corporate startup partership
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Venture capital
Lotte to open Silicon Valley corporate venture capital unit
Lotte Group, a South Korean retail-to-chemical conglomerate, is set to launch a corporate venture capital (CVC) business in Silicon Valley, the glob...
May 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korean startup Drama & Company introduces AI talent recruiter
Drama & Company, the developer of South Korea’s popular cloud-based business card management app Remember, is readying its next business w...
May 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
GoodGang Labs attracts $2 mn from Kakao Investment
South Korea's GoodGang Labs, a startup focused on developing a 3D avatar-based communication platform, announced on Thursday that it has secured an ...
May 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Neurophet strives to be first mover in fight against Alzheimer’s
Neurophet Inc., a South Korean startup developing artificial intelligence-powered medical solutions for brain diseases, is striving to make a breakt...
May 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
Innocean joins top 10 brand marketing agencies in India
Innocean, a Hyundai Motor Group-affiliated advertising agency, announced on Wednesday that its Indian corporation has joined top 10 of local brand m...
May 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Music copyright trading platform Musicow attracts $46 mn from STIC
Musicow Inc. has garnered an additional 60 billion won ($45.8 million) from Seoul-based venture capital and private equity firm STIC Investments Inc...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Kolon Industries to develop biodegradable plastics
Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean chemical and textile manufacturer, is embarking on the development of biodegradable plastics using food wast...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion Healthcare launches Remsima SC in Brazil
South Korean biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Healthcare Co. revealed on Monday its introduction of Remsima SC, a treatment for autoimmune diseas...
May 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korean AI chip developer DeepX ready to take on Nvidia: CEO
Demand for artificial intelligence microprocessors is set to grow astronomically as electronics and cars are becoming smarter, said DeepX chief, add...
May 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korean institutions eye investment in OpenAI at $40 bn valuation
OpenAI, the world’s most well-known artificial intelligence lab, is tapping South Korean institutional investors for investment at an estimate...
May 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
S.Korea’s popular donut brand Knotted to enter US market
South Korean lifestyle hospitality startup Good Food For Good (GFFG) announced on Wednesday a strategic plan called "New GFFG 2.0." The plan aims to...
May 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Mirae Asset Securities acquires European ETF market maker GHCO
Mirae Asset Securities UK, the UK corporation of South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities, announced on Monday that it has acquired GHCO, a market-makin...
May 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean SMEs
S.Korea to launch first cyber office for small, medium businesses
South Korea's Minister of SMEs and Startups Lee Young on Monday said the country will launch its 18th office for small and medium enterprises (SME) ...
May 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
K-Bio Lab Hub, Japan's iPark to jointly support bio startups
South Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced on Friday that it has reached the previous day an agreement with Japan's iPark Institute duri...
May 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
S.Korea advised to slash corporate inheritance tax to 30%
South Korean entrepreneurs are imposed heavy inheritance taxes of up to 60% to hand down wealth to their children, the highest level among Organizat...
May 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
LS Electric targets Southeast Asian microgrid market
South Korea's LS Electric Co. will join hands with Thailand's second-largest company Siam Cement Group (SCG) to target the Southeast Asian market fo...
May 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
S.Korean kitchen robot startup Wave attracts $3 mn investment
South Korea's kitchen robot startup Wave Lifestyle Technologies announced on Tuesday that it has raised a Series A1 investment of 4 billion won ($3 ...
May 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korean startups eye on Southeast Asia as promising market
SINGAPORE - Southeast Asia with a youth population constituting about one-third of the region’s total population and surging internet penetrat...
May 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korean AI developers scurry to jump on generative AI bandwagon
AlphaGo was behind the first artificial intelligence shock in South Korea after its landslide victory in a Go match against the country’s lege...
May 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korea's Upstage to add AI chatbot AskUp to Japanese messaging app Line
South Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) tech company Upstage on Friday said it will install its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot AskUp on the...
May 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korean retail investors net buy bonds at record $3.2 bn in April
South Korean individual investors flocked to the bond market with net purchases of 4.25 trillion won ($3.2 billion) in April, the highest record on ...
May 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Asleep forms partnership with National Sleep Foundation of US
South Korea's sleep technology startup Asleep, which was part of an economic delegation accompanying President Yoon Suk Yeol's recent state visit to...
May 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
BIND wins D.Camp startup pitch race in April, co-sponsored by CJ
BIND Corp. was chosen by investors as the best of the best for its online fashion platform for middle-aged men during South Korea’s major star...
Apr 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korea to support exports of 100 SMEs in metaverse, XR industry
South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT announced on Thursday that it will support the export of 100 small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in...
Apr 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korea, UL Solutions sign agreement for supporting domestic startups
The South Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced on Thursday that it has signed a business agreement with global certification agency UL Sol...
Apr 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
S.Korea’s SoluM joins Vietnam's largest EV charging project
SoluM Co., a South Korean mid-sized electronic component maker, said on Wednesday that it signed an agreement with PetroVietnam Power Corporation, a...
Apr 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Kolon Industries to move into secondary battery recycling market
Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean chemical and textile manufacturing company, is entering the secondary battery recycling market. The company an...
Apr 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
CG Bio establishes US corporation to develop tissue products
South Korean bio-regenerative medical firm CG Bio has launched a new US corporation CG MedTech, to focus on the development and marketing of tissue ...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Aerospace invests in Israeli startup with anti-jamming tech
South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. has invested in an Israeli start-up possessing anti-jamming technology to prevent interference in global position...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Upstage beats Amazon, Nvidia to rank first in global AI competition
South Korea’s artificial intelligence startup Upstage on Monday said it ranked first in four categories at the International Association for P...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)