MENLO PARK, California – November 7 , 2017 – Chatgrid, a startup that aims to transform businesses-to-customer communications, has announced the launch of the META Smart Contact…
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SOSLAB, Chosen As The “First Penguin” Corporation From KODIT
SOSLAB, a manufacturer of LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), key sensor technology of self-driving cars, was chosen as the “first penguin” corporation and will receive 1…
Anritsu MT8821C as the industry’s first platform for 6CA max throughput test with Samsung…
Anritsu and Samsung Electronics have been collaborating on LTE / LTE-A heretofore. We jointly conducted a connection verification using Samsung’s LTE modem and MT8821C Radio Communication…
Bespin Global Raises $15 Million in Series A Funding Led by Legend Capital
Bespin Global, a Seoul and Beijing based cloud IT solutions company, announced that it completed a $15 million Series A round of financing. Legend Capital led the round and Joon Sung Park…
Download Mojito and Learn English While Online Chatting
AMBUS, INC. (CEO: Kiwoon Na) officially announced on July 17th the launching of Mojito, an online chatting application with a new concept of “audible” chatting that aims to help users…
Naver Officially Launches Papago, Expands Up To 5000 Characters
Naver Inc. (CEO: Seungsook Han) officially released its AI-based translation service Papago. Compared to its beta version, the newly launched, official version can translate up to 5000…
Yanolja SmartFront Receives IoT Innovation Award 2017
O2O accommodation company Yanolja (CEO: Sujin Lee) became the first startup to win the grand prize from the IoT Innovation Award 2017 for its SMART FRONT. Hosted by KIPFA (Korea Internet…
Application Open For Startup Campus Food & Tech Lab
Startup incubator Startup Campus (Dean: Beomsoo Kim, CEO: Injeong Hur) is hosting Food & Tech Lab for youths interested in the food business industry. Startup Campus helps young…
MCN Creator Coloring App Sandbox Color Popular Among Teenagers
Sandbox Network officially launched its coloring app ‘Sandbox Color’ on Google Play Store. Sandbox Color is a coloring application where users can paint Sandbox Network characters…
Salad Delivery Startup ‘Freshcode’ Cooperates With Ewha Womans University To Develop New Items
Foodtech startup FRESHCODE is the first Korean startup that allows customers to order salad online and pick up their order from selected locations. Recently, FRESHCODE cooperated with Ewha…
PiQuant wins the Most Innovative Startup from Seedstars World Competition
Last April, Seedstars hosted the global startup competition Seedstars World at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne, Switzerland. After travelling to 65 different countries to find…
FastFive Opens Seolleung Branch And Plans To Expand To 13 Branches This Year
Coworking office space company, Fastfive (Cofounder: Jiwoong Park, Daeil Kim), opened its Seolleung branch in Gangnam, Seoul. The new Seolleung branch offers approximately 2,000㎡ space…
Google Campus Seoul Chooses 6 Startups for Its Campus Residency Program
Google Campus Seoul finalized 6 startups for its Campus Residency to help them with entry to global market. The 6 chosen startups are Gomilabs (pet-care platform), Lablup Inc (machine…
Jeju Island Promotes Smart Tourism By Fostering Growth of Startups
Jeju Innovation Hub (Director: Junghwan Jeon) is hosting the “Jeju Smart Tourism Contest” (2017 Jeju Smart Tourism Business) as a plan to establish the island’s smart tourism…
Talent Sharing Platform ‘Taling’ Wins D.DAY
Taling (CEO: Yoonhwan Kim) won April D.DAY hosted by D.CAMP (Banks Foundation for Young Entrepreneurs) on April 27th. Taling is a startup that provides online talent sharing service among…
Kakao Hosts Jeju Machine Learning Camp 2017 In Jeju To Vitalize AI Research
On April 14th, Kakao announced that it will host ‘Machine Learning Camp 2017 – Jeju’ with TensorFlow Korean Users Association to promote AI technology. The camp will be held in…
AI Education Startup ‘Elice” Launches Live-Streaming Coding Education Platform.
AI education platform, Elice (CEO: Jaewon Kim), announced on April 5th its launch of live-streaming coding lectures service. Elice, founded by KAIST computer science AI researchers, has…
DOT, the developer of the first braille smartwatch wins the SLUSH Tokyo 2017 Pitching Contest
A korean startup, DOT, became the final winner of SLUSH Tokyo 2017 Pitching Contest that took place in Tokyo Big Sight (also known as Tokyo International Exhibition center) from March 29th…
Naver invests $88 million in YG Entertainment to develop global entertainment content
Naver Corp., (CEO: Seongsook Han) announced that the company will be investing $88 million in YG Entertainment (CEO: MinSeok Yang) to foster the growth of Korean content and promote…
KakaoPay Launches New service “Transfer to Bank”
KakaoPay announced the release of its mobile money transfer app’s new features and its expanded partnerships with several more financial institutions in to provide a more convenient…