A brief summary of South Korea’s startup and funding news, gathered from English-language media online in November 2019.
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- South Korea: CODE42 gains $25M backing led by Kia Motors with autonomous transport-as-a-service platform
- South Korea: PUBLISH takes Best Digital Media Startup award from World Newspaper Association with blockchain applications for the traditional news industry
- A brief intro to the 10 South Korean startups that presented at the recent ‘K-Content Startup In Japan’ event
- UN Security Council report identifies North Korea as using Hong Kong-based blockchain company to launder money to dodge sanctions
- A look at the structural challenges around startup innovation in South Korea
- Korea Internet Security to provide $9M in funding to 6 startups across 10 projects, with digital tokens assisting with funding
- South Korea: FirmaChain digital contract management startup gains backing with Stabledocs, blockchain-based electronic contract solution
- South Korea: Shinhan Bank to build a blockchain-based loan management platform
- South Korea: A look at the recent ‘Connecting Korean Fintechs with Asia’ event, held by the World Bank Group’s IFC
- South Korea: A look at Globis Infotech’s XELF, HTML5-based cloud content-creating platform, producing Flash-like animations
- South Korea: MaaS Asia micro-mobility startup launches upgraded electric kickboards for Gogossing sharing service, currently providing 600 in Gangnam district
- SE Asia’s first Korea Startup Centre set for Singapore launch in 2020, supported by South Korea’s Ministry of SMEs and Startups and Enterprise Singapore
- Video: Samsung Blockchain’s official introduction
- South Korea’s SMEs and Startups Minister talks of government proposal to create a startup organization spanning Korean and ASEAN countries on sidelines of summit
- South Korea: Upbit crypto exchange hacked, losing Ether cryptocurrency to teh value of $49M
- South Korea: A brief overview of the recent D.Day event, one of the country’s longest running startup demo days, held in Busan
