospitality companies in Seoul, South Korea in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: H2O Hospitality.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
38companies tracked
$80.7Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
6have raised
Ranked: Best Travel and Hospitality companies in Seoul
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | App-install YoY | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | H2O Hospitality Provider of hotel management services | $37M | 60 mo ago | Series C | John Lee Founder & CEO | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Dable Personalised content discovery platform | $20M | 68 mo ago | Acquired | Seung-kook Baek Co-Founder & CSO | 2015 | — | 11 patents AI-driven personalized content recommendation, marketing, and authenticity detection systems | — |
| 3 | Stay Folio Owns & operator hotels and resorts | $12M | 25 mo ago | Series A | — | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Handy's Provider of accommodation management services | $11M | 48 mo ago | Series A | Seung-Ho Jeong CEO | 2018 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Coffeeting Online platform offering blind dating services | — | 29 mo ago | Seed | Shin Sid Co-Founder | 2023 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Air Premia Operator of passenger airlines | — | 66 mo ago | Acquired | Kim Se Young CEO | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Seoul Auction Seoul Auction is an art auction company. | — | 118 mo ago | Public | Lee Ok Kyung CEO | 1998 | — | — | — |
| 8 | A Company Global art agency designed for aspiring young artists | — | — | Funding Raised | Jiyeon Jeong Founder & CEO | 2011 | — | — | — |
Top 7 Travel and Hospitality companies in Seoul
#1
Series A · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2014 · 62 employees$12.2Mraised▾
Series A · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2014 · 62 employees
Owns & operator hotels and resorts
Funding rounds
- Jul 2024Series A—
- Dec 2022Series A$7.7M
- Jul 2021Series A$4.5M
Investors
TBT, IBX, QUAD, Grandeclip
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesAmplitudeApple Sign-InBabelBootstrap
#2
Series C · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2015 · 23 employees$37Mraised▾
Series C · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2015 · 23 employees
Provider of hotel management services
Funding rounds
- Sep 2021Series C$30M
- Feb 2020Series B$7M
- Sep 2016Seed$1.5M
- Nov 2015Seed$1M
Founders & team
Investors
Kakao Investment, Gorilla Private Equity, Korean Development Bank, InterVest, NICE, Kejora Capital
#3
Series A · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2018$11Mraised▾
Series A · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2018
Provider of accommodation management services
Funding rounds
- Sep 2022Series A$8.9M
- Mar 2021Seed$1.8M
- May 2020Seed$270K
Founders & team
Investors
Spring Camp, DSC Investment, SpringCamp, Hana Financial Group, Feynman Asset Management, E&Investment
#4
Acquired · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2015 · 119 employees$20.5Mraised▾
Acquired · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2015 · 119 employees
Dable is a personalized content discovery platform which offers news & product discovery services. Dable News, a news aggregator which partners with media companies and offers personalized content to users. Claims to use machine learning techniques to recommend results. Provides dashboards for partners to see the results in real-time & change settings.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 60.2% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 3 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum -1 · hiring: ML Engineer, AI Agent
Funding rounds
- Jan 2021Series C$12M
- Feb 2019Series B$5.3M
Founders & team
Investors
Stonebridge Capital, NHN, Cheil, DSC Investment, Kakao Ventures, SV Investment
Tech stack
AddtoanyAddtoany Share ButtonsAll In One SeoAmazon Web ServicesBootstrapCart Functionality
#5
Seed · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2023—raised▾
Seed · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2023
Online platform offering blind dating services. The company offers a platform for users to like and connect with potential partners for blind dating. Users can matchmake with like-mimded people and invite for coffee dating.
Funding rounds
- Mar 2024Seed—
Founders & team
Investors
Primer
#6
Acquired · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2017 · 27 employees—raised▾
Acquired · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2017 · 27 employees
Operator of passenger airlines
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 39.8% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 partnerships (incl. Flashansa Technik) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Mar 2021Series A—
Founders & team
Investors
Fast Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesAppnexusAxiosBootstrapChannel.Io
#7
Public · Seoul, Seoul · founded 1998—raised▾
Public · Seoul, Seoul · founded 1998
Antique store housing art collections
Founders & team
Investors
Mirae Asset Venture, Shinsegae International, IndexAtlas
Funding & investor landscape
$80.7Mtotal disclosed funding
4companies funded
11disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
John Lee
Founder & CEO · H2O Hospitality
Seung-Ho Jeong
CEO · Handy's
Seung-kook Baek
Co-Founder & CSO · Dable
Shin Sid
Co-Founder · Coffeeting
Dokyum Kim
Co-Founder · Coffeeting
Kim Se Young
CEO · Air Premia
Lee Ok Kyung
CEO · Seoul Auction
Prism market signals · South Korea · country-scoped Prism corpus, 724,530 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Travel and Hospitality coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
Common questions
How many Travel and Hospitality companies are there in Seoul, South Korea?
Radar tracks 38 indexable Travel and Hospitality companies headquartered in Seoul, South Korea that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Travel and Hospitality companies in Seoul, South Korea?
The Travel and Hospitality companies in Seoul, South Korea on this list have raised a combined $80.7M in disclosed equity funding across 4 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Travel and Hospitality company in Seoul, South Korea?
H2O Hospitality is the highest-funded Travel and Hospitality company in Seoul, South Korea, with $37M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Travel and Hospitality companies in Seoul, South Korea are funded?
4 of the 38 Travel and Hospitality companies in Seoul, South Korea on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Travel and Hospitality unicorns are there in Seoul, South Korea?
None of the Travel and Hospitality companies in Seoul, South Korea on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Seoul, South Korea Travel and Hospitality companies?
The most active investors in Seoul, South Korea Travel and Hospitality companies on this list include Fast Ventures, DSC Investment, ES Investor, Samsung Venture Investment, Stonebridge Capital.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.