TEAM & PARTNER

A team of world-class storytellers, designers, programmers and blockchain developers

The core team consists of:

• Sean Sonmin Yoon (Founder): Known for his love for culture and art, Sean is the co-founder of Line Friends and a global leader in animation and character design. Sean has been recognized globally as a prominent creator of animated characters. He is the founder of Edgebone, whose clients include LVMH, Morgan Stanley, Amore Pacific, Banyan Tree, LINE and more. The company became the brand division of LINE in Jan 2013. LINE's characters were merely a marketing agent that his team transformed into a lucrative business opportunity and led him to create Line Friends, which won nearly all the IP awards in Asia. After LINE's IPO in 2016, Sean lost his passion for working in a large organization and started IDOU, his own IP company based in Hong Kong

• Shawn Jeong (CEO): Shawn majored in electrical and electronic engineering at Korea University and worked as a professor at Korea University's Entrepreneurship department. He also has been a business development expert running his venture company (APP Disco, Monstars Games) since his early 20s. His company has flourished in 13 different countries

• Twinkle Paeck (Creative Director): Twinkle is an associate founding member of Line Friends and was in charge of Line Friends’ IP business department. As the leading content planner in the character and animation industries, Twinkle was chief director for Running Man. He is the current director of IDOU in Korea

• Jett Haneul Yeom (CSO): After receiving a degree from State University of New York, Jett worked as a marketing director for KCENT Inc, one of the leading influencer companies in South Korea. Under Jett’s management, the company has acquired more than 200 top influencers and expanded its business helping influencers to launch their own brand

Top-tier VCs invested $3.5M in Zodium

Zodium has raised around $3.5M from investors such as: Animation Internationals, Polygon Syndicate, Morningstar Ventures, Bybit, AU21, UVA, HG Ventures, IOST, Astronaut Capital, Tayssir Capital, Loopring Protocol, TPX Ventures, Kyros Ventures, Vanda Capital, Evernew Capital, Momentum 6, and Terabtye