Start-Up (Season 1)

Start-Up (스타트업, 2020) is a Korean romantic drama you can watch online on iFILM, set inside a fictional Seoul tech incubator called Sandbox where young founders fight for funding, mentorship and a shot at building something real. Bae Suzy plays Seo Dal-mi, a sharp but credentialless young woman determined to launch her own company despite having neither a degree nor family connections in the industry.

Two men orbit her story. Nam Do-san (Nam Joo-hyuk) is a gifted but awkward programmer whose name ended up in letters Dal-mi treasures from childhood — letters he didn't actually write. Han Ji-pyeong (Kim Seon-ho) is the composed venture investor who knows the truth and has kept it hidden for years. The series runs 16 episodes and weaves the professional and personal together tightly enough that the business stakes feel as charged as the romantic ones.

Kim Hye-suk brings quiet authority to the role of Dal-mi's grandmother. This is the kind of K-drama that works on both levels — startup culture handled with enough realism to be interesting, romance handled with enough restraint to be earned. Stream Start-Up (2020) online on iFILM.