지난 7월 1일, 초기 스타트업 투자사 베이스인베스트먼트는 국내 주요 대학 창업 학회들을 대상으로 오픈 세션을 진행하였다. 이번 세션에는 서울대 학생 벤처 네트워크 ‘SNUSV’, 연고대 연합 실전창업학회 ‘INSIDERS’, 서카포연고 연합 창업학회 ‘FOUNDERS’, 고려대 소프트웨어 창업학회 ‘NEXT’에서 활동 중인 150여명의 학생들이 참여하였으며, 연사로는 베이스인베스트먼트의 신윤호 대표, 토스 공동창업자 출신 이태양 파트너, 왓챠 공동창업자 출신 원지현 어드바이저와 함께 베이스인베스트먼트의 포트폴리오사인 라포랩스 최희민 대표가 나섰다. 이번 행사는 신윤호 베이스인베스트먼트 대표가 150여명의 창업 학회원 앞에서 행사의 취지…

The South Korean National Assembly passed the “Act on Special Measures for the Promotion of Venture Businesses,” allowing unlisted venture companies to issue multiple voting stocks. The legislation, under discussion for over two years, was approved in a plenary session and will be promulgated after a Cabinet meeting’s resolution. When the revised Venture Business Act is implemented, unlisted venture companies will be able to issue multiple voting stocks with up to 10…

Saemin Ahn leads Rakuten Venture’s strategy and investments in South East Asia, Korea and North America. The size of the current fund is $100 million. Saemin previously led a $10 million fund focused on Singapore, Rakuten’s first in the region. I caught up with him in Seoul to find out where his current VC passions are focused. Currently Rakuten Ventures has invested in once Korean startup, file sharing service, ESTMob. On Discovering Startups…

KnowRe, a Korean education technology company with a cloud-based adaptive learning program for secondary mathematics has just secured $6.8 million in a funding round led by Softbank Ventures. KTB Network Co., LTD, Partners Investment, SparkLabs Global Ventures and a number of other investors joined the round. KnowRe launched in March 2014 after a year-long beta period in which the company hosted a successful pilot program involving dozens of middle and high schools in…