Henry Chung

Henry Chung is a Managing Director and the Head of the Seoul Office at DFJ Athena. Prior to venture capital, he was the Founder and CEO of eCommunity, a consultancy devoted to helping startup companies in various aspects of their business, including strategic planning, market development, technology positioning, and financing. Some of his successful startups are Exio [acquired by Cisco], Tobesoft [listed on KOSDAQ], and Zenovac [private, transferred Wilson Disease testkit technology to Mayo Clinic]. Prior to founding eCommunity, he was a Director at Arthur D. Little, a global management consulting firm. As a member of Arthur D. Little's TIME (Telecommunication, Information, Media and Electronics) Practice, he gained broad experience in the information and telecommunications industry. Prior Arthur D. Little, he was a member of the core team in the SK Group that orchestrated the company’s entry into the mobile telecommunications business by launching SK Telecom, the largest wireless carrier in Korea. Before SK Group, he was a management consultant with the Monitor Group where he was a founding member of its Seoul office and worked on a variety of strategic consulting projects in both in the United States and Korea. He earned a B.A. and an MBA from Seoul National University and also attended SEIT(Strategy and Entrepreneurship in the IT industry) executive course at Stanford. He frequently lectures on high tech business development for entrepreneurs as well as for universities. He currently serves on the board of several companies in Korea and the US. He is also the Chairman of the board at Seoul Venture Incubator, which he co-founded with KOVA (Korea Venture Association) since 2000. He co-founded and led Mobil Internet Investor Association as its Chairman from 2010 to 2013. He is an Advisor to Green Technology Center, which the Korean government recently established to develop its national cleantech technology strategy.