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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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…
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…
Rise of the Co-Shopping Space
Store space-sharing startup, My Shop On Shop, recently raised investment (amount undisclosed) from Seoul Business Agency. My Shop On Shop allows store owners to share space. A business…
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…
The Launch of MAEMI, An SNS App for Neighborhood Fact-based Story Sharing
On June 20th, start-up MAEMI announced the launch of its social networking service app that allows users to easily share fact-focused stories of their neighborhoods. Whereas Twitter…
Seoul’s new residential coworking space now accepting applicants
Seoul is opening a residential coworking space for young entrepreneurs and is accepting applications for it until June 30th. The entrepreneurial space can accommodate up to 20 people from 8…
ZIGZAG, Female Fashion Compilation Service, Reaches 7 Million Downloads
On June 13th, ZIGZAG’s parent company Croquis Inc. (CEO: Jung-hoon Seo) announced that it had reached 7 million cases of app downloads. Having recorded 3 million downloads within one year…
Neofect Donates RAPAEL Smart Glove to Welfare Institute for Disabled in Busan
On June 2nd, Neofect, a smart rehabilitation solution startup, announced that it had donated ‘RAPAEL Smart Glove,’ one of its rehabilitation training medical device for stroke patients…
Young Innovators Talk at Jeju National University!
The Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPI) will be hosting its fourth Young Innovators Talk series on June 2nd at Jeju National University’s Ara Campus. This event will…
Neofect releases RAPAEL Smart Board, a Device to Assist Upper Extremity Rehabilitation for Stroke…
Neofect, a smart rehabilitation solution startup, announced on May 30th that it has released RAPAEL Smart Board, an upper extremity rehabilitation training medical device for stroke…
What Lies Ahead 4 Years From Now (4YFN), MWC Shanghai 2017
GSMA’s sixth annual event, Mobile World Congress Shanghai, will be held in Shanghai from June 28th to July 1st. There will be 650+ exhibitors, and 65,000+ attendees to showcase and…
Another Step by Tutoring to Become a Global Language Education Company
On May 16th, Tutoring, a mobile on-demand education platform, successfully attracted 715 thousand USD worth of strategic investment from Big Basin Capital, a venture capital firm based in…
Allb Represents South Korea in Hardware Cup 2017 International Finals
On April 19th, twelve early-stage hardware startups from across the globe came to Pittsburgh to compete for the $50,000 Starbot Grand Prize Investment at the AlphaLab Gear National Hardware…
Yello Mobile’s Significant Growth In Sales (442.8 billion won in 2016)
On the 14th, Yello Mobile (CEO Sang Hyuk Lee) announced its 2016 sales to be 442.8 billion won. Despite the absence of additional mergers and acquisitions in 2016 and the separation of 14…