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Clody (클로디) builds a set of mobile apps connecting Seoul's Dongdaemun wholesale fashion market, including retail, wholesale, and purchasing-agent ("saip samchon") apps that let sellers handle sourcing, product ordering, and bookkeeping without manual ledgers. The platform serves fashion retailers, wholesalers, and purchasing agents across South Korea.
Also known as ㈜큰삼촌컴퍼니 · BIG 3 · big3.kr · clo:D · CLO:D · 클로디
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026큰삼촌컴퍼니 (Keunsamchon Company) is a Jeju-headquartered Korean software company that develops clo:D (클로디), a B2B platform and ERP solution for the Dongdaemun fashion wholesale market. The service digitizes the work of "사입삼촌" — the sourcing/delivery agents who collect goods from Dongdaemun wholesale stores at night and ship them to retailers nationwide — replacing handwritten order books and settlement records with a computerized system. According to the company, agents typically worked from about 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. transcribing order details sent as photographs over KakaoTalk into ledgers; the clo:D system automates this bookkeeping and settlement.
The product is delivered as separate mobile applications for retailers, wholesalers and sourcing agents, distributed on the Apple App Store and Google Play. The retail app combines sourcing and product ordering, the wholesale app targets nationwide expansion from Seoul to Jeju, and the agent app replaces manual ledgers. Features cited by the company include real-time order sheets, delivery status tracking and daily updates of new wholesale products. The company positions clo:D as a vertical-commerce/hyper-local B2B platform for the Dongdaemun market, which it describes as an 18 trillion won logistics market in which sourcing agents handle roughly 90% of transaction volume, with much of the trade still settled in cash and documented by hand.
The company was co-founded and is co-led by Kim Myung-gun and Lee Hang-young. It is registered in Jeju (Cheomdan-ro 330, Jeju City) and also lists an R&D center in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province, and a Dongdaemun center in Jung-gu, Seoul. Business classifications include software and platform, with deep learning and big data cited as technologies used.
Founding story
Co-CEO Kim Myung-gun worked for 20 years as a Dongdaemun sourcing agent, distributing some 300 clothing items a year to Jeju, before founding the company; the Jeju Center for Creative Economy & Innovation cited his field experience together with co-CEO Lee Hang-young's commercialization strategy when making its 2021 seed investment.
Business model
The company operates a software-as-a-service B2B platform for the Dongdaemun apparel wholesale ecosystem, providing ERP and ordering applications to wholesalers, retailers and sourcing agents, and intermediating wholesale-to-retail transactions on the platform.
Sources describe clo:D as a SaaS/B2B platform intermediating Dongdaemun wholesale-retail transactions; one report noted the company planned to gradually expand revenue after reaching about 20 billion won in cumulative transaction value within 10 months of launch.
Traction
The company reports monthly transaction value of 7.9 billion won with 464% growth, about 125,000 monthly transactions with 313% growth, over 7,000 retail merchants, and time savings of more than six hours per person; clo:D reached roughly 20 billion won in cumulative transaction value within 10 months of launch.
Latest developments
In May 2024 the company was selected for the Google Changgu global corporate collaboration program along with innovation-growth and Jeju ICT support programs, and in 2024 its co-CEO presented clo:D at a Gravity Ventures networking event for ESG-oriented platform startups.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
clo:D is described as a Dongdaemun-specialized vertical commerce solution; the company's site claims the second-largest transaction volume in its segment on the basis of the number of clothing stores served, and press coverage frames it as a digital challenger to a largely manual, cash-based Dongdaemun distribution market.
Focus on the sourcing-agent workflow as the entry point into the Dongdaemun supply chain, with industry-specific ERP replacing handwritten ledgers, and a stated approach of coexisting with the existing market rather than displacing intermediaries.
Technology
Mobile and web applications for retailers, wholesalers and sourcing agents that digitize order intake, delivery tracking and settlement; company profile data list deep learning (AI) and big data as technologies applied, and the company filed a patent application through the IP나래 program in 2022.
Go-to-market
Adoption began with a solution for sourcing agents and expanded to wholesale and retail counterparts, supported by Korean public startup programs (예비창업패키지, 초기창업패키지, 신용보증기금 NEST, IBK창공, Google Changgu, TIPS) and accelerator networks; the company reports more than 7,000 participating retail merchants.
Dongdaemun wholesale apparel vendors, retail clothing shops and online shopping mall operators, and the sourcing/delivery agents (사입삼촌) who connect them; the company also cites overseas customers via a global service.
Geography
Headquarters in Jeju City, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, with an R&D center in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province and a Dongdaemun center in Jung-gu, Seoul; the platform is described as operating nationwide from Seoul to Jeju, with a global service for overseas customers.
History
The corporation was established in December 2021 (registered founding date reported as 2021-12-17 by one profile and 2021-12-08 by another) after being selected for the Jeju Center for Creative Economy & Innovation incubation program in August 2021 and winning top awards at the 2021 Jeju regional preliminary of the K-Startup innovation founding league and Jeju Demo Day. The platform was initially developed as 'BIG 3', connecting Dongdaemun wholesalers with retail clothing shops via an electronic ledger for sourcing agents. Milestones include an angel matching fund investment and completion of the Early Startup Package in 2022, an IP patent application and IBK Changgong Mapo selection in 2022, the launch of the clo:D service and an investment round in June 2023, selection for TIPS in August 2023, a grand prize at the Honam-region mock IR pitching day in November 2023, and selection for Google's Changgu global collaboration program in May 2024.
Compiled by commissioned research from 7 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 14
launches, deals, and filingsCompany history lists selection for the 2024 Google Changgu global corporate collaboration program, an innovation-growth tailored support project and a Jeju ICT support project.
Co-CEO Lee Hang-young presented clo:D at Gravity Ventures' '2024 디지혁신 플랫폼 네트워킹 디너' in Yeoksam-dong, Seoul, alongside five other platform startups.
The Jeju Center for Creative Economy & Innovation announced that 큰삼촌컴퍼니 was the first portfolio company it recommended after becoming a TIPS operator, and that it was selected; TIPS companies can receive up to 700 million won in R&D funding over two years plus additional business and overseas marketing support.
The company's history page records a June 2023 investment of 400 million won from 더벤처스, 제주창조경제혁신센터 and 그래비티벤처스.
The clo:D (클로디) service began operating in June 2023 according to the company's history timeline.
The Jeju Center for Creative Economy & Innovation invested an additional 200 million won through the 'Jeju-Vision Venture Investment Fund No. 1', co-managed with Vision Venture Partners, citing the company's growth rate, team capability and business viability.
Company history lists an April 2022 investment of 175 million won via an angel matching fund.
The Jeju Center for Creative Economy & Innovation made a seed investment of 70 million won after discovering the company through the 2021 Pre-Startup Package; the center invested in three incubated companies for a combined 170 million won.
The company won the highest award in the 2021 Jeju regional preliminary of the innovation founding league and received a 70 million won Pre-Startup Package grant.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
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- 큰삼촌컴퍼니(clo:D (클로디)) 기업정보 - 넥스트유니콘nextunicorn.kr · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does (주)큰삼촌컴퍼니 do?
- Korean startup behind clo:D, an ERP and B2B wholesale platform for Dongdaemun fashion market sourcing agents and retailers.
- Who are (주)큰삼촌컴퍼니's investors?
- (주)큰삼촌컴퍼니's investors include The Ventures Co, Vision Creator, Gravity Ventures.