Jiho Kang is the first Korean founder accepted into both 500 Startups and Y Combinator, giving him deep personal ties to Silicon Valley accelerators, and he co-founded both Soomgo (a top YC portfolio company) and BxB/KRWb (the first Korean won-backed stablecoin acquired by Binance). He maintains an active technical footprint with 13+ years of coding and open-source contributions while working as a partner-level VC, allowing him to evaluate both consumer marketplaces and crypto infrastructure from hands-on founder experience. Jiho Kang is the first Korean founder accepted into both 500 Startups and Y Combinator, giving him deep personal ties to Silicon Valley accelerators, and he co-founded both Soomgo (a top YC portfolio company) and BxB/KRWb (the first Korean won-backed stablecoin acquired by Binance). He maintains an active technical footprint with 13+ years of coding and open-source contributions while working as a partner-level VC, allowing him to evaluate both consumer marketplaces and crypto infrastructure from hands-on founder experience.