Molit(Minister of land, infrastructure, transport) announced plans to build a new community to attract software enterprises in an effort to expand the current tech community. The minister of Molit described the new construction as “an urban, high tech industrial valley.” The new area will constructed…
Korea is becoming quite the springboard PhD-powered startups. Thanks to support programs sponsored by the Korean government, I have had the opportunity to work with many Korean startups in the past few years. Of all the companies I’ve worked with, there are three that I’ve…
Food delivery application “Baedalui Minjok“(Delivery People) has joined hands with Naver. Korea’s most popular portal site and the successful food delivery service which was created by the startup Woowa Bros. signed an MOU earlier today to collaborate in developing a new business model together. The two companies agreed to cooperate and seek out new business models in […]
CyberAgent Ventures’ is set to host Net Impact Korea this coming September. The event will bring together those involved at CyberAgent’s other branches around the world including the US, Japan, China, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia. CEO of Kakao Seok Woo Lee will also be attending the event where he will talk about his experiences as […]
The Asan Nanum Foundation has joined hands with Israel to help lead Korea’s top young entrepreneurs. The foundation recently formed an MOU with the Israeli government and decided to launch “Start Tel Aviv”, an international startup competition. Start Tel Aviv 2013 is a government sponsored…
International media outlet The Wall Street Journal will be opening a “pop-up store” on the popular Garosu-gil on July 10. An event to celebrate the opening of the WSJ Cafe will take place on July 10 and 11 in the form of a mini-forum with…
VentureVillage’s resident startup commentator Adam Fletcher, author of smash hit How to be German has teamed up with Berlin’s über-talented illustrator Josh Bauman (hire him already!) from Caffeinated Toothpaste. Together they’ll satirise some of the startup scene’s most notable characters… Recognise anyone? I know there’s…
Airbnb has has kicked off plans to strengthen its presence in the East Asia region with a press conference in Seoul announcing its launch in the Korean market. Airbnb CPO Joe Gebbia said that Korea and especially Seoul have shown a particular interest in shared economies,…
