Absology develops and distributes immunoassay technology based point of care testing in-vitro diagnostic devices. The company has successfully developed more than 25 biomarkers that help to detect and track the progress of various illnesses. Absology’s technology allows medical staff to deliver test results within tens of minutes, compared to the previous method of having to send the tests off-site.
AIZEN Global is a fintech company with business-focused AI applications across key value chains in finance. Its core AI engine “ABACUS” automates key decision-making processes optimized to the credit life cycle. AIZEN’s team is composed of renowned leaders from the fields of finance and machine learning and has implemented a diverse portfolio of projects for financial institutions across Asia.
Aero K is a newly established Low-Cost Carrier(LCC) based in Korea that aims to be a true LCC, offering lowest prices through a successful global business model. Based on a globally experienced team with strong initiative and drive, Aero K seeks to become the leading player in Asia with solid growth potential and high profitability.
Chelsio Communications develops and distributes ethernet unified wire products, also known as networking interface cards (NIC). NICs are required to assist in off-loading tasks from the CPU in computing systems and data centers in order to reduce CPU burden, overheating and power consumption. Chelsio is experienced in developing smart-NICs, having successfully launched 6 products since 2003 and is due to launch its revamped 7th generation product in late 2023.
CutisBio is a bio-startup founded by Wonwoo Choi, M.D Ph.D., in dermatology from Seoul National University School of Medicine. Based on innovative research in the field of skin microbiome, which is spotlighted as a game changer of the biopharmaceutical market, CutisBio will build a new drug development platform for immunomodulatory/inflammatory drugs and infection inhibitors.
December & Company operates FINT, its robo-advisor investment service, powered by its self developed asset allocation AI engine ISAAC and auto-customizing personalized platform PREFACE. December provides users with a personalized multi-asset investment strategy, along with options to customize if needed.
Dongin International, focusing on athleisure business, is the affiliate of Dongin Group that covers a full range in value chains of sports fashion business, from licensing business to clothing OEM and on-line fashion malls. Its business includes global leading brand of swimwear, Elle, and sports compression, fitness, and workout gear, 2XU. Dongin International’s goal is to become a top-tier athleisure company in domestic market by leveraging its licenses and therefore launching Elle and 2XU.
Dot Slash Dash is a short form content marketing platform founded by serial entrepreneur Chang-Woo Lee who previously founded successful consumer businesses, 10×10 and 29CM. Dot Slash Dash is a combination of social media and commerce, providing creators with an opportunity to gather fans and providing brands with content necessary for marketing.
FADU is a fabless startup focusing on memory and storage architecture. The FADU team’s cutting edge technology was awarded the Most Innovative Flash Memory Technology Award (Controller and SSD) at the 2018 Flash Memory Summit. The company successfully listed on the Korea Stock Exchange in August 2023, becoming the first unicorn for a fabless company in Korea.
‘Family bibimbap house’ is a F&B company that aims to spread Korean cuisine across the globe by providing ‘Jeonju Bibimbap’, based on the recipe from Master Kim Yeon-im, the 39th intangible cultural asset of Jeollabuk-do and the first ‘Master of Jeonju Bibimbap Certification’ holder.
Montana Choi, the founder of ‘Frame Montana’ is a collector of vintage eyewear with rich fandom on SNS. Frame Montana’s goal is to become a market leader in Korea, despite difficult position as a fashion brand to succeed due to failure in differentiating design and securing distribution channel. Its business is promising not only because of its unique design, ‘Vintage French & American eyewear’ with a high degree of Japanese handmade processes, but also its innovative distribution model.
Green Whale Global is a biodegradable plastic raw material development and production company. After decades of research, Professor Nhan developed a bioplastic raw material containing cassava starch with properties similar to existing plastics and price competitiveness. The company is conducting business development in Korea, testing and developing products with customers, and producing bioplastic raw materials at a production plant in Vietnam.
Inocras is a genomics company developing a cutting-edge WGS-based cancer diagnostic platform. Its product, CancerVision, is the world’s first commercialized WGS cancer test approved for insurance in Korea. With over 15, 000 WGS datasets, Inocras is expanding to major hospitals and pursuing global growth through Medicare approval in the U.S. and partnerships in Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
Jcontentree is a Korea-based company engaged in the entertainment business. The Company operates its business through five main divisions: magazine division, broadcasting division, movie division, news division and culture business division. Along with the growth of the digital contents industry, Jcontentree aims to grow and expand its multiplex business.
