BuildBlock

is a global real estate investment platform
for everyone to easily and safely invest in the global market

Company History

2018-1Q
	Established Build Block Inc. C-corp in US Silicon Valley, California
2018-3Q
	Selected as Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT’s Innovation Program Established BuildBlock C-corp in Korea Yeouido, Korea
2019-1Q
	Selected as 2019 UC Berkeley Business School's Launch Incubating Program 1st Prize in 2019 UC Berkeley Launchathon Entrepreneurship Competition
2019-2Q
	Selected as Stanford Venture Studio at Stanford Business School's Startup Incubating Program Selected as excellent company at Seoul Business Agency(SBA)
2019-3Q
	Selected as Berkeley Skydeck Incubating Program
2019-4Q
	Selected as IGIS TechUP+ IGIS Asset Management, FuturePlay
2020-1Q
	Raised Seed Investment FuturePlay, Donamu & Partners, Shinhan Capital, Primer Sazze Partnership with City of Seoul Mayor of Seoul Selected as Shinhan Future's Lab. - Silicon Valley Shinhan Financial Group
2020-2Q
	Selected as the Seoul FinTech Lab Support Company
2020-3Q
	Partnership with Shinhan Bank America Raised Pre-A Investment Hana Ventures

TEAM

Executive

Jimmy Jung

Founder / CEO

M.S. in Management Science & Engineering (Stanford University)
M.S. in Civil Engineering (UC Berkeley)
B.S. in Architectural Engineering/Business Administration (Yonsei Univ.)
Civil Engineering and Urban Planning (INSA de Lyon, France)

Google, HQ project Contract & Cost Project Manager

Based on his study in Management at Stanford University and Engineering at UC Berkeley, Jimmy has worked as a Project Manager to manage Google’s new headquarter construction project in Silicon Valley. Jimmy is a Licensed Professional Engineer in Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering in US, and certified Project Management Professional.

Kyongtak Cho

CTO

PhD. in Computer Science (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Seoul National Univ.)
B.S. in Electrical Engineering (Yonsei Univ.)

Lyft, Software Engineer
Intel, Cyber Security Engineer
Ford Silicon Valley Lab, Security Research Intern

Upon completing his PhD. in University of Michigan on Information Security, Kyongtak worked as a Software Engineer in the Identity space at Lyft. Based on such an experience, Kyongtak is now responsible for the development of BuildBlock’s online service as a CTO.

Jiwoong Lee

COO

B.S. in Architectural Engineering (Yonsei Univ.)

UAUS, President (non-profit)
Yonsei Enterprise Support Foundation / Team 202, Co-Founder

Jiwoong is a founder of the Korea’s largest non-profit organization on architecture exhibits called UAUS. He acted as the commissioner of 2017 UIA, Global Architecture Competition held in Seoul. Jiwoon is also a founder of Team202 that focuses on education service and fashion.

Advisor

Jukwang Lee

Advisor

Economics (Sungkyunkwan Univ.)

APR Corp., CEO (APRILSKIN, medicube, NERDY, GLAM.D, Forment)
Named in Forbes 30 under 30 Asia
Ministry of Employment and Labor Award
President's Award for Job Leaders

He is the founder and co-leader of APR, a successful global media and commerce company. It has AprilSkin, NERDY, and Medicube under its wings, with achieving 10 million customers and 180 billion won in annual revenue. He was named in Forbes 30 under 30 Asia. As an advisor for BuildBlock, from initial start-up to IPO, he provides practical assistance in establishing and implementing company-wide strategies essential for company growth.

Tech Engineering