■ Gyeonggi Innovation Center, together with KB Kookmin Bank, selected 10 ‘KB Unicorn Club’ teams to lead innovation
■ KB Kookmin Bank plans to provide follow-up support and direct investment (SEED) to excellent startups
■ Launching ceremony held on the 17th (Thursday)… Full-scale program begins
Gyeonggi Creative Economy Innovation Center (hereinafter referred to as ‘Gyeonggi Innovation Center’, Center Director Shin Hyun-sam) announced that it held an inauguration ceremony for the ‘KB Unicorn Club’ with KB Kookmin Bank (CEO Heo In).
On the 17th, the ‘KB Unicorn Club’ inauguration ceremony was held at the Giga Hall of the Gyeonggi Creative Economy Innovation Center in Pangyo, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, as part of the ‘K-Champ Challenge’ project for early-stage entrepreneurs.
Attending the launch ceremony on this day were Gyeonggi Innovation Center Director Shin Hyun-sam, KB Kookmin Bank Gyeonggi Nam Regional Sales Group CEO Kim Hoe-seop, Division Manager Yang Jeong-pil, and 10 selected startups.
‘KB Unicorn Club’ is a program that selects 10 startups that will lead innovation, is sponsored by KB Kookmin Bank, and is fostered by the Gyeonggi Innovation Center. Follow-up support for direct investment (SEED) is provided to excellent companies. Additionally, active support is planned if you attempt the Gyeonggi Innovation Center’s K-Champ Challenge and Global Challenge programs.
Companies selected for the ‘KB Unicorn Club’ ▲ Diagnosis of strengths through 1:1 dedicated coaching and support for executive-level coaching programs ▲ Provision of networking opportunities for experts in various fields ▲ Linkage with investors through IR consulting ▲ Open innovation utilizing domestic and international partnerships of the Gyeonggi Innovation Center You will receive support such as connection and support for entering overseas markets.
A total of 10 companies were selected for the ‘KB Unicorn Club’ despite high competition. The selected companies are ▲Cheongmyeong Advanced Materials (CEO Kim Min-ki, ultra-light reinforced plastic company for electric vehicle display cover windows) ▲Feelmedi (CEO Kim Sang-hyo, non-power self-diagnosis PCR platform company) ▲Coxspace (CEO Kim Ho-yeon, gesture machine learning mouse ‘Snowle’) ‘ Company) ▲ Zero One AI (CEO Song Jun-ho, distributed multi-hybrid automatic learning artificial intelligence system) ▲ Tob Up (CEO Ahn Gye-seong, data permanent deletion solution company) ▲ Stockkeeper (CEO Ahn Jae-hyeon, my Korean beef asset platform ‘Bankow’ Companies) ▲Flex (CEO Soon-il Yoon, customized psychological counseling and character education company using AI psychological analysis for infants and young children) ▲Korea Goseo ENG (CEO Chang-bae Lee, oyster shell low-carbon plastic processing technology company) ▲Morova (CEO Seong-woo Jang, skateboard mobile robot platform company) ▲3DJUN (CEO Jang Jun-hee, facility safety diagnosis 3D model and GIS map solution company using AI).
Kim Hoe-seop, CEO of KB Kookmin Bank’s Gyeongginam Regional Sales Group, said, “I hope that through the KB Unicorn Club, there will be many companies that expand beyond Korea and into the world.”
Shin Hyun-sam, director of the Gyeonggi Innovation Center, said, “We will lay the foundation for a leap forward through customized support throughout the entire business growth cycle to reduce the trial and error of early startups and enable them to grow into unicorn companies.”
Source: Pangyo Techno Valley Official Newsroom
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