# Park Jae Hyun

> Park Jae Hyun (박재현) is the founder and CEO of TAP Angel Partners, an Incheon-headquartered South Korean accelerator established in 2018. His reported background spans law and asset management; TAP combines early-stage investing, specialist business support and partnerships with companies and public institutions.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at TAP ANGEL PARTNERS
- **Organizations:** TAP ANGEL PARTNERS, Korea Association of Initial Investment Accelerators (KAIA)
- **Known for:** Founded and leads TAP Angel Partners., Named a KAIA vice president in the leadership team effective September 2025., Under his leadership, TAP’s 2026 content-program profile reported KRW 65 billion AUM and 64 portfolio companies; these are company figures.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2018** — Worked as a lawyer and as a division head at an investment-management firm; dates and employer names are not specified in the verified interview.
- **2018** — Founded TAP Angel Partners; the company was established on August 31.
- **2021** — Incheon city reported TAP’s Songdo office opening on August 11.
- **2022** — TAP was selected as a TIPS operator.
- **2023** — TAP added Seed TIPS operator status and recruited Jang Anna as vice president.
- **2025** — KAIA named Park a vice president in its fourth leadership team, effective September 19.
- **2026** — TAP added LIPS and Scale-up TIPS operator selections.

## Achievements

- Founded and leads TAP Angel Partners.
- Named a KAIA vice president in the leadership team effective September 2025.
- Under his leadership, TAP’s 2026 content-program profile reported KRW 65 billion AUM and 64 portfolio companies; these are company figures.
- TAP received a Ministry of SMEs and Startups ministerial award in 2022.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — TAP held the Blockbuster fourth-cohort content meetup in Seoul on October 20; the report was published October 21.
- **2026-05** — TAP selected 14 startups for Agri·Nexus, the renamed agrifood accelerator program.
- **2026-03** — TAP’s LIPS and Scale-up TIPS operator selections were announced March 17.

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Last updated: 2026-10-21