SAN LEANDRO, Calif. , Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Geltor, the bio-design company behind Designer Collagen, today announced $18.2 million in Series A financing, led by Cultivian Sandbox Ventures. The round includes investment from GELITA, the leading global supplier of collagen proteins, and ADM Ventures, the venture investing arm of global food and feed ingredient [...]
SOMERVILLE, Mass., Oct. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Perceptive Automata, the leading provider of human behavior prediction software for machines, announced today that it has raised $16 million in Series A funding. The oversubscribed round was led by JAZZ Venture Partners with participation from Toyota AI Ventures, Hyundai Motor Company, and existing investors First Round Capital [...]
HONG KONG, Apr. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Sky9 Capital announced today that it has completed the final closing of Sky9 Capital Fund III, L.P. with total capital commitments of $200 million. With support from a strong group of world-class institutional investors, family foundations and entrepreneurs, the fund invests mainly in China-based businesses with a focus [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government will have to make a tough decision on whether to inject fresh funding into General Motors to help continue its Korean operation amid heated debates over whether it would be a lifeline for a sustainable business or a painkiller for recurring headaches, officials and policymakers [...]
PARIS, Jun. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Stratumn, a leading provider of network solutions securing processes between enterprises and their stakeholders through blockchain technology and advanced cryptography, announces today the raising of €7M in a series A funding from Open CNP, the Corporate Venture arm of CNP Assurances, Otium Venture, Nasdaq and Digital Currency Group. Less [...]
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Mar. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc. (“TOMI”) (OTCQX:TOMZ), a global decontamination and infection prevention company that specializes in disinfection/decontamination sales and services, including the manufacturing, sale and licensing of its SteraMist™, a hydrogen peroxide-based mist/fog that is registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), announced today that it [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Crowdfunding fared well last year when the idea of raising money from a large number of people made its debut in Korea. The success rate in funding through this alternative way of raising money reached nearly half of overall funding rounds with about 18 billion Won being raised. According [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will establish a 3.5 trillion won (US$2.9 billion) fund to nurture startups and venture firms in the science and technology sectors to secure new growth engines, the science ministry said Wednesday. Under the comprehensive plan announced by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, the fund [...]
NEW YORK, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — LodgIQ™, which is firmly committed to bringing the discipline of revenue optimization into the 21st century, today announced the official launch of the company and its platform. LodgIQ RM™ is a next-generation revenue optimization platform for the hospitality industry developed by seasoned travel executives and Silicon Valley technologists. [...]