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Startups & Investors

October 01, 2019
TagHive wins startup award in India

Edu-tech startup TagHive said on Oct. 1 that it has won the IDA Education Award at DIDAC India, the nation’s largest conference for education and training sources held on Sept. 24-26 in the high-tech...
September 30, 2019
Lotte to create W62.7b fund for startups

Lotte Group announced on Sept. 30 that it has decided to create a fund worth 62.7 billion won ($52.3 million) to support its startup accelerator arm Lotte Accelerator. The group’s eight affiliates, ...
September 24, 2019
Market Kurly shifts to paper packages

Kurly, operator of grocery delivery platform Market Kurly, announced that it has decided to start its “All Paper Challenge” project from Sept. 25 to tackle criticism its packaging is not eco-friendly...
September 24, 2019
What’s at stake for S. Korea to create law for marketplace lending?

South Korea is on the verge of becoming the first country in the world to create laws dedicated to newly emerging alternative financing methods -- peer-to-peer loans and other forms of “marketplace l...
September 20, 2019
[INTERVIEW] Danggeun Market aims to scale up with new funds from Goodwater Capital, Altos Ventures.

South Korean online secondhand marketplace Danggeun Market aims to scale up its business with 40 billion won ($33.49 million) of funding that it secured from a consortium led by Goodwater Capital and...
September 19, 2019
E-mart joins hands with delivery startup Now Pick

E-mart, Korea’s largest discount chain operated by Shinsegae, has joined hands with local startup Now Pick to provide customers round-the-clock delivery service, according to industry sources on Sept...
September 11, 2019
[INTERVIEW] How to ‘backstab’ startups

"Stop, if you have a sense of foreboding,” reads a motto in the office of Veluga Brewery, a Seoul-based startup that was recently forced to shut down its beer subscription box service in South Korea....
September 10, 2019
Uber Eats halts service in S. Korea

Uber Eats, the food delivery business of US-based ride-sharing Uber Technologies, has decded to halt operations in South Korea, the company said on Sept. 10. Its riders were sent an email saying tha...
September 09, 2019
Secondhand marketplace Danggeun raises W40b

South Korean online secondhand marketplace Danggeun Market bagged 40 billion won ($33.49 million) in recent fundraising, the company said Sept. 9. California-based Altos Ventures and Goodwater Capit...
September 06, 2019
Seoul’s test bed policy to open way for tech startups

Experts at the Start-Up Seoul: Tech-Rise 2019 forum on Sept. 6 unanimously underlined the need for stronger support of the local government to help tech firms successfully enter the market During th...
September 06, 2019
Toy’s Myth signs MOU with Thai company at Start-Up Seoul

Korean smart scanner producing startup Toy’s Myth on Sept. 6 signed a memorandum of understanding with Computer Union, an IT affiliate of Thai’s public company Saha Union at the Start-up Seoul: Tech-...
September 06, 2019
Want success? Aim high and be humble: startups experts

At Start-up Seoul: Tech-Rise 2019, the Seoul Municipal Government's first-ever startup event, speakers focused on the need to encourage South Korean pioneers to go global. Off the stage, they shared ...
September 06, 2019
Startup experts suggest ideas to make Seoul more attractive for foreign investors

Startup experts suggested ideas to make Seoul more attractive for foreign investors during the second day of Start-Up Seoul’s round table meeting on Sept. 6. The round table discussion included arou...
September 06, 2019
Maker of headgear with bone conduction tech wins pitching competition

Seojin FNI, a Seoul-based startup that makes headgears with bone conduction technology won a top prize in the hardware startup pitching competition during Start-Up Seoul: Tech Rise 2019 on Sept. 6. ...
September 06, 2019
Toys for elderly picked as most innovative at Seoul’s startup forum

Toys for the elderly invented by a local tech startup were picked as No. 1 at a pitching contest on the second day of Start-up Seoul: Tech-Rise 2019, taking place at Dongdaemun Design Plaza in centra...

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