Chain Partners, an enterprise builder focused on building and nurturing blockchain-based companies, has announced that it has completed the investment of ~11M USD on May, 30th. DSC…
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Kakao forms Kakao G, Blockchain holding company
Kakao is set to establish a holding company focused completely on building and enabling Blockchain services, which Kakao envisions as a new growth driver for the company. In addition to…
Deblock wants to support over 300 Blockchain-based startups in Korea
Deblock is a new corporation jointly established by ICON Foundation and AD4th, a AdTech company leveraging Blockchain technology. Deblock will start operations from this month and will…
Lucidity uses blockchain to bring more transparency to online ads
Lucidity is a blockchain-based solution developed by Sam Kim, Korean American founder who previously co-founded and served as COO to Mobile Majority, an adtech company. The CEO Sam Kim…
Fast Five gets a $18M USD investment from Atinum Investment and TimeFolio Asset Management
Announced on February 19th, Fast Five, a workspace-sharing startup, has received total investment of 20 billion Won (~20M USD) from Atinum Investment and Time Folio Asset Management…
Which Korean Startups Earned Gold at 2018 PyeongChang Olympics?
The 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics has officially ended on February 25th. In line with this, many Korean startups partook in the 17-day Pyeongchang Olympic journey, armed with new…
Introduce MEDiHERE, Doctor Review and Recommendation App
MEDiHERE (메디히어), a physician-recommendation application, has been released in the medical app market. MEDiHERE is an app-based service that focuses on providing physician’s…
Urbanbase launches AR-based Home Design App
Urbanbase (CEO Hajin Woo) has launched Urbanbase AR, a home augmented reality (AR) app. This is the first time that a domestic technology platform company, not an interior furniture brand…
10,000 Recipes surpasses 7 million downloads
10,000 Recipes (만개의 레시피), one of the most popular recipe apps in Korea with a database of over 80,000 recipes, has announced that it has exceeded 7 million cumulative app…
Coffee Meets Bagel introduces 8-second ephemeral video feature
Coffee Meets Bagel is one of the most popular U.S-based dating app co-founded by three Kang sisters. Born and raised in Seoul and educated in the United States from high school onward, the…
KT Connects 5G Network, Terminal and Service, the World’s First to Link All Three
KT (Chairman Hwang Chang-kyu) announced on the 27th that it succeeded in linking 5G terminal of Samsung Electronics in compliance with ‘5G standard of Pyeongchang’ to KT’s…
Neofect Launches Rapael Comcog, Smart Cognitive Rehabilitation Solutions
Smart Rehabilitation Solution company NeoFect (네오펙트) announced on October 20th that it launched Rapael ComCog, a software program that enables stroke or dementia patients to play…
WebCash and NH Nonghyup Bank Launch Cloud Branch, Korea’s First Cloud-Based Corporate Financial…
WebCash (CEO Yoon Wan-soo) and NH Nonghyup Bank announced that it will provide cloud-based corporate finance management service (CMS), named ‘Cloud Branch’, to companies for the…
Proof Raises $1.7M in Token Pre-sale
Proof, a decentralized blockchain platform created to transform traditional investments, has successfully raised over $1.7M during its token pre-sale. TaaS (Tokens-as-a-Service) contributed…
Data King Releases BideoMap 2.0, Big Data-based Spatial VR Service
Data King (데이터킹), known for its big data spatial service, released BideoMap 2.0 on October 1st. Proceeding the previous release in last December, this new version incorporates…
Looxid Labs, the only Korean startup to represent at TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield 2017
On September 19th, Looxid Labs(룩시드랩스) presented a VR-backed emotion recognition system using eye-brain interface at TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield 2017 in San…
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Kakao Pay Partners with Show Me the Money 6 to Give Out Prizes
Kakao Pay (CEO Ryu Young Joon) announced on June 30th that it will participate as an official sponsor of Mnet’s popular rapper survival audition show ‘Show Me the Money…
Newsy Stock launches “Gen Expert”, P2P Investment Expert Network Platform
Newsy Stock (뉴지스탁), a Robo Adviser platform, announced on June 23rd that it will soon launch a P2P investment platform service called Zen Expert (젠문가). Zen Expert allows…
Meet Korean Mobile Technology Companies at Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2017
GSMA Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2017 is a fast growing, global industry exhibition that features cutting-edge product, technology and startups. It is quickly gaining reputation as a…
TappyToon, a Korean WebToon Company, Has Ambition to Reach Global Comic Fans
TappyToon (태피툰) is a Korean startup that brings the best new wave of comics and webtoons to the world. The company has recently received an undisclosed investment from BonAngels, an…