https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/09/korean-handmade-goods-marketplace-backpackr-gears-up-to-expand-into-southeast-asia/ > About a decade ago, Donghwan Kim helped his cousin, a ceramist, look for sales channels, like flea markets, to sell his ceramics. But they had a hard time locating a suitable platform, so after about a year, Kim decided to create a marketplace for handmade goods himself in South Korea called Backpackr. > Today, Backpackr, which operates handmade marketplace called idus, has raised a $16 million (20 billion won) extension to its Series C financing, two-and-a-half years after its first Series C, which was $24 million (about 30 billion won).