KOC Partners (CEO Jeon Yong-deok and Ha Jin-bong) announced that it will recruit representatives and executives of venture companies, CVC and venture executives of general companies in August and operate the 'K-IPO School 6th Class' from September to help venture companies systematically prepare for IPOs.
'K-IPO School' aims to help venture founders and managers apply accounting, financial theory, and IPO practices to their management activities, and further, to achieve sustainable growth of companies through efficient fund raising and EXIT.
The curriculum consists of accounting and finance basics specialized for startups, IPO/EXIT cases and Pre-IPO investment attraction, characteristics of each KOSDAQ listing type, IPO strategy and process, internal control system, exit strategy through M&A, overseas investment attraction strategy, etc., and through the IPO/EXIT strategy presentation assignment at the end of the semester, you can apply the learned theories to practice and establish an EXIT Plan.
The training period is from March 4 to June 17, and will be held every Tuesday evening for 16 weeks. The professors in charge are Professor Emeritus Han In-gu of KAIST College of Business, and 12 people including CEO Kwon Jae-joong of K-Lun Ventures, Managing Director Nam Goong-jin of Samhwa Accounting Corporation, CEO Jeong Hoe-hoon of KAIST Youth Startup Investment Holdings, Director Han Cheol-min of Hana Securities, and General Manager Yoo Jang-hoon of Eugene Investment & Securities, who have extensive experience and demonstrated professional capabilities in the venture and investment industries. After graduation, as alumni of K-IPO School, you can receive investment attraction and exit support activities through networking connections and mentoring linked to KOC, a private-sector-led startup ecosystem.
KOC Partners CEO Jeon Yong-deok said, “Through the 1st to 5th courses, in addition to about 90 promising domestic and international venture company executives and employees, we have also produced graduates from various fields such as startup-related organizations, reporters, and investors. We are actively interacting with each other through the alumni association and expanding our venture network.” He added, “Through the 4th course, we plan to provide even more substantial classes by offering various special lectures in addition to the existing curriculum.”
Meanwhile, KOC Partners is an accelerator company based on the KAIST-based alumni startup ecosystem, KAIST One Club (KOC). As of March 2025, it has invested in approximately 67 startups and is supporting the actual growth of venture companies through more than 100 expert mentors in approximately 20 fields, including investors within KOC, industry experts, and university professors including those from KAIST.
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