스타트업 액셀러레이터 (주)스파크랩(대표 김유진)이 치매 환자 데이터를 기반으로 돌봄·관리 서비스를 제공하는 ‘다시봄’의 운영사 (주)스프링어게인(대표 주이나)에 투자했다고 14일 밝혔다. 시니어 테크 스타트업 스프링어게인은 주이나 대표가 치매 가족을 돌보던 어머니의 건강이 악화됐던 경험에서 ‘다시봄’을 착안했다. 다시봄은 지난해 11월 CBT(베타 테스트)를 거쳐 올해 4월 안드로이드 앱을 정식 출시했고 최근 장기요양기관 종사자의 업무 및 소통 효율을 제고시켜 주는 비서 서비스를 선보이며 B2B로 사업 영역을 확장했다. 스프링어게인은 치매 가족을 돌본 경험 있는 개발자와 서비스 기획 전문가들이 모여…

The Seoul Global Startup Center (SGSC) hosted Demo Day for global startups was successfully made available to online audiences on December 29th. The event, organized by SGSC, established by the Seoul Metropolitan Government in co-operation with N15 Co., Ltd. (N15, Co-Founder Jea Huh, Sunjong Ryu), and WeWorkLabs Korea was held December 23rd at Daewon Media Hall located in Yongsan I-Park Mall. Following the precautionary measures and guidelines of COVID19, Demo Day had been hosted…

서울글로벌창업센터 ‘2020 SGSC 데모데이’ 성료, 우수 기업은 다모고, 아폴로 에듀 테크, 오이스터 에이블 서울글로벌창업센터(Seoul Global Startup Center)가 ‘2020 SGSC 데모데이’를 성공적으로 마쳤다. 오늘 넥스트유니콘 홈페이지를 통해 공개된 2020 SGSC 데모데이는 비대면으로 사회적 지침을 준수해 23일 용산 아이파크몰 대원미디어홀에서 진행되었다. 이번 데모데이에는 서울글로벌창업센터 1~4기 졸업 기업 및 5기 입주 기업 중 1차 서류 심사를 통해 선발된 10개 스타트업이 참여했으며, 국내외 벤처 투자사 대표 및 투자 담당자 10인의 심사를 통해서 3개 우수 기업을 선발했다….

COVID-19 pandemic might have stalled the world’s major events, but it has not stopped the Korean startup ecosystem to demonstrate its technical prowess by converting offline events to the virtual platform. As the year 2020 ends in unprecedented times and there is a beginning of the new Post-COVID-19 Era, SGSC takes the lead on a 100% UNTACT Demo Day to be virtually available on December 29th.  The 2020 SGSC Demo Day for…

서울글로벌창업센터, 스타트업 해외 진출을 위한 ‘2020 SGSC 데모데이’ 23일 온라인 개최, 29일 공개 서울글로벌창업센터가 ‘2020 SGSC 데모데이’를 23일 용산 아이파크몰 대원미디어홀에서 진행했다. 서울시가 설립하고 ㈜엔피프틴(N15, 공동대표 류선종, 허제)과 위워크랩스(WeWork Labs)가 공동으로 운영하는 서울글로벌창업센터(Seoul Global Startup Center)는 스타트업의 IR 피칭 및 네트워킹 지원을 위한 행사를 매년 개최하고 있으며 올해부터는 입주기업의 투자를 유치하고 국내·외의 벤처캐피탈(VC)과의 연결을 확대하기 위해 SGSC 데모데이를 개최했다. 이번 2020 SGSC 데모데이에는 서울글로벌창업센터 1~4기 졸업 기업 및 5기 입주 기업 중…

South Korea opened its largest startup complex near Seoul on Tuesday as part of its efforts to boost promising local startups and attract foreign companies. The “startup campus” in Pangyo, just south of Seoul, is designed to nurture more than 200 startups, offering workspace and consulting services for capital funding, according to the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning. They include the Yozma Group, an Israel-based global venture capital firm, and TEDCO,…

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…

At today’s fourth game in the Google DeepMind Challenge Match, the best Go player of the last decade, Lee Sedol, came back from three consecutive losses to beat the Go-playing computer program, AlphaGo. Playing as white, Lee won when AlphaGo resigned after 180 moves. Reporters gave Lee Sedol a standing ovation as he entered the press conference. Lee commented, “I’ve never been congratulated so much just for winning a single game. I…

