The Ministry of SMEs and Startups (Minister Oh Young-joo, hereinafter referred to as the Ministry of SMEs and Startups) announced that it will recruit startups that wish to participate in the 2025 'Global Corporate Collaboration Program' until the 26th.
The Global Enterprise Collaboration Program is a global open innovation program in which the government and leading global companies collaborate to support the growth of our startups and provide opportunities to enter overseas markets. It started as a 'window' program to support the growth of startups in the Google Play and mobile service sectors in 2019, and has gradually expanded, with a total of 1,231 startups having gone through the Global Enterprise Collaboration Program as of last year.
This year, three new partners have joined, including Thales, a global leader in defense, aerospace, and cybersecurity; L’Oréal Korea, the world’s largest beauty company; and Air Liquide, a global industrial gas company, bringing the total number of participating global companies to 13. In addition, a new program dedicated to space and aerospace startups will be established with existing participant Ansys, and a total of 14 programs will be operated. The support scale has also been significantly expanded compared to last year, when 305 startups were supported, with a total of 364 startups selected.
This recruitment notice is for ▲Changgu (Google Play collaboration, mobile service sector) ▲Enup (NVIDIA collaboration, artificial intelligence sector) ▲Majung (Microsoft collaboration, cloud-based B2B solution sector) ▲Daonda (Dassault Systèmes collaboration, pharmaceutical, bio and healthcare sector) ▲ASK (ANSYS Korea collaboration, smart mobility, high-tech, industrial equipment, machinery sector) ▲Mediterranean (Siemens collaboration, electronics, electrical, machinery, equipment, parts, medical devices sector) ▲Jungle (Amazon Web Services collaboration, artificial intelligence and SaaS sector) ▲Miracle (Oracle collaboration, cloud-based AI/ML utilization smart solution sector) ▲IBM Quantum (IBM collaboration, quantum computing technology and application sector) ▲Genius (Intel collaboration, artificial intelligence sector) ▲Trust my Tech (Thales collaboration, deep tech sector) ▲L'Oréal Big Bang (L'Oréal Korea collaboration, research innovation and digital sector) ▲NEO (Air Liquid collaboration, eco-friendly energy sector) ▲ASK Space (ANSYS Korea collaboration, It consists of a total of 14 programs, including the space and aviation fields, and companies wishing to apply for the announcement can select one program and apply.
The selected startups will receive support from the Ministry of SMEs and Startups' commercialization funds (up to 200 million won) and specialized programs. In addition, they will receive support from growth support programs consisting of professional services, education, consulting, and global market development from each global company.
In addition, in order to support continuous collaboration between startups participating in the global corporate collaboration program and global companies and to accelerate global expansion, the 'Global Corporate Collaboration Overseas Demonstration Program' will be newly established starting this year. We plan to provide follow-up support for PoC (Technical Feasibility Verification) and PoV (Business Viability Verification) for excellent graduates of the existing program, and a separate announcement will be made in March.
Minister Oh Young-joo said, “Three additional global leading companies in promising new industries have joined the global corporate collaboration program, which opens up new opportunities for our startups,” and “The Ministry of SMEs and Startups will continue to actively collaborate with global companies that seek to discover and foster excellent K-startups to expand open innovation cases.”
Details and announcements for the 2025 Global Corporate Collaboration Program can be found on the K-Startup website , and startups wishing to participate can apply on the website from the 7th to 5:00 PM on the 26th.
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