The Gyeonggi Center for Creative Economy and Innovation (CEO Won-kyung Kim, hereinafter referred to as the Gyeonggi Innovation Center) announced that it held the 'Startup 815 IR-KB Unicorn Club' at the Pangyo Startup Zone in Seongnam City on the 28th.
"Startup 815 IR" is a regular investment attraction program held every Thursday at the Pangyo Startup Zone. Hosted by the Gyeonggi Innovation Center, it connects promising startups with investors. This event was part of the "KB Unicorn Club" program, jointly operated by the Gyeonggi Innovation Center and KB Kookmin Bank.
The 'KB Unicorn Club' is a program that will discover promising startups in new industries starting in 2021 and help them scale up through a full-cycle growth support system.
Four companies from the 5th KB Unicorn Club participated in this IR and presented their innovative technologies and growth strategies. The presenting companies are Cancerbreaker, which develops an early gastric cancer diagnosis kit using gastric juice; UbiLab, which develops advanced heat-dissipating materials based on high-heat conductive graphite for OLED displays; Sirinus, which developed an AI/IoT-based full-color LCD electronic shelf label (ESL) digital labeling solution; and SemiAI, which operates a software platform that improves semiconductor process yields using LLM-based AI.
Seven investment institutions, including Korea University Technology Holdings, Next Wave Partners, Danal Investment Partners, Stick Ventures, BDC Accelerator, SID Partners, and Twit Investment, participated in the evaluation to evaluate the startups' technological prowess, marketability, and investment potential.
After the event, a networking session was held between investors and startups to discuss potential collaborations and follow-up investments. The Gyeonggi Innovation Center plans to support additional follow-up in-depth meetings (Closed IR) to drive tangible investment connections.
An official from the Gyeonggi Innovation Center said, “KB Unicorn Club operates customized programs tailored to the business fields and growth rates of participating companies, and this 815 IR was planned with the goal of creating tangible results with support optimized for attracting startup investment.” He added, “We will continue to work to help promising startups scale up and create a sustainable investment ecosystem.”
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