# Spoqa

> Spoqa is a Seoul-based software company that builds tools for the people who run shops and restaurants. It first became known for Dodo Point, a tablet-based loyalty service that replaced paper stamp cards across tens of thousands of Korean stores and signed up tens of millions of customers with nothing more than a phone number. After selling Dodo Point to Yanolja in 2022, Spoqa rebuilt around Kitchenboard (formerly Dodo Cart), a B2B platform that helps restaurant owners order, manage, and pay for their ingredients - matching them with vendors and using AI to turn messy supplier chats into structured orders. Along the way Spoqa also released Spoqa Han Sans, a free, open-source Korean typeface used widely across the Korean web.

- **Founded:** 2011
- **Headquarters:** Seoul, South Korea
- **Founders:** Grant Sohn (Co-founder & Co-CEO (ex-McKinsey)), Jaiseung Choi (Co-founder & Co-CEO (also known as Richard Choi))
- **Team size:** ~31 employees (per record); ~50+ reported in various listings
- **Products:** Kitchenboard (formerly Dodo Cart), Dodo Point (sold to Yanolja, 2022), Spoqa Han Sans
- **Notable:** Built Dodo Point into Korea's #1 offline loyalty service, reaching tens of millions of users without requiring an app or signup, Sold the Dodo Point division to Yanolja Cloud for 16 billion KRW (2022), Released Spoqa Han Sans, a free open-source typeface used widely across the Korean web

## Products & services

- **Kitchenboard (formerly Dodo Cart)** — A B2B platform for restaurant owners to order and manage ingredients. Features include AI Order, SKU management, pre-order, payments, quotations, a vendor catalog, invoice attachment, outstanding-payment tracking, and a notification center. As of December 2024: 486,384+ total orders, 48,081+ cumulative stores, 224,287+ SKUs, 320+ vendors, ~24,000 monthly orders.
- **Dodo Point (sold to Yanolja, 2022)** — Korea's leading offline loyalty service. A tablet at the counter let customers collect points with just their phone number - no app, no signup. Grew to tens of millions of users and tens of thousands of affiliate stores before being sold to Yanolja Cloud in January 2022 for 16 billion won.
- **Spoqa Han Sans** — A free, open-source Korean/Latin/Japanese typeface (a customization of Noto Sans) released under the SIL Open Font License. Known for crisp numerals and widely used across Korean web services. Distributed via GitHub and npm.

## Achievements

- Built Dodo Point into Korea's #1 offline loyalty service, reaching tens of millions of users without requiring an app or signup
- Sold the Dodo Point division to Yanolja Cloud for 16 billion KRW (2022)
- Released Spoqa Han Sans, a free open-source typeface used widely across the Korean web
- Reached 486,384+ orders and 48,081+ stores on Kitchenboard by December 2024
- Successfully pivoted the entire company from consumer loyalty to B2B restaurant supply

## Latest updates

- **2024-12** — Kitchenboard reported 486,384+ total orders, 48,081+ cumulative stores, 224,287+ SKUs, 320+ vendors, and ~24,000 monthly orders.
- **2022-01** — Sold the Dodo Point business division to Yanolja Cloud for ~16 billion KRW.
- **2020-08** — Launched Dodo Cart (later Kitchenboard), a food-supply management platform, as its new core business.

## Links

- Website: https://spoqa.co.kr
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spoqa
- GitHub: https://github.com/spoqa
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/spoqa

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Last updated: 2026-06-12