Inha Seo
San Francisco, CA · Authorized to work in the US
seoinha4964@gmail.com · inhaseo.com · linkedin.com/in/inha-seo · PDF
Investor Relations & Strategic Finance | KOSDAQ IPO, Pre-IPO Financing | AI Infrastructure
Summary
Investor relations and capital-markets professional. At AUTOCRYPT, an automotive-cybersecurity software company, coordinated the company-side KOSDAQ IPO process (KRW 30.8B / ~$22.7M primary offering, July 2025), prepared investor materials for a KRW 19.5B (~$14.5M) Series B bridge round ahead of the IPO, and, after listing, distributed the first quarterly IR deck and screened an acquisition target. Earlier, screened startups for corporate open-innovation programs and helped form an early-stage fund. Software-engineering minor; publishes research on how AI infrastructure is financed.
Experience
AUTOCRYPT | Seoul, Korea | Sep 2022 – Dec 2025
Investor Relations Manager. Automotive-cybersecurity software; listed on KOSDAQ, the Korea Exchange's growth and technology board, in July 2025.
- Coordinated the company-side KOSDAQ IPO process across the lead underwriter, counsel, the Korea Exchange and Financial Supervisory Service, executives, and investors. The offering priced at KRW 22,000, the top of the range, raising KRW 30.8B (~$22.7M) at a KRW 210.5B (~$155M) market value at the offer price; listed July 15, 2025.
- Built the IPO peer-group benchmarking book (Jun 2023) and prepared filings for the technology special-listing track: technology-evaluation diligence materials (Nov 2023–Apr 2024; grades A and BBB), the preliminary listing review (filed Oct 2024, approved Mar 2025), and registration-statement amendments (May–Jun 2025).
- One of a two-person IR team reporting to the CSO: prepared KR/EN investor decks, data-room documents, and investor Q&A for the KRW 19.5B (~$14.5M) Series B bridge round (Dec 2023–May 2024); joined 100+ investor meetings and reported regularly to the CSO and CEO; prepared post-investment reports for Series B investors.
- Presented the company to prospective US and Middle East investors, including the Seoul Startup Showcase at Dubai FinTech Summit 2024 (first place).
- Prepared the IPO roadshow, including the executive rehearsal, and joined 1:1 institutional investor meetings (May–Jun 2025); after listing, distributed the first quarterly IR deck (2Q25) to institutional investors (Jul 2025).
- Screened a post-IPO acquisition target (Aug–Oct 2025): reviewed the information memorandum, coordinated NDA execution with the deal advisor and the target, and drafted parts of the non-binding MOU.
Gyeonggi Center for Creative Economy and Innovation (GCCEI) | Seongnam, Korea | Apr 2022 – Sep 2022
Senior Assistant, Open Innovation and Investment. Startup-support foundation.
- Screened and sourced 12+ Series A–B startups for open-innovation programs with KT, LG Display, and Innocean (Hyundai Motor Group), with on-site diligence; LG Display’s program: 60 startups, 5 PoCs.
- Prepared LP materials, drafted fund regulations, and processed the first capital call (Jul 2022) for the Antler–GCCEI early-stage fund (KRW 30B target).
NAVER Connect Foundation | Seoul, Korea | Mar 2020 – Oct 2020
Program Operator, boostcamp (AI and software-engineering education).
- Managed reviewer coordination, cohort communications, and industry-advisor research for a software bootcamp serving 100+ students.
VCNC (TADA) | Seoul, Korea | Nov 2019 – Feb 2020
Business Development Intern. Worked on B2B partnership development for TADA, a Korean mobility platform.
Publications
- First author, "KERC 2019: The 1st Korean Emotion Recognition Challenge," SMA 2020: 9th International Conference on Smart Media and Applications (ACM, 2020); challenge hosted on Kaggle. DOI: 10.1145/3426020.3426067.
- Independent research and writing on AI-infrastructure finance, English and Korean (inhajourney.substack.com, 2026 – present), including "The Cash Gap in GPU Contracts" and "How AI Infrastructure Gets Funded" (Oct 2026).
Education
Chonnam National University | Gwangju, Korea | 2014 – 2020. B.A., Sociology; Minor in Software Engineering.
AIFFEL applied AI program (MODULABS) | 16th cohort | Jan 2026 – Jun 2026. Implemented GPT-1, BERT, and RLHF.
Skills
Investor relations and capital markets: investor presentations (Korean and English), data rooms, diligence Q&A, roadshow preparation, KOSDAQ technology special listing, registration statements, preferred-share private placements.
Finance and corporate development: P&L projections, peer-group benchmarking, comparable-company and DCF valuation, acquisition-target screening, fund-formation support. Tools: Excel, Google Sheets, PowerPoint, Python. Languages: Korean (native), English (professional).