Investment specialist accelerator CNT Tech (CEO Jeon Hwa-seong) announced on the 24th that it is recruiting promising early-stage startups to participate in the '2025 Early-stage Startup Package'.
The 'Early Startup Package' support project, managed by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and the Korea Institute of Startups and Entrepreneurship Development, is a program that selects universities, public and private organizations with excellent startup infrastructure as the main organizations and supports the growth of early startups within 3 years of establishment with promising startup items by providing commercialization funds (up to 100 million won), item verification, investment attraction, and market development.
CNT Tech has achieved remarkable results as the host organization of the Early Startup Package for five consecutive years since 2020. It has fostered 124 startups over the past five years, and has achieved a cumulative investment amount of approximately KRW 17 billion, including direct investment of KRW 3.45 billion, sales of KRW 140 billion, and new job creation of 602 people. In particular, in 2024, it supported investment attraction of KRW 3.3 billion to 12 fostering companies and led to TIPS linkage of eight companies. Based on these achievements, CNT Tech has been selected as the best host organization of the Early Startup Package twice in 2021 and 2023.
Through this recruitment and selection, CNT Tech plans to foster a total of 23 early-stage startups, and plans to provide the selected early-stage startups with ▲support for commercialization funds (up to KRW 100 million) ▲item verification ▲investment attraction ▲market development ▲connection with collaboration with large corporations, etc., which are practically necessary for business stabilization. In particular, CNT Tech plans to support securing initial funds through direct investment of more than KRW 1 billion using its own investment resources for the selected companies, and support actual market development through linkage with investments and collaborations by securing global local expansion into Japan, Dubai, etc., and investment organizations such as Korea & Company, DB Capital, SM Culture Partners, Hector Group, Joycity, Our Home, and Kakao Enterprise as cooperative organizations and large and medium-sized corporations.
To apply, log in to the K-Startup homepage from February 24 to March 11, 16:00, select ‘Go to Early Startup Package Business Application’, select the host organization ‘CNT Tech’, and submit your business plan. More detailed application qualifications and recruitment notices can be found on K-Startup.
CNT Tech CEO Jeon Hwa-seong said, “Many startups are having a hard time due to the investment cold spell, but aggressive investment is needed more than ever before,” and added, “In 2025 as well, we will discover and nurture promising startups through the selection of early-stage startup packages and provide generous support to contribute to activating the investment ecosystem for early-stage startups and securing liquidity.”
Meanwhile, CNT Tech achieved the largest investment for five consecutive years, using an AUM of over 130 billion won to achieve a cumulative investment of 70 billion won. By implementing a total of 21.5 billion won and 109 initial company investments in 2024, the cumulative portfolio reached 470. In addition, as an operator of the TIPS business implemented by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, it is directly and indirectly successfully linking 79 TIPS annually and linking over 233 TIPS cumulatively.
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