Jeju Center for Creative Economy and Innovation (hereinafter referred to as Jeju Center) announced that it held the '2025 Aerospace Open Ground Meetup' on June 18 at W360 in Jeju City in cooperation with Jeju Special Self-Governing Province and Hanwha Systems . This event was organized with the goal of discovering and fostering startups in the aerospace industry and enhancing the residents' understanding of the industry.
The '2025 Aerospace Open Ground Program' will be operated as a 'booster track' and a 'builder track' that are customized according to the growth stage of the startup. Through the program, we plan to discover startups with promising technologies and support verification and commercialization based on industrial demand.
A total of 12 aerospace-related startups participated in this meetup. In the first part of the event, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province announced the direction of the local aerospace industry and the Hawon Techno Campus operation plan, and Hanwha Systems introduced space business-related demand tasks and mid- to long-term vision. In the second part, 1:1 business meetings were held between startups and demand organizations to discuss practical cooperation.
Jeju Center plans to provide follow-up support to startups matched through meetups, including ▲PoC (Proof of Concept) funds worth up to 10 million won ▲Center’s seed money and investment association linkage ▲support for space for moving in ▲acceleration programs for each stage of growth. The program will run until December of this year.
A Jeju Center official said, “We plan to strengthen the foundation so that Jeju can function as a test bed for related industries through open collaboration (open innovation) in the aerospace field.”
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