Rootfinders was selected as an outstanding company in the commercialization of creative industries technology at the 2025 Seoul-type R&D Performance Sharing Conference.

Root Finders, the developer and operator of EasyPlus, a barrier-free portal platform for the visually impaired, was selected as an outstanding company in the Creative Industry Technology Commercialization Support Project category at the "2025 Seoul R&D Achievement Sharing Conference" and received a commendation from the Mayor of Seoul. Root Finders was the only outstanding company in this category to be recognized.

This awards ceremony took place at the "2025 Seoul-type R&D Achievement Sharing Conference," hosted and organized by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Seoul Economic Promotion Agency (SBA). Members of the Seoul-type R&D Corporate Council and officials from related organizations attended the event, sharing their research and development achievements from the past year and future directions.

The award was given to companies that achieved excellent results in the final evaluation of the Seoul-type R&D support project, and Root Finders was selected as the award-winning company in recognition of its achievements in technology commercialization in the creative industry technology commercialization support project field.

EasyPlus, Rootfinders' flagship solution, is a barrier-free portal platform developed to lower the barriers to information access for visually impaired people in the digital environment. It aims to improve accessibility and user convenience for the digitally vulnerable by reconfiguring smartphone content, such as news and games, to suit the needs of visually impaired users.

The platform features noiseless and image captioning technologies, which remove complex menus and ads from the screen and present only essential information. This allows visually impaired people to more efficiently utilize key smartphone content without assistance.

With this award, Rootfinders is focusing on enhancing core features and strengthening service stability ahead of EasyPlus's domestic launch. Furthermore, it plans to expand PoCs and partnerships that reflect feedback from visually impaired users, and to grow into a barrier-free portal platform that bridges accessibility gaps in everyday areas like shopping and content consumption.

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