Industries AppsInternetMessagingMobileHeadquarters Regions Asia-Pacific (APAC) Founded Date 2006 Founders Brian Kim, Catherine Sison-Pariño, Jessica Park, Kim Beom-Soo Operating Status Active Last Funding Type Post-IPO Equity Also Known As KakaoTalk, Daum Kakao, Kakao Talk
Stock Symbol KRX:035720 Company Type For Profit
Number of Exits
Contact Email globalmedia@kakaocorp.com Phone Number +8207074921300
Kakao is a mobile lifestyle platform company with services spanning messaging, mail, search, news, advertising, gaming, e-commerce, music, maps and more. Its content platform offers a diverse array of content that can be enjoyed by users of all interest range. Daum News offers tens of thousands of news articles from top news outlets every day, and
Story Funding, the country’s first crowdfunding service, is building a healthy platform for new information in hand with users. Kakao Music, Kakao Page, Daum Webtoon and more, enrich user's daily lives enabling users to easily share and enjoy music, cartoons, novels and more.
Kakao Game is a mobile gaming platform that allows users to compete with friends on their social graph. Its popularity has resulted in explosive growths for the Korean mobile gaming industry while establishing mobile games as a mainstream phenomenon.
The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Jeju, South Korea.
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Subsidiary - Kakao Ventures
Subsidiary - Kakao Pay
Subsidiary - Kakao Mobility
Subsidiary - kakaomakers
Subsidiary - Kakao Kids
Subsidiary - Kakao Japan
Subsidiary - KAKAO IX
Subsidiary - Kakao Investment
Investment Arm - Kakao Games
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