Antler Malaysia

Frank Kang

Country Head & Associate Partner

A seasoned serial entrepreneur with 17 years of experience. As Country Head and Associate Partner for Antler Malaysia, Frank leads investment strategy and operations for the region. Founded a social networking service at 23 and established one of the largest Twitter directories in Korea. Also founder of LivingSocial and Althea in Malaysia. 

His entrepreneurial journey began when he co-founded a social networking service at the age of 23, for which he secured investment from the Japanese multinational investment holding company, SoftBank. Subsequently, Frank ventured into Silicon Valley to bring Twitter services to Korea. His venture led to the establishment of one of the largest Twitter directories in Korea, with over two million users at the time. Back in Malaysia, Frank acquired the leading e-commerce platform, everyday.com.my (later rebranded to LivingSocial Malaysia), and expanded the team from seven to more than 160 employees. Thereafter, Frank founded Althea, Korea’s premier beauty platform with digitally native vertical brands. Althea managed to raise funds from global institutional investors. 

Prior to his appointment with Antler, Kang was the Venture Partner of Vynn Capital and was an Angel Investor and Advisor.

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