Invite-only · AI founders' club

For operators changing
their companies with AI —
a private members' club

Founders who have built results through revenue, funding, and company sales meet creators who have grown their own brands. Members share how they apply AI to management and daily work, and find the people and opportunities that grow their businesses.

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Admission

Vetted · invite-only

Events

Monthly — seminars · retreats

Home base

Narrative Lounge

Hosts

Narrative · Rocketpunch

Why now

Plenty of companies adopt AI.
Turning it into results is another matter.

Subscribing to AI tools does not change how a company works. You still have to decide which tasks to apply them to, where human judgment stops, and how to run all of it inside an organization.

At Narrative Club, founders and creators who have already grown a business share what happened when they applied AI. Monthly seminars and adoption advisory help each member find what fits their own company, and members-only gatherings turn into new customers and collaborations.

Who the club is for

The more market experience in the room, the more specific the conversations — and the more often they turn into business. We invite active CEOs and creators who meet at least one of the criteria below, after a review.

Annual revenue

₩2B+

Active CEO of a business with ₩2B or more in annual revenue

Total funding raised

₩2B+

Active CEO running a company that has raised ₩2B or more from institutional investors

Exit experience

₩5B+

Founder who has sold a company at a valuation of ₩5B or more

Followers

100K+

Creator with 100K+ followers who runs their own channel and brand as a business

Meet at least oneActive CEOs · creatorsApplication · verification · founder interview

Member benefits

Narrative Lounge Seongsu, open 24/7, is the home base, with partner venues in Gangnam and Apgujeong matched to how you plan to use them. The Seongsu Clubhouse next to Seoul Forest is being prepared to bring a café and bar, event hall, coworking space and meeting rooms, and a wellness floor with an open-air terrace and cold plunge into one building.

AI seminars and adoption advisory, customer discovery, investor introductions and members-only events are part of the membership too.

Space

Narrative Lounge Seongsu, open 24/7 (except during occasional closures for private events)
Drop in and work — treat it like your own coworking space
Lounge coffee, always on
Event space for 50 — team workshops · investor pitches
Seongsu Clubhouse — café · bar · event hall · coworking · 4F wellness lounge (in preparation)
Partner spaces in Gangnam & Apgujeong — venues matched to your event or meeting
60% off FastFive space rental — meeting and seminar rooms across Korea's business districts

Growth & Sales

Monthly email and message outreach to 100 prospects, in Korea and abroad, matched to your product or service
Introductions to contacts at global companies and support reaching prospects
B2B conversations and customer introductions through the Rocketpunch client network
Rocketpunch hiring support — priority job listings and candidate discovery
One month of the Rocketpunch Growth plan (priority exposure · verified badge · ad credits)

AI Capability

Hands-on AI seminars, at least once a month
Claude Code · Codex · Grok — putting AI tools to work
Applied to marketing, sales, content, and operations
AI adoption advisory and build support, tailored to your company's work

Credits & Tools

$10,000 in OpenAI API credits
ChatGPT Business with Codex, 10 seats for 3 months
Notion Business, 6 months for up to 99 seats
One month of SalesClue Pro, free
One month of Manyfast Pro, free
One free Tanagement strengths report

Community

Introductions to the right members — made by the club team
Members-only events, all year round
Priority access to Rocketpunch-hosted events
Circles: running · sauna · wine · fine dining · investing · book club
Guest speakers — founders · experts · investors

Capital & Network

Quarterly investor introductions and a members-only demo day
M&A & exit advisory connections
Monthly office hours — industry experts · founders · investors
Partnership connections across 30+ portfolio companies and the global network

The Lounge

Where members work and meet —
Narrative Lounge, open 24/7

Narrative Lounge Seongsu is open seven days a week, around the clock. Work through the day, meet members in the evening, and host team workshops or investor events for up to 50 people.

Because there is a place to run into each other often and talk at length, relationships go further than an exchange of business cards.

Open 24/7

The Clubhouse

From work to wellness to
evening gatherings — members only

The standalone building next to Seoul Forest will hold a café and bar, an event hall, coworking space and meeting rooms. The entire fourth floor runs as a members-only wellness space with an open-air terrace and a cold plunge.

Work and take meetings by day, then join seminars and member socials in the evening — the home of Narrative Club.

In preparation · members hear the schedule first

The clubhouse at dusk from the fourth-floor terrace, with the Seoul skyline beyond

Rooftop

Rooftop terrace

An open-air lounge for barbecues and small meetups, with views of Seoul Forest and Namsan.

4F Members only

Wellness lounge · terrace

Lounge, open-air terrace and cold plunge. The floor you come up to when it's time to cool down.

Narrative office

The club's operating team is based here.

Lounge · coworking

Two meeting rooms. Window-side focus seats, collaboration tables and a sofa lounge.

Café · bar · terrace

A café by day, a bar by night. Folding doors open straight onto the terrace.

Café · bar · event hall

A flexible hall that reconfigures for seminars, demo days and parties.

Fourth-floor interior — floor-to-ceiling glass opening onto the terrace and Seongsu beyond

The Seoul skyline at dusk, seen from the rooftop

Fourth-floor terrace and glass · rooftop — all as the building stands today, before fit-out

Beyond Seongsu — Gangnam & Apgujeong

Depending on the purpose of a gathering and who is attending, we also connect partner venues in Gangnam and Apgujeong — so you can pick a place that matches the size and intent of the meeting rather than staying in Seongsu.

