KOISRA Seed Partners, the first Korea-Israel Seed Fund and Accelerator and Mass Challenge based in Boston with satellites in the UK and Israel, signed on partnership agreement last week in order to develop the Korean-Israel startup eco-system. For the first step of collaboration, KOISRA Seed Partners will help Mass Challenge attract Korean startups to participate in its acceleration program in Israel during July~October 2016. The finalists of the acceleration program will enjoy the global mentoring, office…

  이스라엘 소재 스타트업 뮤직 메신저(Music Messenger)가 3천만 달러(한화 약 322억 원)의 투자를 유치했다. 억만장자의 사업가이자 첼시 FC 구단주 로만 아브라모비츠(Roman Abramovich)가 주도적으로 1,500만 달러의 투자를 이끌었으며, 그 외 데이비드 게타(David Guetta), 티에스토(Tiesto), 윌 아이엠(Will.i.am) 등 유명 아티스트 및 다수 음악업계 관련자들이 투자자로 참여했다. 뮤직메신저는 사용자가 음악 링크를 전송 및 공유할 수 있게 돕는 음악 메신저 앱서비스다. 사용자는 뮤직메신저 앱을 실행시켜 전세계 다양한 장르의 수많은 노래를 검색하여 자신만의 음악 차트와 플레이리스트를 생성하고,…

Rakuten Ventures today announced the launch of a $100M global investment fund. This fund builds on the success of the Southeast Asia fund, which was launched in 2013 and counts Carousell, Visenze, Coda Payments and Send Anywhere among its investment portfolio. The investment in Send Anywhere is Rakuten’s first investment in a company outside South East Asia and their first in a South Korean startup, ESTMob. The new fund will target investments…

This program is dedicated towards helping Korean Startups get global perspective by sponsoring their travel to three major innovation hubs: Singapore, Israel, and Boston. KISED and the SMBA recognize the difficulty of startups going global with their user base and thus have created a fully immersive program to help take their companies to the next level. This six month, fully-sponsored program will include monthly intensive workshops, mentorship training, meetings with funding sources,…