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May 23, 2019 Technology

Exit Daejeon announces W14.2b startup funding agreement

DAEJEON -- Startups from across South Korea, global startup community leaders and representatives of Daejeon Metropolitan City flocked to Daejeon Convention Center Thursday to mark the end of the thr...

Global startup community leaders take Daejeon by storm

DAEJEON -- All eyes are on Daejeon, South Korea’s fifth-largest metropolitan city, as it moves to put together leaders of the global startup community through Exit Daejeon 2019. The three-day confer...

May 21, 2019
Technology
[EXIT DAEJEON 2019] Chaebol to play key role in hardware renaissance: HAX founder

Cyril Ebersweiler, the founder and managing director of hardware accelerator HAX, is out to create a startup-driven hardware renaissance. And in his view, Korea has much potential. “We’ve been quite...

May 20, 2019
Technology
Startup-driven innovation to take center stage at Exit Daejeon 2019

South Korea’s fifth-largest metropolitan city is poised to host the Global Startup Festival Daejeon 2019 from Tuesday through Thursday as part of its efforts to become a global hub for startup-driven...

May 19, 2019
Technology
EDAF urges Thai startups to go beyond homeland

BANGKOK -- When Kulina launched its algorithm-powered online marketplace in Indonesia in 2016, there were high hopes that the startup could address the country‘s chronic last-mile logistics conundrum...

May 15, 2019
Technology
Seoul-based PEFs likely to acquire Lotte’s financial arms

Two Seoul-based private equity firms have been selected as the most preferred bidders for the respective acquisition of South Korean-Japanese conglomerate Lotte Group’s nonbanking financial arms Lott...

May 3, 2019
Finance
Plug and Play eyes launch in Korea by 2020

Silicon Valley-based startup accelerator Plug and Play Tech Center plans to launch operations in South Korea by the first half of 2020, according to company officals. Despite the rapid growth in Kor...

May 2, 2019
Technology
Envisaging homegrown unicorn, Korea seeks to fend off foreign investor-led round funding

Venture capitalists in the global startup scene have to pay a hefty price -- hundreds of millions of dollars -- to take part in a later-stage round of investment. In South Korea, one of the nations ...

April 24, 2019
Finance
CJ ENM again denies Dexter Studios acquisition rumor

Seoul-based media giant CJ ENM reiterated April 17 that it is not taking an acquisition of Dexter Studios into consideration, months after a previous denial in January. “(CJ ENM) is not pursuing...

April 17, 2019
Industry
Shinhan’s fintech innovation hub to ramp up startup support with FOF firm

Shinhan Futures Lab, a South Korean innovation hub owned by Shinhan Financial Group , said on April 11 it is poised to ramp up support for startups by teaming up with Korean fund of funds managemen...

April 11, 2019
Finance
Kumho Asiana asks for W500b funding, agrees to sell off assets

Debt-ridden Kumho Asiana Group called on its creditors to inject 500 billion won ($439.17 million) to address its liquidity crisis through a business revamp plan it submitted to the state-led Korea D...

April 10, 2019
Industry
[Herald Interview] SendBird looks to break up messenger monopoly

Real-time in-app digital messaging is increasingly becoming the norm. On-demand mobility app users can exchange text messages with drivers to get a ride to deliver food. While watching live-streamed...

March 28, 2019
Technology
[Herald Interview] Yulchon M&A lawyer predicts ‘new wave’ in Indonesia

For decades, lawyer Yoon Hee-woong has built his career providing legal advice for corporations. Since joining the South Korean law firm Yulchon in 2000, he has been paving the way for large busines...

March 19, 2019
Finance
Ready, set, binge: LG looks to change course with M&As

LG Electronics CEO Jo Seong-jin recently conceded that as a newcomer in the mergers and acquisitions market in 2015, the firm had a tough time acquiring a stake in family-owned Austrian headlight mak...

March 18, 2019
Technology
[Weekender] How long can the startup boom cycle last?

South Korea is riding the global trend of high liquidity in the startup scene. Money is pouring into the sector, and investors are looking for the next big thing to invest in. However, concerns ling...

January 31, 2019
Industry

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