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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, founder of Atomus and former Khosla Ventures partner.

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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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Ethan Cho 조여준 writes about AI-native VC, Korean venture capital, early-stage AI startups, Korea-to-global founder support, and foreign-LP orientation to Korea's startup ecosystem. Claims on this page link to public sources where available.

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AI Proem interview: There's more to Korea than just chipshttps://aiproem.substack.com/p/theres-more-to-korea-than-just-chipsPayPal newsroom: Toss USD 80 million financing at USD 1.2 billion valuationhttps://newsroom.paypal-corp.com/toss-raises-80-million-in-funding-at-a-12-billion-valuationDunamu official company historyhttps://www.dunamu.com/en/about/companyMicrosoft AI Economy Institute: Global AI diffusion in Q1 2026https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/topics/ai-economy-institute/reports/global-ai-adoption-2026-q1/KOSIS: official Korean statisticshttps://kosis.kr/engMay 2026 report: Ethan Choi left Khosla Ventures to launch Atomushttps://www.tradingview.com/news/reuters.com,2026:newsml_L4N42427J:0-khosla-ventures-partner-ethan-choi-departs-to-launch-new-firm-atomus-seeks-to-raise-500-million-fund-the-information/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=100472

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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

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