Jungwook Lim

Formerly a career journalist, Lim served as the head of web portal operator Lycos and global business in Daum Communications, which later merged with Kakao.

“Lim’s vast experience and network in the Korean startup ecosystem will be able to generate vigor to our portfolio companies,” TBT CEO Lee Ram said in a statement.

TBT was founded in 2018. With a 110 billion won ($94.6 million) investment vehicle backed by Naver and Amorepacific Group. The venture capital house focuses on information technology startups in Korea. It is headed by Lee, former CEO of camera app operator Camp Mobile which merged with Naver in 2018.