# Grant Sohn

> Grant Sohn is the co-founder and co-CEO of Spoqa, the Seoul-based company behind Dodo Point, Korea's #1 offline rewards service, which grew past 20 million users and 10,000+ merchant partners. A Stanford economics graduate and former McKinsey analyst, he left consulting in the United States to build loyalty software for brick-and-mortar shops in South Korea. In 2018 he co-founded Carry Protocol, a blockchain venture aiming to give shoppers control of their own transaction data, and after selling Dodo Point to Yanolja in 2022, he refocused Spoqa on restaurants with Kitchenboard.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Spoqa
- **Organizations:** Spoqa, Carry Protocol, McKinsey & Company, Wimdu, Gamebuild
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.A. in Economics, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Built Dodo Point into Korea's #1 offline rewards service with 20M+ users and 10,000+ merchant partners, Raised roughly $9.65M total across Spoqa's funding rounds, Expanded a Korean loyalty platform into Japan

## Career timeline

- **2002-2006** — Studies economics at Stanford University
- **2006** — Joins McKinsey & Company as a business analyst, advising tech companies on product strategy and operations
- **2011** — Co-founds Spoqa in Seoul with Richard (Jaiseung) Choi
- **2012** — Launches Dodo Point, a tablet-based loyalty service for offline retailers
- **2014** — Raises $3.9M to expand Dodo Point into Japan
- **2018** — Co-founds Carry Protocol, a blockchain platform for offline retail loyalty and payments
- **2022** — Sells the Dodo Point business to Yanolja and refocuses Spoqa on restaurants
- **2022-present** — Leads Spoqa's pivot to Kitchenboard, an ingredient-sourcing service for restaurant owners

## Achievements

- Built Dodo Point into Korea's #1 offline rewards service with 20M+ users and 10,000+ merchant partners
- Raised roughly $9.65M total across Spoqa's funding rounds
- Expanded a Korean loyalty platform into Japan
- Co-founded Carry Protocol and its CRE token to bring blockchain to brick-and-mortar retail
- Engineered a clean exit of the Dodo Point business to Yanolja in 2022

## Latest updates

- **2022-02** — Spoqa sold its Dodo Point business to Yanolja and pivoted to the restaurant sector with Kitchenboard (formerly Dodo Cart).

## Links

- Website: https://spoqa.co.kr
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/grant-sohn-0826b62
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuInioNdcnc
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/grantsohn.spoqa

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