A global startup accelerator SparkLabs established ‘SparkLabs Ventures,’ its newest venture capital (VC), announcing the beginning of full-scale startup investment with an opening…
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Kakao holds its new ‘Kakao Code Festival’
Kakao (CEO Lim Ji Hoon) has opened registration for its new programming competition, “Kako Code Festival.” Kakao code festival is an event for any graduate and undergraduate…
NewCities Summit 2017 Held in Songdo to Improve Life in Cities
NewCities, an international non-profit organization, was found by John Rossant in 2010 to improve life in cities by making them more inclusive, connected, healthy and vibrant. Focusing on…
Naver holds Naver Engineering Day 2017
Naver held Naver Engineering Day 2017, an internal technology showcase program, at its headquarters from April 20th to 21st. Naver Engineering Day is an internal debut program designed for…
Asan Nanum Foundation partners with Airbnb to help startups expand abroad
Asan Nanum Foundation (아산나눔재단), in partnership with Airbnb (에어비앤비), announced to aid startups preparing for overseas expansion. The partnership will provide lodging…
Interior Brothers: the quickest way to find professional interior designers
Interior Brothers announced the release of “Brother’s Concierge,” a service providing free professional interior portfolio recommendations. Brother’s Concierge recommends twelve…
All-in-one mobile messenger startup, Twinny acquires 300 million Won investment
Founded on September 2015, Twinny Inc (CEO Young Suk Chun, Hong Suk Chun), an IT startup and the provider of the all-in-one mobile messenger MoiGo, received 300 million won from KITE…
ODDM launches Premarket, a new product marketing platform
ODDM CEO Park Moo Soon announced the launch of a pre-marketing platform service, “Premarket,” providing new product information and benefits before product launch. By noting that…
Healthcare startup Humanscape acquires seed investment from Mashup Angels
Humanscape (CEO Jang Min Hoo), a healthcare startup providing mobile concierge solutions to beauty care clinics, acquired an undisclosed amount of seed investment from Mashup Angels (CEO…
Accelerator Mashupangels Holds Its 6th Mashup Day
On February 16th, Mashupangels, an early startup angel network and accelerator established in November 2014, hosted its demo day called “Mashup Day,” at Teheranno Startup…
ATCARTA Reaches Semifinals of IBM’s Startup Bootcamp, SmartCamp
Jang Hwa Jin, IBM Korea’s general manager, announced that Korean startup ATCARTA has been selected for the semi-finals of the IBM’s start-up bootcamp, SmartCamp. ATCARTA utilizes 3D…
Pinkfong Word Power, Best App To Teach Children English!
Company Smartstudy announced a global release of Pinkfong! Word Power, an English education app for children to learn English words in a fun and easy way. Following Pinkfong! ABC…
This startup creates a bridge between companies and headhunters
Success of headhunting depends on the ability of an individual headhunter rather than that of a search firm (headhunting company). Therefore, corporate recruiters had a need to find…
AdAlarm Allows Users to Wake Up and Make Money
On January 18th, BDC Factory Inc. announced the launch of AdAlarm, a reward alarm application. AdAlarm is a “typing alarm mission” service requiring users to type a certain sentence…