Learningspoons
2 known investors
Learning Spoons hosts investing and personal-finance content, offering classes and articles from finance creators on topics like stock trading, quant investing, and market analysis. The platform features creators publishing courses and premium research reports for retail investors, primarily in Korean.
Also known as Learning Spoons ยท LearningSpoons ยท ๋ฌ๋์คํผ์ฆ
Founders & leadership
Investors ยท 2
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Learningspoons (๋ฌ๋์คํผ์ฆ) operates a Korean-language membership platform that connects subject-matter creators with paying learners and fans through classes, subscription content and communities. Catalogue categories include AI/artificial intelligence, personal finance and investing (์ฌํ ํฌ), side income, lifestyle, business, finance, real-estate finance and programming, alongside dedicated sections for premium content, executive (์ต๊ณ ์) programmes, careers, AX (AI transformation) training and corporate training.
Content is delivered in several formats: free live seminars, paid LIVE cohort programmes, on-demand VOD courses, and offline in-person classes. Creators publish posts that can be free or gated behind subscription tiers (for example a "Basic" tier), and the platform also sells first-party "๋ฌ๋์คํผ์ฆ" branded classes on topics such as Python basics, Figma/UX-UI, Notion and Slack productivity, SQL and data literacy, RAG and fine-tuning for enterprise LLMs, quantitative and trend-following trading, real-estate investing, and AI-based financial management. Executive programmes are offered in partnership with Yonsei University under titles including AI future-technology leadership, AI marketing strategy, AI leadership (6th cohort) and blockchain/Web3 leadership, each priced at KRW 6,500,000.
External coverage from 2023 describes LearningSpoons as an HR-tech company founded in May 2017 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, which raised Series A-1 funding from WantedLab and Kiwoom Investment. The company also acted as a webinar partner for the Korean-edition launch of the business book "Global Class" in Seoul in August 2023.
Business model
The platform aggregates creators who publish courses and gated content and monetise through class fees and monthly subscriptions; the company also produces and sells its own branded classes and corporate/executive training programmes. Course pricing is per-enrolment and ranges from free promotional seminars and discounted introductory classes to multi-million-won live coaching programmes and KRW 6,500,000 university-affiliated executive courses.
Revenue is generated from paid class enrolments (VOD, live and offline), recurring subscription memberships to creator content tiers, executive education tuition, and corporate/AX training engagements. The site states creators earn monthly subscription revenue, citing average monthly earnings of KRW 1.8 million across its creator base.
Traction
The site reports 320+ creators and average creator monthly earnings of KRW 1.8 million. Individual first-party classes show cumulative enrolments including 1,619 for a Notion/Slack productivity package, 1,495 for a beginner Python course, 1,424 for a Figma UX/UI course, 1,166 for a personal-finance live class and 1,134 for a quant trading seminar; upcoming free seminars listed 764 and 60 registrants.
Latest developments
The platform is running as v1.0.0-beta with continuing creator onboarding, newly launched classes in AI engineering (RAG, fine-tuning, AI agents), data analysis, trading and real estate, and free live seminars scheduled in August and September. Executive AI and Web3 leadership cohorts with Yonsei University are open for enrolment.
โธFull profile โ market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Positioned as a Korean creator-membership and online education marketplace spanning consumer upskilling and B2B/executive training, with more than 320 creators on the platform and formal executive-education programmes run under the Yonsei University brand.
Technology
The consumer product is a web membership platform, labelled v1.0.0-beta, supporting creator profiles, follower/subscriber relationships, tiered paid posts, live and VOD class delivery and enrolment. The founder states on his creator profile that he built the current version of the platform himself in one week using "vibe coding" AI-assisted development.
Go-to-market
Free live seminars and heavily discounted introductory classes are used to attract registrations that funnel into paid programmes; creator profiles with follower and subscriber counts drive content-led acquisition; university branding (Yonsei University) and corporate training channels support the higher-priced executive offerings. The company has also participated in ecosystem events, serving as webinar partner for the Korean launch of the "Global Class" book in Seoul in August 2023.
Korean-speaking retail learners seeking practical skills in AI, data, programming, design, investing, real estate and side-income; independent experts and creators who want to monetise knowledge; and corporate clients, including CEOs and C-level executives targeted by the 15-week executive programmes and AX workshops.
Geography
Headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, with Korean-language content and offline classes; executive programmes are delivered with Yonsei University.
History
External coverage states the company was founded in May 2017 and is headquartered in Seoul. In June 2023 it was reported to have raised KRW 1.6 billion (about $1.2 million) in Series A-1 funding from WantedLab and Kiwoom Investment, and in August 2023 it acted as webinar partner for the Korean-edition launch events of the book "Global Class" in Seoul. The current site runs as a beta-versioned creator membership platform.
Compiled by commissioned research from 5 cited public sources โ 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 โ not independently audited.
Timeline ยท 3
launches, deals, and filingsThe site operates as a v1.0.0-beta creator-and-fan membership platform offering classes, subscriptions and communities, which the founder says he built himself in a week using AI-assisted 'vibe coding'.
LearningSpoons served as webinar partner for the Seoul book tour and Korean-edition launch of "Global Class" held August 21-25, 2023, alongside co-organizers including D.Camp, Moloco, Campus Talk Series, Wanted Lab and the Asan Nanum Foundation.
Reported Series A-1 funding of KRW 1.6 billion (about $1.2 million) from job-site operator WantedLab and Kiwoom Investment.
$1.2M source โ
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
โธResearch sources ยท 5
primary sources listed
- Learningspoonslearningspoons.com ยท web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Learningspoons do?
- Korean creator-membership platform where experts sell online, live and offline classes, subscriptions and executive education.
- Who founded Learningspoons?
- Learningspoons was founded by ChangMin Lee.
- Who are Learningspoons's investors?
- Learningspoons's investors include Kiwoom Investment.