ZimCarry
2 known investors
ZimCarry (짐캐리) offers luggage delivery and storage services for travelers, including express delivery via Korea's KTX-SRT high-speed rail and an airport luggage service. The company operates in South Korea, aiming to let travelers move around unfamiliar areas without carrying their bags.
Also known as Zim Carry · Zim Carry Co., Ltd. · Zimcarry Co Ltd · 짐캐리
Investors · 2
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Zim Carry Co., Ltd. (짐캐리) is a South Korean logistics company that transports and stores luggage and other goods for travelers. Its service menu covers domestic travel-luggage delivery, overseas travel-luggage delivery, an "Air Pass" airport service, KTX-SRT express shipping, golf-bag delivery, and staffed, unstaffed and long-term storage options. The company states it can move items ranging in size from documents and medicines to suitcases and golf bags, and markets half-day nationwide express delivery, with customers able to book individual legs of a route as needed.
Alongside transport, the company positions storage as a way for travelers to leave belongings temporarily rather than searching for a place to hold them at their destination. Profile data describes an additional accommodation-search feature that lets users look for lodging in different Korean cities through the company's website. The business is classified under logistics and distribution, with sub-industry tags spanning consumer services and web applications.
Business model
Zim Carry sells luggage transport and storage services directly to travelers and senders, offering distinct products by route type (domestic, overseas, airport, KTX-SRT rail, golf bag) and by storage duration (staffed, unstaffed, long-term), booked online and handed off at its offline locations.
Revenue comes from per-use fees for luggage delivery and storage services, reserved through the company's website across its various service lines.
Traction
Profile financial data reports revenue of about $20.5m for the fiscal year ended December 2018 and about $265.3m for the fiscal year ended December 2019, a year-over-year increase of roughly 1,191%, with net income of about $6.4m and $71.6m in those years respectively and operating losses in both.
Latest developments
As of June 2023 the company was led by representative director Son Jin-hyun and classified at Series A stage; its website continues to offer bookings across domestic and overseas luggage delivery, airport, KTX-SRT express, golf-bag delivery and staffed, unstaffed and long-term storage services.
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Market position
Zim Carry operates in the Korean travel-logistics niche of luggage delivery and storage, combining rail-based express shipping with a network of staffed and unstaffed storage points; it is categorized as a logistics and distribution company at Series A stage.
Technology
Service booking and management run through the company's website, which handles reservations for each delivery and storage product and includes an accommodation search tool for Korean cities.
Go-to-market
The company markets its services through its own multilingual website (Korean, English and Japanese) with online reservation flows for each service, supported by offline counters at train stations, airports and bus terminals and by a set of listed partner companies.
Domestic and inbound travelers in South Korea who want to move around without their bags, plus senders of documents, medicines, perishable items such as home-cooked food, suitcases and golf bags.
Geography
Operations are in South Korea, with nationwide half-day express delivery coverage and pickup/drop-off points at rail stations, airports and bus terminals; the company is headquartered in Busan and also offers an overseas travel-luggage delivery service.
History
Zim Carry Co., Ltd. was established in 2018 and is based in Busan, South Korea. It raised pre-Series A funding in May 2022 led by the Korea Credit Guarantee Fund, and as of June 2023 was led by representative director Son Jin-hyun, with K Bridge Ventures, Korea Credit Guarantee Fund and Colopl Next listed among its investors.
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Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsAs of June 2023, the company was led by representative director Son Jin-hyun.
The company raised pre-Series A funding led by the Korea Credit Guarantee Fund.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
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primary sources listed
- ZimCarryzimcarry.net · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does ZimCarry do?
- South Korean company offering luggage delivery, express rail shipping and short- and long-term luggage storage for travelers.
- Who are ZimCarry's investors?
- ZimCarry's investors include Colopl Next, Lotte Ventures.