Gangwon Creative Economy Innovation Center (CEO Lee Hae-jeong, hereinafter referred to as Gangwon Innovation Center) announced on the 14th that it held the '2025 Gangwon Tourism IR Pitching Day' at Donghae Boyang Hot Spring Convention Hotel for two days from July 10th to 11th.
This event was organized as part of the 'Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province Tourism Content Startup Support Project' and the 'Gangwon BRIDGE Tourism and Culture Support Project', and 15 tourism startups participated and gave IR (corporate briefing) presentations. The participating companies went through an acceleration process of about 2 months to enhance their business models, and then gave presentations in front of a judging panel of 7 experts including venture capitalists (VCs) and accelerators (ACs).
This pitching event introduced various technologies and service ideas in the tourism sector, including ▲drone light show ▲AI-based festival parking platform ▲eco-friendly water leisure boat ▲travel content tailored to the elderly ▲regional specialized content maps. Event officials said that the participating companies presented new possibilities and expansion directions for the tourism industry in the Gangwon region.
The IR presentation was conducted in the form of a practical presentation to verify the possibility of attracting investment, and additional commercialization support funds of up to 15 million won and a minimum of 5 million won were differentially paid to each company based on the evaluation results.
The Gangwon Innovation Center said, “We plan to continue to provide follow-up support to help startups enter the market and achieve sustainable growth,” and “We also plan to provide opportunities for real-world testing for participating companies through a demonstration program linked to the ‘Here and There Festival IN Cheorwon’ to be held in Cheorwon-gun in August.”
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