OpenTrade
Category: AI in Fintech
Korean fintech company providing AI-powered private-company information, portfolio monitoring, and early-warning tools. OpenTrade was founded in 2012. The company is led by Yonggi Ko. Based in Seoul, South Korea. Team size: 1-10. Latest round: Undisclosed. Key investors include COENT Venture Partners, Coolidge Corner Investment, Magellan Technology Investment, Lee Dong-seok (individual investor).
- Founded
- 2012
- Headquarters
- Seoul, South Korea
- Team size
- 1-10
Value proposition
Reduces information asymmetry in private-company investing through AI analysis of company activity and evidence-linked risk and growth signals.
Products and solutions
Signal-V portfolio-monitoring SaaS, Hummingbird AI-based unlisted-company information platform and Humming Report analysis agent, unlisted-share trading infrastructure.
Unique value
AI analyzes public and unstructured sources—including news, financials, workforce, investment, and business activity—to surface material private-company changes with supporting evidence and alerts.
Target customer
VCs, accelerators, financial institutions, local governments, and startup-support organizations.
Industries served
Fintech, venture capital, private markets, financial services.
Technology advantage
AI orchestration for real-time company-analysis agents, built on approximately 14 years of private-market and venture-investment operating experience.
How they differentiate
Signal-V is positioned as an AI portfolio-monitoring and early-warning workflow with scheduled alerts and source-linked evidence for Korean investment and support institutions.
Main competitors
Crowdy, Ucanstart, Incu.
Key partnerships
Hana Securities: supplied on-premises unlisted-stock platform powering Hana THE Unlisted, Korea Venture Capital Association: collaboration providing unlisted-company information, Korea Credit Guarantee Fund: prior IR-program collaboration.
Notable customers
Hana Securities.
Major milestones
Founded in 2012, registered as an online small-scale investment intermediary in 2016, ended securities crowdfunding operations in August 2025 to focus on AI information platform Hummingbird, unveiled Signal-V in October 2026.
Growth metrics
As of August 2026, The VC reported 5 employees. Signal-V plans cover 3 to 50 monitored companies and 12 to 200 reports per month.
Market positioning
Korean AI-enabled private-market intelligence and portfolio-monitoring SaaS provider.
Geographic focus
South Korea.
Patents and IP
Public patent record KR101376251B1 concerns providing unlisted-company investment information using social networks; granted April 1, 2014, with OpenTrade Co., Ltd. listed as original assignee. Current ownership and enforceability unverified.
About Yonggi Ko
Fintech entrepreneur and Korean crowdfunding-industry pioneer since 2007.
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Official website: https://otrade.co/