The Ministry of SMEs and Startups (Minister Lee Young, hereinafter referred to as the Ministry of SMEs and Startups) and the Korea Institute of Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurship Development (Director Kim Yong-moon) held the ‘CES 21 K-Startup Review’ at the National Assembly Hall on the 2023st (Tuesday) together with the National Assembly startup research and support group ‘Unicorn Farm’. A seminar was held.
Unicorn Farm is a National Assembly startup research and support group launched in November 2022, with a total of 11 members participating, led by Rep. Kang Hoon-sik (Democratic Party of Korea) and Rep. Kim Seong-won (People Power Party) as co-representatives, and is preparing measures to support startup growth. It is being actively operated with the goal of:
This seminar was held under the theme ‘What CES 2023 Eureka Park left behind, the direction for Korean tech startups’, and was promoted to share the experiences and achievements of K-startups participating in CES 2023 and seek ways to provide global support. . CES, hosted by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), is the world’s largest electronics fair. Global conglomerates and innovative companies participate to showcase future electronic products that combine IT technology and new technologies, demonstrating the latest technology and future industries. You can see the flow at a glance.
About 2023 people attended the event, including companies participating in the CES 100 K-Startup Integrated Pavilion, members of the Unicorn Farm National Assembly, and officials from related organizations supporting startups.
Lim Jeong-wook, head of the Startup and Venture Innovation Department at the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, said, “CES 2023 was an event where the performance of K-startups stood out more than ever before, and we will continue to create a global startup powerhouse so that Korean ventures and startups can expand overseas.” The event opened.
Unicorn Farm Representative Kang Hoon-sik of the National Assembly cheered on the participating companies, saying, “We will create an environment where Korean startups can provide services without disruption and create a virtuous cycle of new attempts and challenges.” Rep. Kim Seong-won encouraged the participating companies, saying, “We will constantly communicate with the field and make efforts so that National Assembly legislation and policies can become a sustainable growth engine rather than an obstacle to the startup ecosystem.”
At the event where the performance and policy difficulties of participating companies were shared under the theme of ‘CES 2023 K-Startup Story’, Lee Hyun-jun, CEO of Seven Point One, who received the Innovation Award in the digital health field for its dementia diagnosis solution, was awarded the Innovation Award. An in-depth presentation was given on the process up to this point, and Park Ji-eun, CEO of Pulse Nine, a company that produces virtual humans using AI, and Shin Dong-ju, CEO of AI semiconductor company Mobilint, shared the process of discovering local partnerships and know-how in achieving results at the CES site. I had a place to do it.
In the subsequent presentation, Kang Jeong-seok, CEO of ‘Agen Global’, presented a policy opinion, saying, “Korean companies need more specific support when operating businesses overseas, such as by establishing overseas corporations.” Jeong Woo-joo, CEO of ‘J’, expressed the opinion that “when collecting data to build an AI learning model, it is necessary to eliminate regulations on access to personal information.”
Meanwhile, Professor Jaehong Choi of Gangneung-Wonju National University, who participated as an expert speaker at the seminar, emphasized the achievements of Korean companies in winning the Innovation Award this year and said, “Korea’s status is increasing day by day at CES, which will further strengthen the position of K-startups in the global market. “He said.
Next, Future Designers CEO Choi Hyeong-wook, who participated as a speaker, also announced global industry trends and said, “K-startups that grow in line with global trends will become the mainstay of the global market in the future.”
Kim Yong-moon, Director of the Korea Institute of Startup and Entrepreneurship Development, said, “We applaud the innovation and passion of K-startups at CES 2023,” and added, “We hope that K-startups can achieve more visible overseas expansion results based on the global capabilities of the companies confirmed at CES.” “We will not spare any support.”