The '2025 Startup-BuS Joint IR' event hosted by the Gyeonggi Center for Creative Economy and Innovation (hereinafter referred to as the Gyeonggi Innovation Center) was held on April 10.
This event is the first joint IR event of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups' representative startup support program, 'Startup-BuS', and was co-hosted by Gyeonggi Innovation Center, Gyeongnam-Ulsan Creative Economy Innovation Center, and 14 Creative Economy Innovation Centers across the country collaborated. The event, held under the title of 'Deep Tech Artificial Intelligence Conference', was attended by about 200 startup and investment professionals and was held in a heated atmosphere.
'Startup-BuS' is a new program launched by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups in 2024. It started with the goal of discovering promising deep-tech startups through regional creative economy innovation centers through the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, attracting initial (seed) investment within 3 months, linking them to the TIPS program within 6 months, and quickly supporting follow-up investment linkage within 12 months.
The Gyeonggi Innovation Center is focusing on discovering startups in cutting-edge fields such as AI, big data, and system semiconductors, and through this IR event, it focused on promoting exchanges between AI technology-based startups and the AI global trend and venture investment ecosystem.
This IR stage was attended by 36 promising deep tech startups recommended by centers across the country, and among them, 8 startups specializing in AI were selected separately to pitch their core technologies and business models.
'KLcube', a company recommended by the Gyeonggi Innovation Center, is a company that provides AI sign language translation services to enable smooth communication for the hearing impaired, and has received attention from many investors.
26 major VCs, including Hyosung Ventures, Shinhan Ventures, and Hyundai Technology Investment, participated in the event to listen to IR directly and engage in networking, which led to discussions on specific follow-up investments.
In addition to pitching, a special session was held to look at global AI industry trends.
Global technology companies and VCs, including Oracle, Microsoft (MS), and Storm Ventures, participated and gave in-depth lectures on topics such as ▲'Oracle's View of Artificial Intelligence' and ▲'AI Trends and Investment Direction'.
The Gyeonggi Innovation Center said, “We hope that this IR event will serve as an opportunity to quench the thirst for investment for startups,” and added, “We will continue to build an ecosystem where startups, investors, and support organizations can coexist through the Startup-BuS program.”
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