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Coupang

Tower 730, 570 Songpa-daero, Songpa-gu, Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, 05510, South Korea

Overview

Coupang is an e-commerce company. The company sells apparel, electronics, footwear, food products, furniture, nutritional supplements, and other products. Its segments include product commerce and developing offerings.

Total investments
2
Lead investments
1
Investments · 12mo
1
Active investors
8

Sector focus

  • Apparel
  • Consumer Electronics
  • Consumer Goods
  • Customer Service
  • E-Commerce
  • Retail
  • Shopping
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Investment portfolio

  • Contoro Robotics

    Led · Equity · Apr 2026

    Launched in 2022 and led by CEO Youngmok Yun, Contoro develops a human-in-the-loop (HITL) platform that blends AI and remote human operators to control robots that unload trucks and shipping containers. Its robots use grasping techniques designed to handle a wide range of box sizes and weights and reportedly achieve a 99% success rate in unloading operations. The company employs 35 people and is focused on scaling deployments of its autonomous systems. Following the $84M investment from Coupang, Contoro plans global expansion and is accelerating preparations for a potential pilot program at Coupang logistics sites in Korea and elsewhere. The article does not disclose revenue or prior funding round details.

Team

  • Dongfeng Chen

    Engineering Director

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  • Ben Gerber

    Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) & Chief Privacy Officer (CPO)

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  • HL Rogers

    Chief Administrative Officer & SVP

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  • Soee Kwon

    Sr. Content Operation Manager[Coupang Play]

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