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ABOUT
Boilerplate
Korean
스매시 주식회사 (smaxh corp.)는 테니스 매치 앱 ‘스매시(smaxh)’를 운영한다. 2022년 2월 서울에서 창업해 한국 가입자 15만 명을 넘겼고, 2026년 4월 뉴욕에 진출했다. 한국에서는 매치·코트 예약·레슨을, 뉴욕에서는 매치와 단식 리그 NYC OPEN을 운영한다. (2026년 11월 기준)
English
smaxh corp. runs smaxh, a tennis app for finding people to play with. Founded in Seoul in February 2022, smaxh has more than 150,000 members in Korea and launched in New York in April 2026. In Korea, smaxh offers matches, court booking and lessons; in New York, matches and the NYC OPEN singles league. (As of November 2026)
FACTS
Key facts
- Company
- smaxh corp. (스매시 주식회사)
- Founded
- February 2022, Seoul
- CEO
- Owen (Woohyung Seol)
- Headquarters
- 504, 450 Gangnam-daero, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea
- Cities
- Seoul · New York
- Services
- Korea: matches · court booking · lessons
New York: matches · NYC OPEN league - Members
- 150K+ in Korea · 4,400+ in North America (all time)
- Matches
- 500K+ across all cities
- Team
- 9 people (as of Nov 2026)
- Funding
- Pre-Series A (Jul 2024)
- Trademark
- smaxh logo, registered trademark in Korea (No. 40-2610116, Oct 2026)
CEO
Owen (Woohyung Seol) · 설우형
Former Hyundai Motor hybrid and EV engineer. Founded smaxh in February 2022 to link Seoul and New York through tennis.
HISTORY
History at a glance
- 2022
smaxh corp. founded · ‘App of the Day’ on the Korean App Store · Official sponsor of the ATP 250 Korea Open
- 2023
Court booking launched · TEAM X characters · Roland-Garros campaign with tvN · FILA campaign · Opened smaxh zone, an indoor tennis academy
- 2024
Roland-Garros viewing party · College smaxh crews · Pre-Series A funding
- 2025
smaxh crew · Started building X-Vision
- 2026
New York launch · Lessons · W Concept SoHo pop-up · smaxh trademark registered · NYC OPEN singles league