Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province and Gangwon Center for Creative Economy and Innovation announced on the 13th that they signed a support agreement with the final selected companies for the 2025 G-Startup Youth Entrepreneurship Support Project at the Center's Summit Hall.
The 'G-Startup Youth Entrepreneurship Support Project' is a program that supports startups with innovative ideas and technological capabilities in the province through collaboration between the Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province and the Gangwon Creative Economy Innovation Center, and this year marks its 7th year. This project began recruiting in January, and 40 excellent startups were finally selected last month.
The support project is operated in three tracks – preliminary, initial, and takeoff – according to the growth stage of the startup company, and the selected companies are provided with support programs covering the entire startup process, including commercialization funds, startup education, expert mentoring, networking, and investment linkage.
At the signing ceremony held on this day, along with an announcement of the main program schedule, a networking event was held between the selected startups, and promising startup representatives with innovative technologies and ideas in new growth industries such as biohealth, ICT convergence, food tech, semiconductors, and future energy gathered to discuss and seek ways to exchange and cooperate.
Kim Man-ho, Director of the Economic Bureau of Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province, said, “Through this project, we will continue to show interest and support to support startups with excellent technologies and business items, thereby developing the startup ecosystem and enhancing economic vitality.”
Lee Hae-jeong, CEO of the Gangwon Creative Economy Innovation Center, said, “G-Startup has established itself as a representative program for discovering startups in Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province, and we will prepare various follow-up support such as investment and open innovation so that participating companies can continue to grow and contribute to the industrial development of Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province.”
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