SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. said Friday it recently purchased a stake in U.S. laundry startup Washlava and supplied it with washing machines and dryers. LG Electronics, however, didn’t disclose the level of its interest in the Tampa-based company, which operates smartphone-exclusive laundromats, or the amount invested. The electronics [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — An accelerator for tech startups operated by the country’s largest internet portal operator Naver Inc. said Friday that it has made new investments in three promising startups, as part of its ongoing efforts to support promising entrepreneurs. Naver’s D2 Startup Factory, also known as D2SF, said that it has [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Card, South Korea’s leading credit card service provider, has set up a new partnership with global networking company Techstars to help startup businesses here go abroad, the company said Tuesday. “With this partnership, Hyundai Card will offer a support program to enter the global market for the members [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO Co., South Korea’s largest steelmaker, said Tuesday it will invest 1 trillion won (US$838 million) to foster startups in the country. POSCO said it will create an industrial complex for startups, as well as a fund to support promising firms in association with the Ministry of SMEs and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The total amount of investment in startups reached a record high last year amid hopes of lucrative returns and policy backup, government data showed Thursday. A total of 3.43 trillion won (US$3.04 billion) was invested in startups last year, up 43.9 percent from the previous record high of 2.38 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Poolus, a new carpool startup, has announced a plan to share its profits with its customers. According to the plan, Poolus will distribute “pool points” to users of its service, which can either be cashed in or exchanged for shares in the company. In addition, AI technology will be [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it will support 500 startups over the next five years in response to the government’s call to bolster the national economy and create more jobs. The project comes as a follow-up of Samsung Electronics’ announcement made in August, when it vowed to invest a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s largest carmaker by sales, said Wednesday it has invested in a U.S. neuroscience startup in a move to develop automated vehicles. The strategic investment in Perceptive Automata aims to allow Hyundai Motor to secure artificial intelligence-related technologies which could be utilized in the fields [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mobility startup VCNC said Monday it has launched a new ride-hailing service in Seoul and an adjacent city with 11-seat vans in a move to get around a local transportation law. VCNC said hundreds of its passenger vans offer a service called Tada in Seoul and Incheon, [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Six South Korean startups from Campus Seoul, the first Asian campus set up by U.S. Internet giant Google Inc., have attracted investment worth 2.8 billion won (US$2.5 million) during the first half of this year, the company said Wednesday. The campus, which opened in May 2015 in the posh [...]