{"version":1,"id":"namkyun-yoon","title":"Namkyun Yoon","summary":"Namkyun Yoon is a blockchain industry executive known for growth, business development, and finance roles at Startale, Polygon Labs, and OnePlanet.","content":"**Namkyun Yoon** is a South Korean [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) professional whose career has included finance, growth, and business-development roles. Since May 2024, he has been Vice President of Growth at Startale Group.[[1]](#cite-id-0b91iz3d4j)[[2]](#cite-id-ynuuycm1yy) Startale’s team page lists NK Yoon as Head of Business Development.[[6]](#cite-id-ebfi9bi99)\n\n## Education\n\nYoon studied at Seoul National University from 2012 to 2018 and earned a Bachelor of Business Administration, graduating summa cum laude.[[1]](#cite-id-0b91iz3d4j)​[[2]](#cite-id-ynuuycm1yy) He attended Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies from 2009 to 2012.[[1]](#cite-id-0b91iz3d4j)​[[2]](#cite-id-ynuuycm1yy)​\n\n## Career\n\nYoon worked as a Summer Analyst at JPMorganChase in Seoul from June to August 2017, then as an Associate at Goldman Sachs in Seoul from March 2018 to April 2022.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-0b91iz3d4j)​[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-ynuuycm1yy)​\n\nIn April 2022, he became Head of Finance at OnePlanet, whose [non-fungible token (NFT)](https://iq.wiki/wiki/non-fungible-token-nft) marketplace operates on [Polygon](https://iq.wiki/wiki/polygon). He held the role until October 2022, when he joined [Polygon](https://iq.wiki/wiki/polygon) Labs as Senior Manager of Enablement. He remained there until May 2024.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-0b91iz3d4j)​[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-ynuuycm1yy)​\n\nYoon joined Startale Group as Vice President of Growth in May 2024. Startale develops onchain products including [Soneium](https://iq.wiki/wiki/soneium), Startale App, and [Astar](https://iq.wiki/wiki/astar) Network.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-0b91iz3d4j)​[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-ynuuycm1yy)​\n\nIn a November 11, 2025, Startale interview, Yoon described his remit as spanning business development, partnerships, and growth strategy across the company’s products. He highlighted growth of the [Soneium](https://iq.wiki/wiki/soneium) [Layer 2](https://iq.wiki/wiki/layer-2) network and Startale’s consumer products and infrastructure. He also discussed Startale’s collaboration with SBI Group on financial products involving real-world-asset [tokenization](https://iq.wiki/wiki/tokenization) and a 24/7 trading platform, and connecting those offerings with consumer products such as Startale App.[\\[8\\]](#cite-id-80r4ysvdxo)​","categories":[{"id":"people","title":"people"}],"tags":[],"images":[{"id":"QmYhayT8o3VGovgkZkiqyVrDq6B9tbfUeY6L4cMydoq5aV","type":"image/jpeg, image/png"}],"media":[],"metadata":[{"id":"linkedin_profile","value":"https://linkedin.com/in/namkyun"},{"id":"github_profile","value":"https://github.com/namkyun"},{"id":"main-image-origin","value":"{\"imageId\":\"QmYhayT8o3VGovgkZkiqyVrDq6B9tbfUeY6L4cMydoq5aV\",\"originalId\":\"QmTTNu3QFc3quN5TqmG8jbYBDd4jAF7ggj65XSPxXaeLUS\"}"},{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"0b91iz3d4j\",\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/namkyun/?isSelfProfile=false\",\"description\":\"LinkedIn profile\",\"timestamp\":1791840572531},{\"id\":\"ynuuycm1yy\",\"url\":\"https://linkedin.com/in/namkyun\",\"description\":\"LinkedIn career profile\",\"timestamp\":1791840572531},{\"id\":\"ebfi9bi99\",\"url\":\"https://startale.com/en/about-us\",\"description\":\"Startale company timeline\",\"timestamp\":1791840572531},{\"id\":\"6r7whzpphn\",\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/posts/smp0910_happy-to-see-so-many-builders-building-on-activity-7065614458550681600-_0Ap\",\"description\":\"SungMo Park’s Glitch Korea post\",\"timestamp\":1791840572531},{\"id\":\"80r4ysvdxo\",\"url\":\"https://startale.com/ja/blog/vp-of-growth-nk-startale\",\"description\":\"Startale interview\",\"timestamp\":1791840813198}]"},{"id":"commit-message","value":"Create Namkyun Yoon wiki"}],"events":[],"linkedWikis":{"founders":[],"blockchains":[],"speakers":[]},"user":{"id":"0x8af7a19a26d8fbc48defb35aefb15ec8c407f889"},"author":{"id":"0x1E23b34d3106F0C1c74D17f2Cd0F65cdb039b138"},"language":"en","operator":{"id":"0x1E23b34d3106F0C1c74D17f2Cd0F65cdb039b138"}}