South Korea’s
startups
News in June 2019
Today’s startup news:
on LinkedIn, on Twitter and on Facebook
- Korea Telecom to expand 5G deployment inside buildings to include airports and train stations
- South Korea: Coinone Transfer and SBI Ripple Asia partner to facilitate blockchain-based remittances, in-country
- Samsung Vice Chairman sets company sights on investment in sixth-generation mobile networks and system semiconductors, among others
- South Korea: NextRise 2019 startup conference and exhibition set for July 23-24 in Seoul
- South Korea: snowM blockchain-based social entertainment company to demo snowDAQ online community for K-Pop fans
- South Korea: PeopleFund online lending platform raises $35M with sights set on international growth
- 500 Startups to raise second South Korea-focused fund
- South Korean Gov’t to establish startup centers in Finland and Sweden, focusing on 5G, AI, biotech, health and autonomous vessels
- South Korea: Planetarium game startup to launch test version of decentralized game, Nine Chronicles, storing storyboard and data on a blockchain
- Korea Electric Power Corporation to co-develop blockchain system for renewable energy certificates
- South Korea: Butfit Seoul startup providing group circuit training programs and rewards system secures $1.3M
- South Korea: A round-up of the last month’s tech and startup news, as reported in the English-language press
- How India’s Heelium gained from Korea’s K-Startup Grand Challenge with expanding its sustainable sportswear to the wider Asian market
- Taiwan Startup Stadium preps to take market entry bootcamp to Seoul for NextRise 2019 conference and exhibition
- South Korea’s Woowa Brothers food delivery app operator launches in Ho Chi Minh City, bringing to bear 9 years’ experience
Each month, Startup News Asia also delivers technology-specific summaries for the month past:
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