# Jin Ho Hur

**Partner, Han River Partners** — Menlo Park, CA, United States

> Early-stage VC on Consumer and AI

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/hurxyz
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/hur
- Substack: https://hur.substack.com

## Experience

### Partner, Han River Partners (2023-01 – present)
Menlo Park, California, United States

### Managing Director, Translink Investment (2014-11 – 2021-05)
Seoul, Korea · early-stage VC on Consumer, Enterprise

### Founder & CEO, Crzyfish (2010-07 – 2014-01)
Seoul, Korea · mobile social game publisher & platform

### CEO, Neowiz Internet Corp. (2008-05 – 2010-04)
Seoul, Korea · Social network arm of Neowiz Holdings (KRX: 042420) & Neowiz Games (KRX: 095660) Merged with Neowiz Bugs, and went public on Kosdaq (KRX: 104200)

### Board Member, NAVER Corp (2007-03 – 2009-03)
Board member of Naver (KRX: 035420)

### Founder & CEO, Bluemine Media Corp. (2005-03 – 2008-04)
Seoul, South Korea · Internet media service startup

### Chairman, Korea Internet Corporations Association (2003-06 – 2011-01)
Seoul, Korea · The industry association of internet businesses in Korea

### Founder & CEO, Iworld Networking, Inc. (2000-03 – 2004-11)
Seoul, Korea · management service provider (MSP) startup

### Founder & CEO, Inet Inc. (1994-09 – 1999-12)
Seoul, Korea · Internet access service provider (ISP) startup

## Education

### Ph.D. in Computer Science, KAIST

### B.S. in Computer Science and Statistics, Seoul National University

## Skills

iPhone, Start-ups, Mobile, Entrepreneur, Social Networking, social games, Mobile Devices, Entrepreneurship, Social Games, E-commerce, Networking, Telecommunications, Mobile Games, Product Marketing, Strategic Partnerships, Mobile Applications, Mobile Advertising, Venture Capital, User Experience, Business Strategy, Monetization, game, social, Management, PC Games

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