# OPENKNOWL

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/openknowl

- Industry: Outsourcing
- Headquarters: Seoul, South Korea
- Website: www.openknowl.com
- Latest round: Series A (Dec 1, 2016)
- Investors on record: 2

## About

Based in Seoul, South Korea, and founded in 2012 by its CEO, Kwon In-taek, OPENKNOWL operates as a career and recruitment platform that provides a short-term internship brokerage service. In February 2022, OPENKNOWL raised KRW 20.6 billion in pre-IPO funding led by Woori Technology Investment, Dadam Investment, Dong Hoon Investment, and Hana Financial Investment.

The company offers miniintern, an online platform that helps job seekers by providing an online experience of a potential job and analyze individual behavior data based on the project execution history, recommending suitable personnel to the company, and providing customized job training to job seekers; Opfolio, an online portfolio that records activities and analyses specialties and competencies; Open Nol M class, a collection of all Open Nol educational contents that changes the color of all classes and individuals; O'Planner offers a personalized job schedule provided by analyzing resumes.

OPENKNOWL has generated a sale of 10 billion won in the fiscal year 2021.

The pre-IPO funding will be used for technology development and marketing for the advancement of the mini-intern platform, competency evaluation analysis using artificial intelligence, and M&A for business advancement.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Dec 1, 2016 — Evergreen Investment Partners
- Seed, Dec 1, 2012 — Yonsei Technology Holdings

## Investors

- Yonsei Technology Holdings (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/yonsei-technology-holdings) — Seed
- Evergreen Investment Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/evergreen-investment-partners) — Series A