Huge institutions, archaic systems and lots of money at stake. These are the conditions that have brought tech entrepreneurs to the wildly exciting and growing arena of financial tech.Both venture capitalists and Wall Street are rushing into the space, investing $10.5 billion in fintech startups during the first nine months of 2015, up from $3.9 billion in the same period last year. and For Korea, If the government were willing to lower barriers…

Stripes, an O2O startup offering tailored men’s fashion has secured additional investment US$4.3m. On the 2nd November, the company, determined to become a comprehensive brand for men’s fashion launched its first oversea branch in Singapore. Lee Seung Jun from the company commented, “After studying the Asian market, we determined a high consumer preference towards Korean products”. The company plans on further oversea launches following the acquisition of ‘Dream Factory’ a manufacturer of luxury…

Editor’s note: Senior Director Corporate Development at Baedal Minjok I. There is a Chaebol in Korea that is nameless. No HQ, no CEO, not even an email. It has massive worldwide influence; setting trends in Asia within a matter of hours. The nation’s economy fluctuates with the slightest movement of this corporation. The organization’s dominant power and reach far surpass the ranks of Samsung, LG, and Hyundai. Combined. There is not a…

Simfler have developed an app called ‘Baby Time’ which is designed to  make parenting simpler and easier by managing the associated parenting activity data.  The app records and manages activities like feeding intervals, sleeping periods and nappy change times. Along with this essential data, the app provides relevant advice and information on child growth phases, customized growth diary and lullabies. The app features an intuitive interface allowing the user to record a…

The second screening session for beGlobal Seoul 2015 was held in D.Camp on May 13. After a grueling day, our judges nominated the top 20 startups whom will be appearing on the big stage at the DDP, May 14th. There were a variety of applicants ranging from hardware through software with even a few international startups participating and pitching via Hangouts.   The relay screening went from 9AM to 6PM. Judges Yongkil…

Altos Ventures, headquartered in Silicon Valley, has invested $2 million USD in Hyperconnect, the developer of live time video communication technology and the service host for the video messenger ‘Azar.’ Hyperconnect has developed a very distinct client/server technology stack for WebRTC based real-time video/voice communication. It is very secure and reliable for various settings in 200 countries with very high quality video chat. The technology is built on P2P so the management…

A leader in navigation solutions from Korea, Thinkware, has developed a new product with imbedded augmented reality technology. The new iNavi X1 model allows the driver to view the actual image of the road on which they are driving and see a range of useful traffic information. The company in Seoul unveiled the “iNavi X1” that combines augmented reality with advanced driving assistance system (ADAS). The AR solution called “Extreme AR” within…

‘Timeline Dungeon’ developer NOVN have announced that they recently received $500k USD from NC Soft. As NC Soft expands its business interest from game and contents to a range of other entertainment areas, this investment will enable NOVN to release Timeline Dungeon in January 2015. This investment follows up a seed round of funding from ‘The Ventures’. NOVN’s Timeline Dungeon plans to open a new genre with their first title. It is…

“When it comes to innovation Korea is a global leader” – Mark Zuckerburg The above statement comes from a speech Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO delivered recently, and demonstrates a changing tide of thought about Korea. No more the ‘Land of Morning calm’ it once was, Korea is emerging emboldened onto the world stage, ready to prove itself, no matter what. My recent article described Korea’s top accelerators and their efforts in providing…

Jae-ho Choi CEO of Drama & Company has announced that their business card organizing app ‘Remember’ has secured $2 million USD from Daekyo Investment, CyberAgent Ventures, and Capstone Partners. This is the second round of funding for the company this year, after Capstone Partners invested $1 million USD. The additional funding will help them prepare a stable foundation for ongoing service development and management. Unlike the previous OCR based business card organizing…

  As announced in Sparklabs Bi-Monthly Review, Korean startup Jandi confirmed that it has raised an angel round of nearly US$2 million, co-led by Softbank Ventures and Cherubic Ventures. Jandi is a business communication platform for PC, iOS, and Android devices that allows teams to securely and instantly communicate while also easily being able to share files, search through past messages, and more. There are, of course, other apps that address these concerns,…

Recently Job Planet and Fortune Korea co-hosted ‘Korea’s Top 50 Working Environments’ at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Seoul. A studyvwas conducted of both large scale companies as well as small & medium sized enterprises, including the startups. From April to November a short list of 792 was chosen from a total of 140,000. After final assessment, 50 companies were awarded on the night. The criteria to select the most satisfying work…