요쿠스
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Jocoos develops SaaS software providing video transcoding, real-time streaming, and instant video editing technologies for mobile and web platforms. The company serves OTT services, live broadcasting, live commerce, VR/AR, and other video-related businesses.
Also known as ㈜요쿠스 · FLIPFLOP · Jocoos · 요쿠스 · 플립플랍
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Jocoos (요쿠스) is a South Korean video technology company that develops SaaS software for video transcoding, real-time streaming and video editing on mobile and web environments. Its main product, FLIPFLOP, is delivered on cloud infrastructure (Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform) through SDKs and APIs, and covers file transcoding so that videos play on any mobile device without additional software, video compression that the company describes as reducing files up to roughly 20x versus the original while limiting quality loss, real-time live streaming over WebRTC, HLS and RTMP for live broadcasting and live commerce, in-video information delivery such as multimedia overlays and payment, and an online webinar module compatible with broadcasting tools including OBS, vMix and XSplit.
Alongside FLIPFLOP, the company offers Vicollo (비콜로), a web-based low-latency, high-resolution video meeting and webinar solution. Earlier products described in portfolio and press material include JPlayer, a video technology stack combining a real-time streaming solution and a transcoder, and SURT, a mobile audition platform. Since 2018 Jocoos has also operated mybeautip (마이뷰팁), a live beauty commerce service. Typical application areas cited by the company and press are OTT services, real-time broadcasting, live commerce, VOD processing, AI video processing, metaverse, VR and AR.
The company was founded on 7 May 2012 by CEO Choi Chang-hun (최창훈), a former framework researcher at TmaxSoft and KT Cloudware, together with CTO Lee Sang-hoon and other engineers with backgrounds at companies such as TmaxSoft and KT. It is headquartered in Mapo-gu, Seoul, and reports a headcount in the 11-50 range.
Founding story
Jocoos was established on 7 May 2012 by Choi Chang-hun, a former framework researcher at TmaxSoft and KT Cloudware, together with CTO Lee Sang-hoon; press coverage describes the founding team as framework engineers from companies including TmaxSoft and KT. The company's initial product line included a video-based mobile audition platform, which was the basis of its 2014 seed investment from Bon Angels, before it concentrated on video transcoding, streaming and editing software.
Business model
Jocoos sells SaaS video software to businesses, providing transcoding, live streaming, live commerce and webinar capabilities via SDKs and APIs running on public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP) so customers can build video services quickly. It also operates its own consumer-facing live beauty commerce service, mybeautip.
Revenue comes from providing SaaS-type video software (FLIPFLOP, Vicollo) to corporate customers, including large Korean enterprises, for video conversion/compression, live commerce and webinar services; supply contracts such as the Nisai Learning agreement for Vicollo are an additional channel.
Traction
The company reports securing domestic large-enterprise customers for video conversion/compression and live commerce software, and says demand from large and small companies for uninterrupted live video has increased with the growth of the live commerce market. It has operated mybeautip since 2018 and in 2025 signed a Vicollo supply contract with Nisai Learning, a global education group working with UK international education bodies including Cambridge and Pearson Edexcel.
Latest developments
In March 2023 Jocoos announced a strategic partnership with Huawei Cloud. In August 2025 it signed an agreement to supply its Vicollo video meeting solution to Nisai Learning, a global education company associated with UK international education programs such as Cambridge and Pearson Edexcel.
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Market position
Jocoos positions itself as a specialist video technology company supplying core video software to Korean large enterprises and SMEs; its lead investor Kiwoom Investment cited growth in live commerce and non-face-to-face industries plus major enterprise references as the rationale for follow-on investment.
Jocoos emphasizes independently developed video technology: format conversion enabling playback on all mobile devices, compression reducing size up to roughly 20x without quality loss (with press describing compression of a one-hour video in five minutes), and multi-protocol live delivery via WebRTC, HLS and RTMP within a single SaaS package.
Technology
Proprietary video technologies include transcoding that converts diverse video formats for playback on any mobile device, compression stated to reduce file size by up to about 20x relative to the original without visible quality degradation, real-time streaming and playback using WebRTC, HLS and RTMP, real-time video editing effects such as picture-in-picture, and webinar broadcasting that integrates with OBS, vMix and XSplit. Software is packaged as SDKs and APIs deployed on AWS and GCP.
Go-to-market
The company sells through direct enterprise sales in Korea, where it has acquired large corporate customers, and pursues international expansion, supported by accelerator SparkLabs (Batch 7), a strategic partnership with Huawei Cloud and supply deals with global customers such as Nisai Learning.
Enterprises and SMEs building video-based services, including OTT and real-time broadcasting providers, live commerce operators, webinar and online event organizers, education companies, and VR/AR, AI and metaverse-related businesses.
Geography
Headquartered at 16-12 Yanghwa-ro 8-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea, with stated plans for overseas expansion and international activity including startup competitions in Beijing, a Huawei Cloud partnership and a supply agreement with global education company Nisai Learning.
History
Founded in May 2012, Jocoos first drew attention for video technology including JPlayer (streaming plus transcoder) and the mobile audition platform SURT. In September 2014 it raised KRW 500 million (reported as $500,000) from Bon Angels Venture Partners. It received strategic investment from the Seoul Business Agency in December 2016, placed second at the Global Innovator Conference startup demo day in Beijing in November 2016 and first at the Korea-China startup cooperation forum IR competition in January 2017. KTB Network invested KRW 1 billion in February 2018, and the same year the company launched the live beauty commerce service mybeautip. A webinar service was launched in September 2020, followed by an undisclosed investment from Meritz Securities, Kiwoom Investment and Awesome Ventures in November 2020 and a KRW 5.5 billion Series B in December 2021. In March 2023 the company announced a strategic partnership with Huawei Cloud, and in August 2025 it signed a contract to supply its Vicollo video meeting solution to education group Nisai Learning.
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Key figures
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Timeline · 12
launches, deals, and filingsJocoos signed a contract to supply its Vicollo video meeting solution to global education company Nisai Learning, which works with UK international education organizations such as Cambridge and Pearson Edexcel.
Jocoos signed a strategic partnership with Huawei Cloud.
GS Retail said it invested KRW 1 billion in Jocoos to strengthen its live commerce capabilities.
Jocoos announced a Series B round of KRW 5.5 billion led by existing investor Kiwoom Investment, with new participation from GS Retail, KB Securities, Solidus Investment, Sejong Venture Partners and Korea Asset Investment Securities.
Jocoos raised an undisclosed amount from Meritz Securities, Kiwoom Investment and Awesome Ventures.
Jocoos began offering broadcasting and operations services for large-scale real-time online events and webinars.
KTB Network solely invested a total of KRW 1 billion in Jocoos.
Jocoos began providing mybeautip, described as Korea's first live beauty commerce service.
Jocoos won first place in the Korean startup IR competition at the 2017 Korea-China Startup Cooperation Forum held by KIC China in Beijing.
Jocoos announced it had attracted strategic investment from the Seoul Business Agency, the Seoul city SME support organization.
Jocoos placed second at the global startup demo day of the 2016 Global Innovator Conference held in Beijing on 4 November.
Bon Angels Venture Partners invested KRW 500 million (reported as $500,000) in Jocoos, developer of a video-based mobile audition platform.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does 요쿠스 do?
- Korean video technology company offering FLIPFLOP, a SaaS video transcoding, live streaming and webinar software suite.
- Who are 요쿠스's investors?
- 요쿠스's investors include Kiwoom Investment, Solidus Investment.