[StartupRecipe] Startup Funding Slowed Down in February
#Weekly Funding Overview [Mar.14 ~ Mar.18] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 289 billion. Major Funding Metaverse platform VA Corporation has raised 100 billion won and turned into a unicorn. It has established a full...
[StartupRecipe] 30 Women-Led Startups You Need to Watch Out
#Weekly Funding Overview [Mar.7 ~ Mar.11] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 340.3 billion. Major Funding Mobility platform Socar has secured a strategic investment of 183.2 billion won from Lotte Rental, with Lotte Rental...
[StartupRecipe] Korea has 18 unicorns, 7 were born in 2021
#Weekly Funding Overview [Feb.28 ~ Mar.4] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 340.6 billion. Major Funding Ridi, the operator of e-book service Ridibooks, has raised 120 billion won and earned unicorn status. It has...
[StartupRecipe] 12 Content Startups Targeting Global Markets
#Weekly Funding Overview [Feb.21 ~ Feb.25] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 103.45 billion. Major Funding Meat-selling startup Sur.loin has raised 40 billion won. It tripled in the B2C market last year and achieved...
[StartupRecipe] Korean social ventures are on the rise
#Weekly Funding Overview [Feb.14 ~ Feb.18] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 425.4 billion. Major Funding SemiFive, a semiconductor design platform, has raised 130 billion won. Its design platform is regarded to cut semiconductor...
[StartupRecipe] South Korean Startups Have Secured US$10.3 Billion in 2021
#Weekly Funding Overview [Feb. 7~ Feb.11] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 336.5 billion. Major Funding Parking Cloud, a parking control platform, has raised 100 billion won. iParking, which first introduced AI parking control...
[StartupRecipe] Investment rush set to continue in 2022
#Weekly Funding Overview [Jan. 31~ Feb.4] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 66.5 billion. Major Funding Queenit, a fashion platform for women in their 40s and 50s, has received 36 billion won in series...
[StartupRecipe] The secret behind the rise of unicorn startups in Korea
#Weekly Funding Overview [Jan. 24~ Jan.28] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 221.25 billion. Major Funding i.M. Taxi operator Jinmobility has raised 80 billion won in Series A funding round. The company plans to...
[StartupRecipe] Top 10 Korean startup stories of 2021
#Weekly Funding Overview [Jan. 17~ Jan.21] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 362.4 billion. Major Funding AgTech startup Green Labs raised a 170 billion won series C investment. The company operates agricultural data service...
[StartupRecipe] Rising Korean Education Startups
#Weekly Funding Overview [Dec. 3~ Dec.7] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 569.1 billion. Major Funding AI FinTech startup Qraft Technologies raised 175 billion won from Softbank. They plan to collaborate by incorporating the...
[StartupRecipe] The most notable Korean startup M&A deals of 2021
#Weekly Funding Overview [Dec. 3~ Dec.7] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 281.5 billion. Major Funding Standard Energy, a vanadium-ion battery developer, raised 65 billion won from Lotte Chemical. With lower ignition hazards and...
[StartupRecipe] Investment picked up in December
#Weekly Funding Overview [Dec. 27~ Dec.31] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 277.3 billion. Major Funding Huinno, which develops AI-based medical devices, raised 43.5 billion won. It aims for the largest market share in...
[StartupRecipe] Top 10 most funded Korean Startups in 2021
#Weekly Funding Overview [Dec. 20~ Dec.24] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 3,97.85 billion. Major Funding Fintech company Chai Corporation secured 53 billion won in funds. It is expanding its services by acquiring the...
[StartupRecipe] Why Are Presidential Candidates Rushing To Meet Startups
#Weekly Funding Overview [Dec. 13~ Dec.17] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 555 billion. Major Funding Beyond Music, a music rights investment company, raised more than 200 billion won in funding. It specializes in...
[StartupRecipe] Childcare startups are in the limelight after COVID-19.
#Weekly Funding Overview [Dec. 6~ Dec.10] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 65.9 billion. Major Funding Uprise, operator of digital asset investment platform ‘Heybit’ and global ETF automatic investment service ‘Iruda Discretionary Investment’, raised...
[StartupRecipe] 8 Startups Founded by Serial Entrepreneurs
#Weekly Funding Overview [Nov. 29~ Dec. 3] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 163.9 billion. Major Funding Grip Company, an SNS-based live commerce company, raised 180 billion won from Kakao and sold 50% of...