Jeju Beer Company is Asia’s leading craft beer company brewed locally in Jeju Island of South Korea. As the largest craft brewery in Asia and boasting a strong partnership with New York’s Brooklyn Brewery, Jeju Beer Comapany is driving the Asian craft beer culture wave beginning with its tangerine-infused Jeju Wit Ale.
Karrot is Korea’s leading hyperlocal community platform that connects every aspect of local life, from secondhand trading between neighbors to jobs, real estate, neighborhood stores, and local information. Under the vision of “connecting everything around you, ” it aims to build the local life infrastructure that allows people to meet most of their everyday needs within their own neighborhood.
Megabox is a top movie cinema complex company, providing spaces which enable differentiated cultural experiences. Megabox is not only a destination for movies, but a leading player in the media industry producing highly demanded, original content.
Moreh is an AI startup focused on accelerating the AI market by providing an AI infrastructure solution that guarantees scalability and flexibility. Moreh AI Platform enables users to accelerate AI applications seamlessly on a variety of processors and on a diverse system scales, from single chips to large clusters, with the help of its AI software stack technology. .
N-Tuple is a technology start-up with a vision of making a technology where various online platforms can be freely connected and create new values for both business and customers. N-Tuple has developed and provides ‘Sync Tree’, a cloud-based ‘Hyper-Connectivity Platform’ that allows businesses to easily and securely connect to other platforms without making APIs or changing their existing systems.
“Oilnow” is an app that helps users find gas stations and electric charging stations. The company plans to use customer data for digital advertising, e-commerce, auto sales and financial brokerage services, gas station payments, and expansion to electric vehicle charging payment business.
One One One is a digital media platform targeting the young workforce in Korea. The platform curates content that is easy to read and consume. The company also has evolved to include a recruitment tool within the platform for job search targeting users.
Rebel Corporation is a Korean webtoon production company that has improved cost efficiency through the best quality of work through top-notch planning personnel and an offshore studio in Vietnam.
ReCarbon is a clean-tech company which has a scalable, energy efficient solution to turn greenhouse gases into economically valuable gases. Recarbon’s plasma technology disassociates CO2 and CH4 into H2 and CO, both highly-demanded gases in many industries. By reducing CO2 emissions and producing H2 and CO, ReCarbons shows promising results in the environmental and industrial sectors.
TagHive is a edu-tech company on a mission to solve education inequality in India and improve classroom learning. ‘Class Saathi’, developed by TagHive, is an affordable Bluetooth based clicker solution to drive engagement and participation in classrooms across India. TagHive has already partnered with the Indian government to launch its at-home learning app in more than 2, 200 public schools across the country. The company has its headquarters in South Korea and an office in India
TENSOR is a leading automonous driving startup backed by Alibaba. It was established in 2016 by Jianxiong Xiao, an expert in AI and Robotics. The founder received his Ph.D. from MIT for his breakthrough research in AI, and later served as an assistant professor at Princeton University, where he was also appointed as the head of Robotics & Computer Vision Laboratory. TENSOR is the first to conduct fully driverless tests in China and in different cities globally.
Traffix is a North American logistics company that provides solutions to move freight more efficiently. It is Canada’s longest-serving third party logistics specialists with more than four decades of experience.
Tridge combines “Transaction” and “Bridge” and develops a leading global trading platform for data and fulfillment, powered by digital technology. It is the first agritech unicorn in Korea. With more than 64, 000 local sourcing agents over 210 countries, you can find and purchase the most price-competitive products through their AI-powered database.
Utransfer is a global currency exchange service company that provides comprehensive foreign exchange-related payment services such as corporate and individual overseas remittance and currency exchange services. It secures overseas local partners to provide faster and cheaper currency exchange services than institutional financial institutions.
WAGTI, standing for We Are Greater Than I, is a sports media company. With expertise in the fields of IT, sports marketing, and media, WAGTI aims to create and share inspirational content through its sports media platforms.
XORBIS, founded in 2000, is an immersive digital exhibition and media company that designs and produces integrated interactive content and experiential spaces using XR and real-time media technologies. With its immersive media solutions that blur the boundaries between art and space, XORBIS aims to become a global leader that creates new connections between people and physical environments.
zero5 transforms parking garages from simple storage spaces into tech-enabled mobility service hubs through automation. Ultimately, as the name suggests, zero5 will address the changes in the mobility industry by operating lots for autonomous vehicles from level 0 to 5 and provide space utilized add-on services.