A Narrative-hosted global community event at a private lounge in Apgujeong

Private lounge, Apgujeong — a Narrative-hosted global community event

LED-wall stage at a Gangnam partner venue

Gangnam partner venue — home to founder meetups and community events

Members only —
seminars, dinners, socials, global retreats

Monthly AI seminars, office hours and Founder × Creator Night are held for members only. Over food and wine, at global meetups and retreats, conversations run longer and members get to know each other's businesses and interests. What starts there can turn into joint projects, customer introductions and new partnerships.

Founders and creators gathered at the lounge

Monthly Social

Founder × Creator Night

Founders who have grown a business meet creators running their own channels, and find joint projects and new customers.

AI Seminar

Monthly AI seminar

How to apply Claude Code, AI agents and other new tools to marketing, sales and operations.

Gastronomy

Food and wine, in nature

Open-fire cooking and wine in a hanok courtyard. The evening where work talk turns into life talk.

Global founders gathered at sunset on the beach

Global Meetup

Global meetups

In the cities hosting the world's biggest conferences, we gather with local builders and founders.

Retreat

Global retreats

Retreats where you spend whole days with founders from around the world.

Sharing what we learned
investing, acquiring and operating

Narrative is a holding company that has invested in 30+ startups and acquired and operated Rocketpunch, Tanagement, and SalesClue. Drawing on what we learned investing, acquiring and running these businesses, we introduce members to the investors, experts and business partners they need.

Trusted by Our Investors

Investment & Acquisition Portfolio

Companies Narrative has invested in or acquired · 30+ startups

The people in the room

The founders, investors and advisors behind Narrative take part in seminars and office hours. Members hear how they built their businesses, and when investment or a partnership is needed, get introduced to the right person to talk to.

Host

Ingi Kim김인기

CEO — Narrative · Rocketpunch · CodeStates

Club host. Drawing on a career spanning founding, acquisitions, and investing, he personally reviews every member and meets members at monthly office hours.

Simon Seojoon Kim

Founder & CEO, Hashed

Manho Cho

Founder & CEO, Musinsa

Dokyun Kwon

Founder & CEO, Primer

Kihong Bae

Founder & CEO, Strong Ventures

Sungjae Hwang

CEO, XYZ

Sanghun Kim

Board member, CashNote · former CEO, NAVER

YangDding

Creator (1.6M+ subscribers) · Founder, Ureun

And More

CNT Tech · Yookyung PSG Asset Management · Seoul Business Agency

Backing Narrative as institutional investors

Narrative's investors and advisors. Members meet them at seminars, office hours, and through intros.

Putting the Narrative and
Rocketpunch networks to work

Running CodeStates, Rocketpunch and Tanagement, Narrative has won enterprises, financial institutions, universities and public agencies as clients. We use that sales experience and client network to reach 100 prospects matched to each member's product every month, and to support B2B conversations and customer introductions.

CodeStates

DT/AI education — enterprise, finance, university & public-sector clientsSwipe →

Rocketpunch

Business network — enterprise clients & partnersSwipe →

Tanagement

Strengths-based people analytics clientsSwipe →

We support members past the point of finding prospects, through to starting real conversations.

Companies we've hosted

Companies whose founders and experts have joined events hosted by Rocketpunch and Narrative.

The Next Chapter

Starting in Seoul, expanding into
a global founder network

Narrative Club works with startup communities in Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, the U.S., France and Taiwan. Global meetups and retreats are where members meet local founders and find the chance to reach customers and partners abroad.

Seoul · Now TokyoSingaporeHanoi San FranciscoParisTaipei

Membership

₩2M/ year

Every benefit above, included · about US$1,500

Founding member benefit — your joining price applies for as long as your membership continues.

One good connection can be worth more than the annual fee.

Monthly outreach to 100 prospects, AI adoption advisory, hiring and investor introductions, and access to the Seongsu lounge and clubhouse are all included in the annual fee. But the greatest value of this club is its people — a single meeting can be where a new contract, hire, investment or collaboration begins.

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30-day money-back guarantee. Take 30 days to experience the lounge, the seminars and the community for yourself. If the membership isn't right for you, we'll refund you in full.

Apply

Good members make a good club. We welcome people who can share their experience and opportunities, through an application, verification and a founder interview.

Application

Tell us about your company, your qualifications, the business you run today, and why you want to join. It takes about five minutes.

Verification

We confirm the revenue, funding, company-sale or follower criteria from the materials you submit.

Founder interview

You talk through your business experience and why you want to join with Narrative's leadership, and we let you know the final decision.

Apply for Narrative Club →

A good connection doesn't end at the introduction. Someone you meet at the club can become a colleague on your next project, a new customer, or a business partner. Questions: communication@narrative.im

Frequently asked questions

What are the admission criteria?

Active CEOs and creators who meet at least one of these can apply: ₩2B+ in annual revenue, ₩2B+ in total funding raised, an exit at a valuation of ₩5B or more, or 100K+ followers. We let you know the outcome after an application, verification and a founder interview.

Can I get a refund if it's not for me?

Yes. Take 30 days after joining to experience the lounge, the seminars and the community for yourself. If the membership isn't right for you, we'll refund you in full.

Does ₩2M a year really include every benefit?

Lounge access, seminars, community, and the credit & tool support listed above are all included. Some partner credits (OpenAI, Notion, and others) depend on each program's eligibility requirements and availability. A few larger events, like global retreats, are billed at cost — Narrative Club doesn't make a profit on events.

Is it okay if I'm new to AI?

Yes. Monthly hands-on seminars and adoption advisory support you from the first steps of applying AI to your company's work. Members already using AI share how they applied it and learn how other companies run it.

Is it worth it if I'm not in Seoul?

Even if you can't use the Seongsu lounge often, you can join online seminars and member gatherings. Global meetups and retreats are announced separately, with their own schedules and participation terms.

For operators changingtheir companies with AI —a private members' club