startup leadership risk
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Korean food
Startups spice up Korean food export market
South Korean startups are at the forefront of the Korean food export boom as they boost global awareness of popular dishes such as spicy fermented c...
Feb 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai, KDB launch fund to foster mobility startups
Hyundai Motor Group and Korea Development Bank have decided to create a 74.5 billion won ($67 million) fund to invest in startups that offer future ...
Feb 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
US auto startup set to buy 51% of Ssangyong Motor for $250 mn
HAAH Automotive Holdings Inc., a US automobile distributor, is planning to inject $250 million into South Korea's Ssangyong Motor Co. to take a 51% ...
Jan 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Startup foundation D.CAMP generates $6 bn in economic value
D.CAMP, South Korea's largest non-profit foundation for startups, has generated 6.7 trillion won ($6 billion) in economic value, including 32,523 ...
Jan 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
Naver-invested startups line up for IPOs; market seems welcome
South Korean startups invested in by top online portal Naver Corp. are gearing up for debuts on the local bourse amid expectations of a welcome mark...
Jan 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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CES 2021
K-startup products sweep CES 2021 innovation awards honors
A number of products and technologies of Korean startups have received Innovation Awards honors at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2021, the wor...
Jan 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Satellite launcher startup raises over $7 mn in Series A funding
South Korea's Innospace Co., which develops launch systems to carry small satellites into space, is set to complete its Series A funding round of ...
Jan 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Seoul stock markets brimming with startup IPOs in Jan
Singapore-based biosimilar maker Prestige BioPharma and nine startups are set to make initial public offerings in Seoul to raise at least 640 billio...
Dec 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Interview
D.CAMP eyes tech startups for global expansion
D.CAMP, South Korea's largest non-profit foundation for startups, is on the lookout for domestic tech startups with the potential to go big in glo...
Dec 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Autonomous driving startup 42dot plans Level 4 self-driving in Seoul
42dot, a South Korea-based autonomous driving startup, plans to launch a Level 4 self-driving service in some areas of Seoul next year.The company s...
Dec 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s treasury yields climb on hopes of vaccines, more bond issues
South Korea’s treasury yields are heading higher as advances in vaccine development and concerns over increased government bond sales prompt f...
Dec 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Executive reshuffles
Hyundai Motor Chairman's inner circle promoted to key leadership
Hyundai Motor Group has carried out a massive reshuffling among its key affiliates, with members of Chairman Chung Euisun's inner circle promoted ...
Dec 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Global NAND market in game of chicken as Samsung ups ante
Samsung Electronics Co. is upping the ante to extend its leadership in the memory chip sector with a vow to invest heavily in the NAND business next...
Dec 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Techstars to invest in 30 Korean startups by 2022
Global startup accelerator Techstars plans to invest in 30 startups in South Korea, which has a more mature and open-minded venture capital market c...
Nov 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fund inflows
Global funds flow into S.Korea as investors look to life after COVID-19
An increasing amount of global funds are flowing into South Korea as advances in COVID-19 vaccine development and a weaker dollar boost investors&rs...
Nov 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Fadu, Mobilint emerge as S.Korea's system chip startup dark horses
South Korea's two semiconductor startups, Fadu Inc. and Mobilint, have emerged as the country's system chip industry dark horses as their competitiv...
Nov 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Top Korean travel startup Yanolja taps 2021 IPO managers
South Korea’s largest travel platform Yanolja has mandated Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. and Samsung Securities Co. to handle its initial public offe...
Nov 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean startup to rival Dolby in unconquered 3D audio market
Gaudio Lab Inc., backed by SoftBank Ventures, is throwing down the gauntlet to Dolby Laboratories for the three-dimensional (3D) audio market, for whi...
Nov 12, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung joins Intel, Qualcomm in Israeli startup investment
Samsung Electronics Co., alongside global technology giants Intel Corp. and Qualcomm Inc., has invested in an Israeli tech startup to boost venture ca...
Nov 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Virtual reality
Korean VR startup acquired by Fortnite creator
Hyprsense, a facial motion capture software developer, has been acquired by Epic Games, the creator of international blockbuster game Fortnite, accord...
Oct 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Interview
Korean police fund raises risk appetite for private debt
South Korea’s Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA) has recently selected an opportunistic strategy fund for private debt investment as the $3 bi...
Oct 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chinese startups
SK, KTCU see gains from Chinese startup’s Nasdaq IPO
SK Group and the Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) may walk away with handsome gains from their joint investment of 360 billion won ($314 mil...
Oct 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Interview
KIC CEO to step up startup, ESG investments
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will step up investment in startups and environmental, social and governance (ESG)-themed investment as it aims to ...
Oct 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai’s hydrogen push gains steam under new leadership
Hyundai Motor Co. is taking the lead in the South Korean government drive to push the hydrogen economy as one of the country’s new growth engine...
Oct 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Teachers' Credit Union
Korean teachers' fund pockets sweet returns from US cloud-based platform
The Korean Teachers' Credit Union (KTCU) has secured returns nearly four times its $37.6 million investment in the US cloud-based platform provider El...
Oct 12, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio
Celltrion founder aims to raise $1 bn for healthcare startup from global funds
Seo Jung-jin, founder and chairman of South Korea’s biosimilar maker Celltrion Group, said on Oct. 6 that he is in talks with a number of global...
Oct 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Top Korean travel platform Yanolja to join startups lining up for IPOs
South Korea’s largest travel platform Yanolja is planning to list on the domestic stock market in 2022, paving the way for Singapore’s GIC...
Sep 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor ships fuel cell system to non-automotive European startups
Hyundai Motor Co. has exported its fuel cell system to non-vehicle startups in Europe, expanding its hydrogen business beyond the automobile industry,...
Sep 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
KB Financial's $186 mn VC fund invests $42 mn in Indian startups
KB Financial Group's global venture capital fund, which raised 220 billion won ($185.6 million) last year, has wrapped up its investment of about 50 b...
Sep 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture Capital
Online portal Naver steps up Europe startup investment against US, China
South Korea’s largest internet portal Naver Corp. has committed 110.4 billion won ($93 million) to two Europe-focused startup funds since late l...
Sep 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Hyundai, Waymo forge multi-year, strategic partnership for self-driving vehicles
- 2 AI startup MarqVision raises $16.5 mn to close Series A
- 3 Taihan Cable wins $630 mn power grid project in Singapore
- 4 Korean startup scene is gloomy, say 2 out of 5 startup CEOs
- 5 MBK ups stakes for Korea Zinc to match buyback offer