[StartupRecipe] Why Right Now Is the Best Time to enter the Singaporean market
#Weekly Funding Overview [Sep. 13~ Sep. 17] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 179.3 billion. Major Funding Bungaejangtaer, an online secondhand platform, raised 30 billion won in investment from Shinhan financial group. Following the...
[StartupRecipe] Exceeding 1 trillion won in monthly funding for Four consecutive months
#Weekly Funding Overview [Sep. 06~ Sep. 10] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 173.15 billion. Major Funding The contact-less mobile laundry service LaundryGo’s operator LifeGoesOn, raised 50 billion won. The Korea Development Bank invested...
[StartupRecipe] The secret to startups succeeding from the get-go
#Weekly Funding Overview [Aug. 30~ Sep. 03] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 303.1 billion. Major Funding NPixel, the game company that developed Gran Saga, attracted 100 billion won in investment and became a...
[StartupRecipe] Korea's ambition to become a global venture powerhouse
#Weekly Funding Overview [Aug. 23~ Aug. 27] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 121.25 billion. Major Funding Smile Ventures, an online luxury platform specializing in catch fashion, raised 21 billion won in investment. It has...
[StartupRecipe] Why great talent rush to startups from conglomerates
#Weekly Funding Overview [Aug. 16~ Aug. 20] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 377.8 billion. Major Funding Danggeun Market raised an investment worth KRW 178.9 billion. The company was valued at 3 trillion won and...
[StartupRecipe] The Biggest month for VC funding and 3 New Korean unicorns born
#Weekly Funding Overview [Aug. 9~ Aug. 13] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 137.25 billion. Major Funding Mobility startup 42 Dot raised 25 billion won in investment from Lotte Rental. 42 Dot is a...
[StartupRecipe] How the pet economy is growing in Korea
#Weekly Funding Overview [Aug. 2~ Aug. 6] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 81.4 billion. Major Funding Commercial platform Brandy raised an additional 20 billion won from Naver. Naver invested 10 billion won in...
[StartupRecipe] Krafton IPO: choosing a rode no one has ever taken
#Weekly Funding Overview [July. 26~ July. 30] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 118.73 billion. Major Funding Moneybrain, an artificial intelligence technology company, raised 40 billion won in investment. The company has source technologies...
[StartupRecipe] Korea now has 15 startup unicorns
#Weekly Funding Overview [July. 19~ July. 23] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 67.8 billion. Major Funding Medical AI startup Lunit secured a strategic investment of KRW 30 billion from Guardant Health. The U.S....
[StartupRecipe] Global VCs look for next Coupang
#Weekly Funding Overview [July. 12~ July. 16 ] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 2.21 trillion. Major Funding Yanolja raised an investment of kRW 2 trillion from SoftBank Vision Fund, valued at KRW 10...
[StartupRecipe] Korea Venture funding hits all time High in H1 of 2021
#Weekly Funding Overview [July. 5~ July. 9 ] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 1.32 trillion. Major Funding Travel platform Yanolja received an $8700 million investment from SoftBank Vision Fund. SoftBank plans to buy...
[StartupRecipe] Government selected 7 next Korean unicorns
#Weekly Funding Overview [June. 28~ July. 4 ] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 169.65 billion. Major Funding Mathpresso, which runs Qanda, an AI-based math problem-solving app, raised KRW 56 billion. If you take...
[StartupRecipe] Alternative Investments are on the rise among millennials
#Weekly Funding Overview [June. 21~ June. 25 ] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 687.4 billion. Major Funding Viva Republica, the operator of Toss, finalized their series G investment worth KRW 460 billion. They...
[StartupRecipe] The 52-hours workweek will change the rules of startup work culture
#Weekly Funding Overview [June. 14~ June. 18 ] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 282.1 billion. Major Funding Brave Mobile, the operator of the service matching platform Soomgo, raised KRW 32 billion. The company...
[StartupRecipe] ESG matters more than ever
#Weekly Funding Overview [June. 7~ June. 11 ] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 167.1 billion. Major Funding Logistics IT platform Barogo finalized an investment in Series C worth KRW 80 billion. The company...
[StartupRecipe] Funding surges in May due to inflow of foreign capital
#Weekly Funding Overview [May. 31~ June. 4 ] The total funds raised by Korean startups of this week is KRW 237.6 billion. Major Funding AI semiconductor startup Furiosa raised KRW 80 billion in Series B investment. The company is developing...