Sejong Center for Creative Economy and Innovation (CEO Oh Deuk-chang) held the '2026 1st Demand Investment Forum & Demand Investment IR' on Wednesday, February 11th, in conjunction with the 'Build up Strategy for Startups (BuS)' program, a specialized investment attraction support project.
The Sejong Center for Creative Economy and Innovation (hereinafter referred to as the Sejong Center) announced that on Wednesday, February 11, it held the '1st Sejong Demand Investment Forum & Demand Investment IR' at the Sejong Joint Campus (Jiphyeon-dong) in conjunction with the 'Build up Strategy for Startups' program, a specialized investment attraction support project.
'Build up Strategy for Startups' is a technology startup growth support program promoted by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups since 2024. Starting this year, it will be expanded into a regional investment platform where the National Creative Economy Innovation Centers will carry out discovery, acceleration, and investment linkages.
Accordingly, the Sejong Center for Creative Economy and Innovation (hereinafter referred to as the Sejong Center) will open the online platform 'Demand Investment Round' on a permanent basis to continuously accept mini-pitching IRs every week, and operate the 'Demand Investment Forum & Investment IR' regularly held on the second Wednesday of every month to discover startups with high growth potential, and plan to provide direct investment and specialized acceleration programs in conjunction with this program.
In addition to direct support from the Sejong Center, we plan to continuously expand follow-up investment and commercialization links by strengthening collaborative consortia among private investors, policy agencies, and demand companies.
The first "Demand Investment Forum & Demand Investment IR" of the year introduced the investment process linked to Sejong Center's "Startup-BuS," shared plans for consortium investment management companies and TIPS linkages, and included IR pitching by three AI startups.
Oh Deuk-chang, CEO of the Sejong Center, said, “The regularly held Demand Investment Forum will serve as a networking hub for the regional startup and investment ecosystem,” adding, “In particular, it will serve as a starting point for discovering AI and big data deep tech startups that the Sejong Center intends to prioritize investment in, and we will develop it into a continuous investment platform linked to the Center’s various programs.”
The Sejong Center seeks to offer a wide range of practical investment opportunities for startups seeking direct investment in each round, and anticipates significant interest and participation from deep-tech startups in the Sejong region.
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