About
Soy Hwang previously worked at Boston Consulting Group's digital ventures division, where she built startups for Fortune 500 companies, before founding R.care where she leads business and design.
Cofounder at HumanceYC W21
Intro paths
YC
Soy went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Soy can intro founders to Humance's investors below.
Humance's investors · 1
Co-founders at Humance
SK
Sunny KimFounder
YS
Yon Soo ParkFounder
Experience
- HumanceCo-Foundercurrent2026 — present
- R.careCo-Founder2021 — 2025
- Y CombinatorWinter 2021 Batch2020 — 2021
- BCG Digital VenturesSenior Experience Designer2017 — 2020Berlin
- Sociomantic Labs (acquired by Tesco)Product Conceptor2015 — 2017Berlin
- Human-Computer Interaction Institute - Carnegie Mellon University - School of Computer ScienceResearch Assistant2012 — 2013Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityResearch Assistant, Human & Performance Lab2011 — 2012Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Soy Hwang?
- Soy Hwang previously worked at Boston Consulting Group's digital ventures division, where she built startups for Fortune 500 companies, before founding R.care where she leads business and design.
- Where does Soy Hwang work?
- Soy Hwang is Cofounder of Humance.
- What companies did Soy Hwang found?
- Soy Hwang founded Humance.
- Where did Soy Hwang go to school?
- Soy Hwang studied at Carnegie Mellon University (Bachelor of Science, Human Computer Interaction and Cognitive Science); University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (Master of advanced studies in interaction design).
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