Startup Alliance hosted its first “Teheranno Funding Club” event and provided opportunities to introduce exemplary Korean venture capital firms to startup investors on February 1st…
First Question to Ask a Chinese Investor
On February 28th, the first session of “Uprise Global Startup Forum: China” was held in Dongdaemun DDP to share the…
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2017 Startup Intern now accepting applicants
Korea’s Small and Medium Business Administration (“SMBA”) is inviting applicants for interns and startup companies for its…
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Naver Establishes a Small Business and Creator Base in Busan
Naver (CEO, Han Sung-Sook) plans to open Partner Square, an offline base supporting the initiation and growth of small…
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Startup’s Foray into bike-sharing culture near Han River
The only way to ride a bike in Han-River Park was to go to a bike-rental shop iunless people brought their own. Now anyone can…
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Will Korea’s “Cloud” Market Grow?
The hype around cloud computing continues to build up and open many Korean companies’ doors. As more companies, both small and large, realize that cloud computing is the vehicle to…
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…
Student-run IT Conference BCON To Be Held on the 11th
On February 11th at 1pm, BCON, a free non-profit IT conference, will be held in Hyesung Building’s Tips Hall in Gangnam. A group of college students united this year under the slogan…
Hyundai Card Meets Startup Space, “Studio Black”
Hyundai Card recently opened its new co-working space, Studio Black, in the Gangnam District. As a corporation that prides itself for its design management business model, Studio Black has…
Line’s B612 reached over 300 million downloads
Line Corp just announced that their camera application B612 reached over 300 million downloads. The number of Monthly Activated Users (MAU) has exceeded 100 million. These results have…
Finding your co-founder in Korea
“My startup could not grow because I couldn’t find a talent” A startup founder shared his struggle in recruiting top talents in Korea. His startup’s service was experiencing an…
Handcrafted Goods Marketplace Idus Exceeds Total Sales of 20 Billion KRW
BackPackr Inc. (CEO: DongHwan Kim), a management company for the handcrafted product marketplace called idus, announced that the company’s total sales exceeded 20 billion KRW in just 6…
Nearly 100% Of Households In South Korea Now Have Internet Access, Thanks To Seniors
South Korea continues its mind-blowing internet penetration as nearly every household in the country is now on the web. That’s apparently thanks to both ends of the age spectrum getting…
Navigate Through Lunar New Year
Many of us have witnessed Lunar New Year over the weekend. While many people think that celebrating Lunar New Year is a Chinese tradition, it is actually honored by many countries in Asia…