Busan Changgyeong, '2024 Early Startup Package Open Innovation Meetup Day' held

The Busan Creative Economy Innovation Center (hereinafter referred to as Busan Creative Economy) announced on the 23rd that it held an open innovation private meetup with large and medium-sized companies for the 7 companies selected for the 2024 early startup package at Lotte Hotel Busan on the 22nd.

This event was a place to connect promising startups with large and medium-sized companies to exchange innovative ideas and explore growth opportunities such as collaboration and business partnerships. Busan Changgyeong sought to create sustainable, mutually beneficial collaboration opportunities between startups and large and medium-sized companies through the ‘Startup Open Innovation Window,’ a two-way open innovation platform.

A total of four large and medium-sized companies, including Lotte Department Store, Lotte Construction, Samsung Heavy Industries, and Hwaseung Chemical, and seven startups, including ATA Technology Co., Ltd. (CEO Han Yoon-gyu), a company selected for the 2024 Early Startup Package, participated in the event and discussed future cooperation opportunities.

Participating companies shared positive feedback, saying, “It was a very beneficial time in that we were able to directly communicate with large and medium-sized companies and receive advice on the direction of commercialization, and take the first step toward cooperation that can lead to mutual growth.”

Busan Changgyeong PM Song Joo-yeon said, “This Meetup Day was a meaningful event in that it marked the first step toward cooperation where startups and large corporations can develop together,” and added, “In the future, Busan Changgyeong plans to continue to provide active support and efforts to strengthen the cooperation ecosystem between startups and large corporations and create a sustainable innovation model.”


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