Tech news: South Korea
Korea’s tech startup news from August 2019
(Today’s startup news: Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook)
- South Korea: An intro to ULikeKorea, livestock health care startup using an internal bio capsule to monitor an animal’s well-being
- South Korea: Blocko blockchain infrastructure provider secures $7.5M from major banks
- South Korea: KT telco giant partners Nongshim food/beverage management firm to develop blockchain-based food distribution ecosystem
- South Korea: PUBLISH Inc unveils blockchain-based ‘onchain’ news article notarization service in beta
- South Korea: Report suggests blockchain and crypto startups are listing overseas due to tough domestic cryptocurrency exchange market conditions
- South Korea: Fast Campus secures $8.46M with online learning growth in mind
- South Korea: Toss raises $64M in evolution from P2P money transfer service to full-range financial services platform with 13M registered users
- South Korea: An intro to the 15 startups from Seoul’s Guro District as they prep for October networking tour of Indonesia’s startup ecosystem
- South Korea: AFI Inc startup develops Backend, unique server focused on game developers
- UN report asserts that North Korea generated up to $2BN for weapons programs using cyberattacks to steal from banks and cryptocurrency exchanges
- Australian Gov’t Austrade releases Korean Startup Ecosystem Guide, providing an overview of Korea’s startup ecosystem, key industries, accelerators and more
- India: An intro to the 4 Indian startups shortlisted for South Korea’s K-Startup Grand Challenge 2019
- Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology partners South Korea’s Seoul Startup Hub to launch a connection campaign for startup businesses
