The Gyeonggi Creative Economy Innovation Center (Director Shin Hyun-sam, hereinafter referred to as ‘Gyeonggi Innovation Center’), the operating organization of the Pangyo Startup Zone, announced that it successfully held the ‘4th Startup 815’ held at the Startup Zone on June 30.
Startup 815 is an investment attraction program conducted every month by the Gyeonggi Innovation Center in collaboration with the Gyeonggi Regional Small and Medium Venture Business Administration and the University of Suwon. Every month, we plan to discover excellent startups in Gyeonggi-do and provide companies with opportunities to promote their businesses and attract investment.
The event on this day consisted of a total of three tracks: a global track for those wishing to advance into the global market and attract investment, a scale-up track for start-ups less than 7 years old, and a jump-up track for start-ups less than 3 years old. The companies selected for each track were promising companies in Gyeonggi-do and had IR pitching and networking sessions to attract investment.
In the global track, ▲’Pactagora’ (content business operator’s NFT service), ▲’Chemifolio’ (eco-friendly panel substitute derived from cashew nuts), and ▲’WeArt’ (online NFT art platform) participated to demonstrate their core technology and vision. introduced. Big Basin Capital and Collaborative Fund participated on site as judges, and overseas VCs interested in investing in Korean startups, such as Euragio and Parkua Capital, participated online.
In the scale-up track, ▲’WeArt’ (online NFT art platform), ▲’Starkyum’ (B2B construction material integrated ordering platform), and ▲’Vlogger’ (collaborative video editing SaaS) participated to demonstrate their core technology and vision. introduced.
VCs interested in investing in related fields, including NextG Investment, DSC Investment, Alchemista Partners, POSCO Technology Investment, and Signite Partners, served as reviewers.
In the jump-up track, ▲’SLDS’ (ConTech based on design automation-based augmented human plant construction technology), ▲’Plan Be For You’ (customized, intelligent brain health platform), ▲’Cripple’ (dementia prevention and cognitive ability, Edutech system to promote creative thinking) ▲’Eisen’ (automatic classification, collection and distribution solution for high value-added recycled waste) announced.
Smilegate Investment, Zion Investment, Y&Archer, Korea Investment Partners, and Space Jump participated as reviewers. After the companies’ IR pitching, feedback from investment experts was provided, and follow-up networking followed for practical investment linkage.
Startup 815 is held on the last Thursday of every month, and the 5th session will recruit companies in the fintech, proptech, and deeptech fields for two weeks from Monday, July 4 to Friday, July 15.
Source: Pangyo Techno Valley Official Newsroom
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