Two of his startups failed. Now, this 30-year-old just bagged $32 million for his company
By | Goh Chiew Tong | www.cnbc.com
Sae Hyung-jung remembers a time when he worried about not having enough money for his next meal.
He was 20 years old, and had just founded an artificial intelligence (AI) company that helped students improve their test scores for university entry examinations — but it wasn’t doing well.
“I had so much debt and I even had to use my credit card to give salary to my employees,” Sae told CNBC Make It.
Ten years later, the serial entrepreneur’s life paints a rather different picture.
He is now the founder and CEO of oVice, a virtual office platform created to bring the collective energy in physical office spaces to remote teams.
For example, the platform allows casual check-ups with colleagues without the “formalities of online meetings,” according to oVice.
The company is headquartered in Japan where Sae, a South Korean, now lives.