The Ministry of SMEs and Startups (Minister Oh Young-joo, hereinafter referred to as the Ministry of SMEs and Startups) announced that it will be sending a 'K-Startup' delegation to the European startup exhibition 'VIVA Technology (hereinafter referred to as VIVATECH) 2025' to be held at the Expo Porte de Versailles in Paris, France from Wednesday the 11th to Saturday the 14th (local time).
VivaTech is the largest startup and innovative technology exhibition in Europe, held annually since 2016 by the French economic daily Les Echos and the advertising and public relations agency Publicis Groupe. It is expected that approximately 165,000 visitors and 13,500 startups from around the world will attend 'VivaTech 2025'.
Since Korea was selected as the 'Country of the Year' at the last 'VivaTech 2023', the Ministry of SMEs and Startups has been dispatching a 'K-Startup' delegation to VivaTech every year to showcase K-startup innovative technologies to the European market.
This year, in collaboration with domestic startup support organizations such as the Korea Institute for Startups & Entrepreneurship Development, Small and Medium Business Administration, Gyeonggi Center for Creative Economy & Innovation, Chungnam Center for Creative Economy & Innovation, Incheon Technopark, and Seoul AI Hub, we will operate the ‘K-Startup Integrated Hall’ in the Vivatech exhibition hall and support the exhibition participation of 26 promising domestic startups. Companies participating in the ‘K-Startup Integrated Hall’ will receive systematic support such as pre-training, customized business matching, and local networking.
In addition, the Ministry of SMEs and Startups plans to hold a networking event called 'K-Startup Night' with the participation of local French investors, accelerators, and media companies, and an IR pitching event called 'Super Pitch Korea' targeting local investors and startup-related organizations during the VivaTech period to generate tangible results for startups participating in VivaTech.
Shim Jae-yoon, head of the Startup Policy Division, who attended the event to support ‘K-startups,’ said, “VivaTech is a great opportunity for our companies to have their innovative technologies verified in the European market and expand global partnership opportunities,” and added, “The Ministry of SMEs and Startups will actively support K-startups so that they can actively advance into the European market using VivaTech as a bridgehead.”
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