Investment & Quant Researcher who builds.
I study businesses and markets, test ideas with data, and build tools when analysis alone is not enough.
Investment Research · Quantitative Methods ·
AI-assisted Workflows · Product Building
| Where | What |
|---|---|
| THOUGHTS ON INVESTMENT | Company analysis, investment theses, market questions, and postmortems. |
| dartcatcher | Three-stage pipeline for Korean DART filings. Every README number is backed by a checked-in run log and verified in CI. |
| loopuccino | CLI that checks whether an AI session's handoff notes are complete enough to resume without guessing. |
| Quantitative research | Time-series analysis, statistical modeling, and reproducible walk-forward research design. |
| AI-assisted research systems | Local-first workflows for evidence collection, analysis, and knowledge operations. AI accelerates the workflow; judgment remains accountable. |
| Year | What |
|---|---|
| 2025 – 2026 | NONGGOO · Co-founder. A basketball match platform, built with a friend. Live product |
| 2023 – 2025 | Plodify, Inc. · Delaware C-Corp, sole founder. Incorporated to take the product to the US. Dissolved in 2025. |
| 2021 – 2024 | DeepSide Co., Ltd. · CEO. B2B SaaS (plody). Raised two institutional rounds from Korea Investment Accelerator and Sopoong Ventures. |
| 2020 – 2021 | Mongle · Founder. A social dating app that reached 5,000 users in three months with no paid marketing. |
| Issuer | Credential |
|---|---|
| WorldQuant | Challenge, Gold Level (10,000+ points) — reached on the WorldQuant BRAIN research platform |
| KOFIA | Certified Investment Manager (투자자산운용사) |
| KOFIA | Certified Investment Analyst (금융투자분석사) |
| KVCA | Certified Venture Investment Specialist (CVIS) (벤처투자분석사) |
- Turning investment questions into reproducible research
- Using AI as research infrastructure, not as a substitute for evidence
- Building useful products at the intersection of data, decisions, and operations


