The Ministry of SMEs and Startups (Minister Oh Young-joo, hereinafter referred to as the Ministry of SMEs and Startups) announced on the 16th that it will be implementing the '2025 SME Technology Transaction Activation Support Project Notice' consisting of ▲integrated support and ▲infrastructure development projects to revitalize the SME technology transaction market and help SMEs commercialize the technologies they have transferred.
◆ The integrated support program is a project to support the commercialization of small and medium-sized enterprises that have introduced or are planning to introduce external technologies. ▲ It plans and provides a commercialization roadmap through consulting with specialized institutions, and ▲ It provides commercialization costs such as labor costs and technology verification for internalization of introduced technologies. It also comprehensively supports interest costs incurred when utilizing the intellectual property acquisition guarantee of the Technology Guarantee Fund.
In particular, starting this year, the support amount for the integrated support program has been significantly increased. Among the companies selected for integrated support, general companies will be supported from 36 million won to 110 million won, and core companies will be supported from 106 million won to 210 million won. In addition, in order to ease the financial burden on small and medium-sized enterprises during the commercialization process, the support interest rate for interest costs incurred when utilizing the intellectual property acquisition guarantee has been increased from the average level of 1.7%p in 2024 to 2.5%p.
◆ The infrastructure development project is a project to activate the technology transaction market for small and medium-sized enterprises by ▲ discovering technology demand from small and medium-sized enterprises, ▲ providing technology description materials of supplied technology information held by universities, public performances, etc. through a platform (Smart Tech Bridge), and ▲ supporting brokerage fees and technology value assessment costs incurred during the technology transfer process.
In 2025, in order to prevent technology theft during the technology transaction process, we will support up to 5 cases of technology data transaction registration that can be used as favorable evidence in technology infringement disputes with acquiring companies, and we will also increase the support limit for technology value assessment costs for calculating fair technology fees from the existing 5 million won to 10 million won. In addition, we plan to establish and operate a support project for technology exports to overseas countries such as Vietnam.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of SMEs and Startups plans to hold an information session on the '2025 SME Technology Transaction Activation Support Project' at 1:30 PM on February 13 in Jung-gu, Seoul. Companies and organizations that want more detailed information on the support project can check it through the Smart Tech Bridge website .
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