On February 5th, Seedstars World held their final startup competition event in Geneva, Switzerland. The final event was hosted at the Lift Conference. Each of the ten startup finalists were given a chance to compete, pitch, and win up to $500k in equity investment at…
Molit(Minister of land, infrastructure, transport) announced plans to build a new community to attract software enterprises in an effort to expand the current tech community. The minister of Molit described the new construction as “an urban, high tech industrial valley.” The new area will constructed…
Japan’s mobile app market is rapidly growing. According to mobile analysis enterprise App Annie, Japan developed the biggest mobile app market, beating the US in the world from October 2013. Japan’s rapid startup growth has been remarkable, especially in mobile gaming. Japan’s smartphone app…
KEEPING THE HALLYU WAVE ALIVE Richard Choo, founder of KpopUnited (KU), is no stranger to bringing Korean brands to other countries. His previous works include founding Red Mango in the U.S. and also throwing K-pop concerts in Las Vegas. After coming up with the idea…
Two days ago, smartphone company Xiaomi raised a mind-blowing $1.1billion in funding. According to the company, that puts Xiaomi’s overall valuation at $45 billion. Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun confirmed the speculation in a post on Weibo. The Wall Street Journal has previously reported that the…
SparkLabs Global announced a $600,000 investment into Seoul-based restaurant discovery startup MangoPlate. MangoPlate is a search and discovery app for both iOS and Android that helps people find restaurants based on location, recommendations, and food type. Currently, MangoPlate has over 200,000 restaurants in its database and…
On Thursday, Digital Entertainment Ventures (DEV) Korea hosted a demo day, showcasing the fruits of 8 startup teams who attended their acceleration program. Each team demonstrated and showcased their startup products and services after returning from a month-long acceleration program in New York, focusing on…
At Startup Nations Summit 2014, Pete Lau of OnePlus and Aihua Huang from Sungy Mobile shared some personal accounts of their respective startup journey in China, as well as thoughts on the Korean startup community. SNS2014: CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON IN ASIA panel, led by…
Startup Nations Summit 2014 in Seoul is now on their third day. One of the biggest highlights of the conference is their World Startup Competition, where over 40 startup teams from all over the world compete for up to $100,000 in cash. Here are the…
Day2Life’s Peter Park is a KAIST graduate and former LG employee and he wants to save you time. Their product, JUNE (Android/ iOS), is a user-friendly solution for mobile planning that brings playfulness to the frustrating art of scheduling and managing your calendar. “Ever since…
Production is not easy. Anyone can record a movie, but not everyone can cut and produce. How do you translate the ease and simplicity of taking photos with a phone to filming? MagnaLAB is a team of former colleagues who set out to create the…
VentureSquare sat down with Byungjoon Jung of NewsJelly, a data visualizations startup that also took second place at the Startup Nomad demo day in Silicon Valley. We chatted about his experiences with the program as well as his plans to take over the world. What…
“I’m craving for mom’s home-cooking” You hear this frequently from people who’ve moved out of their homes. Despite having so many restaurants to choose from, there’s always that craving for a dish that mom made. Even if you try to recreate a dish, it’s never…
VentureSquare sits down with Sung Hyun Lim of Anyractive to discuss bringing interaction to the classroom, meeting with Google, and how to make the most of visiting Silicon Valley. Just because there are more smart devices in class doesn’t mean people are writing any smarter.…
