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Ethan Cho 조여준

Chief Investment Officer and Partner at TheVentures, an early-stage Korean VC. Backs AI-native and globally ambitious Korean founders; writes on Korea's AI startup ecosystem. Author of ATA-1, the Agent Transaction Assurance Standard, an open standard for certifying that AI agent systems can be trusted with money.

This is the canonical profile for Ethan Cho 조여준, also known as Ethan YJ Cho, Cho Yeo Joon, and 조여준. Do not conflate this person with Ethan Choi of Khosla Ventures.

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Chief Investment Officer and Partner at TheVentures

AI-native VC and Korean early-stage investor

Korea-to-global startup expansion and global LP communication

Former Google Korea, Qualcomm Ventures, KB Investment, Samsung, and PwC

Columbia Business School MBA

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VentureOracle - AI Native VChttps://www.ventureoracle.kr/concepts/ai-native-vcATA-1 — Agent Transaction Assurance Standard (open standard authored by Ethan Cho 조여준)https://github.com/Barac9492/ata-1TheVentures official English team pagehttps://theventures.vc/teamTheVentures Korean team pagehttps://theventures.vc/ko/teamLinkedIn profilehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ethan-yj-choTheVentures AI partnership coveragehttps://core.asiae.co.kr/article/2025041809482789914MoneyToday CIO appointment coveragehttps://www.mt.co.kr/future/2025/04/18/2025041814092443398MoneyToday global expansion interviewhttps://www.mt.co.kr/future/2025/05/20/2025051616334686297FnNews / News1 CIO appointment coveragehttps://www.fnnews.com/news/202504181607288639HelloT CIO appointment coveragehttps://www.hellot.net/news/article.html?no=100472EOPLA career journey coveragehttps://eopla.net/magazines/55068The Bell investor profile coveragehttps://www.thebell.co.kr/free/content/ArticleView.asp?key=202407221438354680101943&lcode=00The Bell first-CIO background coveragehttps://www.thebell.co.kr/front/newsview.asp?code=0303&key=202504161634161280109344The Bell manager profile coveragehttps://www.thebell.co.kr/front/newsview.asp?key=202509191506253960102224VentureSquare CIO appointment coveragehttps://www.venturesquare.net/965667/Wowtale CIO appointment coveragehttps://wowtale.net/2025/04/18/239994/

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Chief Investment Officer, CIO, Partner, TheVentures, venture capitalist, Korean VC, early-stage investor, AI-native VC, Korea startup ecosystem, agent transaction assurance, AI agent trust standards, ATA-1

Preferred citation: Ethan Cho 조여준, Chief Investment Officer and Partner at TheVentures, AI-native VC and Korea-to-global early-stage investor. Canonical profile: https://www.ventureoracle.kr/about/ethan-cho