# Tony Park

> Tony Park is the co-founder and CEO of Stipop (YC S21), a sticker and character-content platform he launched in 2017 with his boarding-school roommate Daniel Cho. What began as a consumer sticker store in Seoul grew into a global API and SDK that lets any app add stickers with a single line of code, reaching hundreds of partners including Google, Microsoft Teams, Canva and Adobe, and generating over 200 million sticker views a month. Splitting time between Seoul and Santa Monica, Park was part of the first Korean team through Snap's Yellow accelerator before joining Y Combinator, and he has since steered Stipop toward helping independent character creators earn from their work.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Stipop
- **Organizations:** Stipop, Y Combinator (S21), Snap Yellow Accelerator
- **Nationality:** South Korean
- **Education:** Korea University, Summer 2021 batch, Y Combinator
- **Known for:** Co-founded and scaled Stipop to 200M+ monthly sticker views, Built a network of roughly 5,000-7,000 sticker creators across 25+ languages and dozens of countries, Led the first Korean company through Snap's exclusive Yellow accelerator

## Career timeline

- **2017** — Co-founded Stipop in Seoul with Daniel Cho, launching a consumer sticker store app
- **2019** — Flew to Santa Monica for Snap's Yellow accelerator - the first Korean team accepted
- **2020** — Pivoted toward a B2B sticker API/SDK after app owners requested integration; raised $1.3M pre-Series A
- **2021** — Joined Y Combinator's Summer 2021 batch; launched global sticker library with 150,000+ stickers
- **2021** — Partnered with Google (Gboard, Android Messages, Tenor); a launch generated 600M sticker views in its first month
- **2023** — Steered Stipop toward a monetization platform for independent character creators

## Achievements

- Co-founded and scaled Stipop to 200M+ monthly sticker views
- Built a network of roughly 5,000-7,000 sticker creators across 25+ languages and dozens of countries
- Led the first Korean company through Snap's exclusive Yellow accelerator
- Secured a place in Y Combinator's Summer 2021 batch
- Landed integrations with Google Gboard, Android Messages, Tenor, Microsoft Teams, Canva and Adobe
- Raised $1.3M pre-Series A from investors including Snap Inc., SEMA Translink, Lotte Accelerator and Strong Ventures

## Latest updates

- **2023-01** — Stipop repositioned as a monetization platform for character creators, described as a 'Patreon for character creators.'

## Links

- Website: https://stipop.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonypark-stipop/

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Last updated: 2026-07-31