Gwangju Metropolitan City Mayor Kang Ki-jeong and the Gwangju visiting group visited the Samsung C-Lab (LAB) exhibition hall at ‘CES 7’ held in Las Vegas, USA on the 2023th (local time) and met young startup entrepreneurs.
Mayor Kang received an explanation of the overall ‘Samsung C-Lab business’ from Samsung Electronics officials, and △self-driving robot company ‘Newbility’ △Metaverse content production 3D design SW ‘N.Light’ △electronic medicine platform development ‘Celico’ △We met with youth representatives who participated in CES 2023, including the Metaverse concert platform ‘Polka Mix’, and shared opinions on ‘creating a startup ecosystem.’
On this day, Mayor Kang looked into whether there was a way to connect Gwangju’s main industries, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and medical health, and C-Lab startup companies, and discussed specific cooperation measures such as empirical support and exhibition collaboration with youth representatives. did. Mayor Kang’s visit to the Samsung C-Lab exhibition hall was not originally scheduled. However, as Samsung Electronics is launching ‘Samsung C-Lab Outside’, a startup development program, in Gwangju this year, Mayor Kang’s will to meet senior C-Lab entrepreneurs in person and listen to their voices from the field is reflected.
‘C-Lab Outside’ is a project that Samsung Electronics has been conducting since 2018 to foster excellent domestic startups. Start-ups that are finally selected for the ‘C-Lab Outside Gwangju’ project will receive up to 1 million won in commercialization support and will also be provided with office space (1th floor of Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance building in Sangmu District) for one year. In addition, they are given various opportunities for cooperation with Samsung Electronics, and are provided with customized growth programs for each company and are supported to participate in overseas IT exhibitions for excellent teams.
Gwangju Mayor Kang Ki-jeong said, “Samsung Electronics’ C-Lab Outside project, which will soon begin in Gwangju, will be a valuable seed for realizing an opportunity city with a high startup success rate,” and added, “I dream of the day when I can meet Gwangju companies that participated in the C-Lab project at CES. . “We will work harder to create an innovation ecosystem with Gwangju startup entrepreneurs and grow future food sources,” he said.
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