The Ministry of SMEs and Startups (Minister Han Sung-sook) and the Korea Institute of Startups and Entrepreneurship Development (KISED) (President Yoo Jong-pil) announced on the 10th that they held the "2025 Startup Planner Growth Summit" as a side event of the domestic startup festival "ComeUp" at COEX in Seoul. This event was designed to reward outstanding startup planners (ACs) who have contributed to the growth of early-stage startups and venture capital firms (VCs) with excellent management soundness, and to provide follow-up investment opportunities for startups.
At this year's Startup Planner (AC) Awards, five organizations—Pohang University of Science and Technology Holdings, Seoul National University Holdings, Gangwon Center for Creative Economy and Innovation, JNP Global, and Seoul Center for Creative Economy and Innovation—received the Minister of SMEs and Startups Award. In the venture capital firm (VC) evaluation, Intervest, Comes Investment, Woori Venture Partners, SBVA, and Ecopro Partners were selected for their outstanding management soundness and received the Minister's Award.
In the self-regulatory evaluation, first introduced this year, IM Investment Partners and Xsquared received commendations from the Minister of SMEs and Startups for their contributions to enhancing the soundness of the venture investment market. Furthermore, Ewha Womans University Technology Holdings, Alcove Korea, and Spark Biolab, the 500th organizations to apply for registration since the launch of the Startup Planner system in 2016, were awarded Startup Planner registration certificates.
The event included a special lecture on "Investors' Perspective on the Global Startup Ecosystem," a discussion on "Insights on the Growth of AI and the Startup Venture Ecosystem," and a follow-up investment demo day for five AI startups.
Kim Bong-deok, Director General of Venture Policy at the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, said, “This event is an opportunity to reward outstanding ACs and VCs who have led the growth of the venture ecosystem and to mark the fact that the number of startup planners has surpassed 500,” adding, “We will continue to support the startup planner system so that it can lead innovation.”
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