SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s leading tech firm, said Wednesday that it will support 21 homegrown startups’ participation in the world’s largest tech expo next week as the company vows to bolster its startup incubator programs. Samsung said four projects from its in-house idea incubation program C-Lab Inside and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — An accelerator for tech startups operated by Naver Inc., South Korea’s largest internet portal operator, said Wednesday it has made new investments in two promising tech startups. Naver’s D2 Startup Factory, also known as D2SF, said it has selected the two startups — Techtaka Co. and Medibloc Co. — [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. announced that it will support three startups created by Samsung employees as part of the company’s in-house venture incubation program, C-Lab Inside. C-Lab Inside was introduced in 2012 to promote a creative corporate culture as well as to explore employees’ innovative ideas. The three startups that [...]
SEJONG, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s finance minister said Friday that the government plans to introduce multiple voting rights for non-listed venture startups to help shareholders strengthen their control over companies. Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki said the scheme is aimed at encouraging venture startups to get major investment deals, while defending companies against [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s public institutions have been mandated to buy 8 percent of their annual procurements from startups. The Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced that the revised enforcement ordinance of the SME Establishment Support Act was resolved at a cabinet meeting and would take effect from Thursday. Under the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Almost half of the South Korean startups that ending up going global actually have origins in overseas countries, under the goal of targeting the global market, a state-run trade promotion agency said Thursday. As a result of a survey of the nation’s 135 startups that have been active in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s investment in startups sank more than 17 percent in the first half of the year due to the coronavirus outbreak, government data showed Tuesday. A total of 1.65 trillion won (US$1.38 billion) was invested in promising venture firms and startups in the January-June period, down 17.3 percent [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — An accelerator for tech startups operated by Naver Inc., South Korea’s largest internet portal operator, said Tuesday it has made new investments in two promising tech startups. Naver’s D2 Startup Factory, also known as D2SF, said it has selected the two startups that have expertise in developing solutions that [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong on Monday vowed support for startups in another on-site visit amid global uncertainties. Lee, the de facto leader of South Korea’s top conglomerate, Samsung Group, visited the tech giant’s startup incubation center in Suwon, south of Seoul, and encouraged workers at its in-house [...]
HONG KONG, CHINA, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) - If you have ever been called a “jack-of-all-trades,” you can rest assured the phrase “master of none” isn’t far behind. At the very least, it is often implied. But how relevant is this old saying in today’s business world? Unless you are a jack-of-all-trades who works in an [...]