On March 23rd, Beginmate, a team building platform for startups, announced the official launch of its service. With its launch, Beginmate will be adding onto its existing team building…
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Video Technology Development Company Jocoos Secures $924K in Investment
Video technology development company Jocoos has received an investment of 1 billion Won (approximately 924 thousand Dollars) from KTB Network. The start-up was established by Changhoon…
Kakao Mobility Invests $660 Thousand In Easi6, a Mobility Start-up
Kakao Mobility is investing in a limousine service geared towards tourists visiting Korea. On the 10th, CEO Joohwan Jung announced Kakao Mobility’s investment of approximately $660…
Luxi, a Ride-Sharing App of 4 Million Uses, Prides Being Accident and Crime Free
On January 3, Korea Startup Forum held an info session on shared economy-based traffic service users at the Press Center. The purpose of the session was to investigate the advantages and…
Entcrowd Receives 186K USD In Investments
Entcrowd, a service that notifies users of performances tailored to their individual preferences through Kakaotalk, has attracted investment from public institutions and investment…
HomeSaeng Attracts an Additional 1.85 Million Dollars In Investments… Reaches 5.08 Million Dollars
HomeSaeng of home service app Daeri Jubu has attracted an additional investment of 1.85 million dollars, and investing companies include Korea Investment Partners, KDB Capital, and 2…
Heechan Go Launches its Wedding Platform
On the 15th, Heechan Go announced the launch of its “Heechan Go” service, a O2O wedding platform that links customers with offline wedding companies and provides a virtual reality…
CashFi Sucessfully Attracts Domestic and Foreign Pre-Seed Investment
CashFi, a reward-based global Wi-Fi sharing platform, has attracted (an undisclosed amount of) pre-seed investment from domestic and foreign investors. Investors included Korea’s BigBang…
Kakao Mobility vs. SK Telecom: Traffic Apps War Before Chuseok
With its massive investments, Kakao Mobility has launched five prominent apps that provide taxi, navigation, and other driver-related services. Likewise, SK Telecom has been a provider of…
3.5 Billion Dollar VPA-enabled Wireless Speakers Market Forecasted by 2021
In recent years, virtual personal assistants (VPA)-enabled wireless speakers such as Kakao Mini and Naver Wave have been trending in South Korea. Globally, the VPA-enabled wireless speaker…
VTouch Wins Google’s Machine Learning Challenge 2017
VTouch recently won the Machine Learning Challenge 2017 that was hosted by Google Korea in an effort to raise interest in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. VTouch is a…
DaBeeo Receives 2.5 Billion Won in Investments
DaBeeo (CEO Joo-heum Park), a mapping technology startup, has received 2 billion Won from the Mirae Asset-Naver Fund and 500 million Won from SJ Investment Partners in investments. This…
Finalists for the Future 9 Accelerating Program Announced
The nine finalists of Future 9, an accelerating program jointly run by KB Kookmin Card and ROA Invention Lab, have been announced. The first round consisted of application review, second…
MoneyBrain Secures 500M Won in Funding From Donghoon Investments
On August 14th, MoneyBrain, an artificial intelligence chatbot platform company, announced that it had recently received 500 million Won in investments from Donghoon Investment. Last month…
Shirts Butler Launches on August 12th
Shirts Butler, a provider of high-quality men’s shirts at an affordable price, will officially begin its service on August 12th. Shirts Butler is a total care service that includes shirt…
Hwahae Places First in the Korean Beauty App Category
Hwahae, a cosmetics analysis and review app, overwhelmingly dominated the beauty category for the Korean Android market, according to recent findings by Wise App and App Ape, providers of…
11 Finalists Selected for BIGdata+STARTup
On July 21st, CNT Tech (CEO: Hwasung Jeon) announced its selection of 11 companies for its BIGdata+STARTup, a competition for early start-ups based on data-utilization. The competition…
Aftergrowth Launches Its Beta Version of Disco, A Real Estate Information Provider
Aftergrowth has released its beta version of Disco, a service that provides detailed real estate information and transaction data. The beta version, supported both on the web and mobile…
Start-Up Accelerator Primer Accepting Applicants for Its 12th Enternship
On July 11th, start-up accelerator Primer (CEO Do-Kyun Kwon) will begin accepting applications for its 12th Enternship, an internship for an entrepreneurial or start-up company. Primer is…
2017 Jeju Business Promotion Seminar Seeks to Attract Companies to Jeju
On July 6th, Jeju Province will be holding its 2017 Jeju Business Promotion Seminar at the Gvalley Convention in Guro-gu, Seoul. Succeeding the Pangyo Techno Valley Summit held in April…