Maple Investment Partners Recruits Yang Hyungon as Executive Director of T-Investment

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Secures 'Tech' Expert with Experience at Samsung Electronics, Daekyung Investment, and T-Investment

Maple Investment Partners, a venture capital (VC) firm known as an investor in the production company RaemongRaein of the drama "The Youngest Son of a Conglomerate" starring Song Joong-ki, has newly recruited investment personnel. By hiring a senior-level investment analyst, the firm has strengthened its house capabilities. Attention is focused on its future investment moves.

According to the investment banking (IB) industry on the 8th, Maple Investment Partners assigned Yang Hyun-gon, Managing Director of T-Investment, to its investment team. Yang was promoted to Executive Director upon moving to Maple Investment Partners. With this, the investment team has grown to seven members, including CEO Yoon Kyung-soon.

Executive Director Yang earned a master's degree in Technology Management from Korea University’s Graduate School of Technology Management (MOT). After building his career at Samsung Electronics, he became a venture capitalist at Daekyung Investment. He later joined T-Investment as an early member and engaged in investment activities.

His main investment areas include semiconductors, artificial intelligence (AI), information and communication technology (ICT), robotics, and digital healthcare. With research and practical experience in multimedia, he is proficient in analyzing related fields. Previously, at T-Investment, he invested in companies with strong technological expertise.

Initially, there were industry speculations that Executive Director Yang might leave T-Investment to establish a new venture capital firm. It was rumored that he had secured preliminary limited partners (LPs) and planned to create a limited liability company (LLC)-type house with a certain accountant, but it is reported that he decided to rejoin the existing house instead.

Maple Investment Partners originated from Green Busan Startup Investment, a subsidiary of Green Insurance. After its establishment in 2008, it changed its name to MG Investment in 2013, five years later. In 2018, following a change in the largest shareholder, it rebranded as Maple Investment Partners.

Maple Investment Partners benefited from the drama "The Youngest Son of a Conglomerate" at the end of last year. Riding on the drama’s success, it sold all its shares in RaemongRaein. At that time, it sold 400,000 shares of RaemongRaein on the market, accounting for 6.39% of the total shares. It sold 200,000 shares at 28,669 KRW per share and the remaining 200,000 shares at 28,661 KRW per share.

In 2019, Maple Investment Partners invested a total of 2 billion KRW, 1 billion KRW each through the "MGI Secondary Investment Fund No. 2" and the "MIP Global Content Investment Fund." As a result, it realized a profit of approximately 11.5 billion KRW, recording a sixfold multiple on the principal investment.

With Executive Director Yang’s joining, attention is also drawn to the future exit performance of the technology company portfolio.

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