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| Oct 14, 2014 | Korea’s sharing economy rocket-propelled as domestic ride-sharing service gets $18M | Bain Capital has today announced that they have led a series A investment into Korean car sharing company, Socar. The total investment raised in this series A round is 180 billion won (equivalent to around $18 million).
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| Oct 14, 2014 | Korea’s sharing economy rocket-propelled as domestic ride-sharing service gets $18M | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Bain Capital has today announced that they have l... |
| Sep 19, 2014 | Meet Korea's billion-dollar startups | Last December, Aileen Lee from Cowboy Ventures identified 39 software startups that have reached valuations of over $1 billion and grouped them under the moniker of The Unicorn Club in her landmark TechCrunch post. Since then, software star... |
| Sep 5, 2014 | Silicon Valley Meets Asia: Join the Global Tech Discussion at beGLOBAL | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| Sep 5, 2014 | Silicon Valley Meets Asia: Join the Global Tech Discussion at beGLOBAL | This sponsored post is produced by beSUCCESS.
Korea has long been known for lightning-fast internet and mobile broadband speeds. Now the country’s startups are also garnering global recognition. In the last 12 months, Korean founders have b... |
| Sep 1, 2014 | Google plans an accelerator in Seoul — while Samsung stands on the sidelines | Google, on an international mission to rapidly connect with the global startup community, has recently announced that it will open a startup campus in Seoul, Korea next year.
This comes at a time when Korean entrepreneurs are beginning to s... |
| Sep 1, 2014 | Are All Accelerators Decelerators? | Ashwin Ramasamy Contributor
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| Sep 1, 2014 | Google plans an accelerator in Seoul — while Samsung stands on the sidelines | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Google, on an international mission to rapidly co... |
| Aug 27, 2014 | Ybrain Raises $3.5M To Fund Trials Of Its Wearable For Alzheimer’s Patients | Ybrain, a Korean startup that makes wearables for Alzheimer’s patients, announced today that it has raised $3.5 million in Series A funding led by Stonebridge Capital, bringing its total raised so far to $4.2 million. Co-founder Seungyeon K... |
| Jul 18, 2014 | Softbank Ventures Korea and Qualcomm Ventures invest in last-mile online delivery service Naldo | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Naldo today announced its Series A investment fro... |
| Jul 18, 2014 | Softbank Ventures Korea and Qualcomm Ventures invest in last-mile online delivery service Naldo | Naldo today announced its Series A investment from Softbank Ventures Korea and Qualcomm Ventures. After an initial angel funding in 2013, this is the first major investment for Naldo. Funding will allow for faster scaling of sales, marketin... |
| Jun 14, 2014 | Seoul’s Sprouting Startup Scene | Sebastien Park Contributor
Editor’s note: Sebastien Park is an associate at Collaborative Fund.
A couple of years ago, a list of the world’s top startup ecosystems compared cities like Berlin, Tel Aviv, and London to get at what made startu... |
| May 2, 2014 | Korea, ‘Land of the Morning Calm’ & Now Startup Hub | Today we bring you a bit of news from the international startup scene. I was recently introduced to Youjin Do, a Korean journalist currently interning with SpaceCubed and we decided to do some cross city knowledge sharing. She introduced me... |
| Apr 28, 2014 | Korea kicks into high gear for startups and investors | Korea, once referred to as the ‘Land of the Morning Calm,’ has emerged as one of the key startup hubs in Asia.
Having witnessed firsthand the changes in this once conservative and shy nation, I am amazed at the pace of change and the hunger... |
| Apr 20, 2014 | K-Cube Ventures stands out in Korea for speedy, ambitious investment style | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Investing in Korean startups can be a tough job f... |
| Apr 18, 2014 | Top 10 VC-backed startups in Korea: Kakao still dominates | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Under The Radar, a prominent IT and startup-focus... |
| Apr 10, 2014 | In smartphone-saturated Korea, carriers face rampant gov’t suppression | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
In Korea, carriers engage in fierce competition in one of the most technologically advanced markets with the highest smartphone penetra... |
| Apr 9, 2014 | Samsung Galaxy S5 pops up 2 weeks early in Korea, borking the global launch | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The long-awaited global launch of Samsung Galaxy S5 missed its launch date. It was not delayed; rather, it started selling two weeks ah... |
| Mar 6, 2014 | Meet K-Glass: 30x faster & more 3-12x more efficient than Google Glass | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The researchers at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) announced that they developed a head-mounted display 30 t... |
| Mar 1, 2014 | Korea is Asia’s key test market for global tech companies, including Facebook | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
There has been much talk about Facebook’s inabili... |
| Feb 20, 2014 | As Facebook buys WhatsApp, Korea’s top messaging app preps for an IPO | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Kakao Corp., developer of Korea’s favorite messag... |
| Jan 20, 2014 | South Korean Bitcoin exchange receives $400k Silicon Valley investment | The South Korean Bitcoin exchange Korbit has raised $400,000 from a number of well-known Silicon Valley angel investors.
According to beSUCCESS, the list is: DFJ's Tim Draper, AngelList's Naval Ravikant, SV Angel's David Lee, Pietro Dova of... |
| Jan 20, 2014 | Korean Bitcoin startup nabs $400K from Silicon Valley investors | Korbit, a Korean Bitcoin startup, has raised $400,000 (about 420 Bitcoins at today’s price) from an array of Silicon Valley investors.
It has never happened before that a Korean startup has been able to secure early stage funding from such ... |
| Jan 20, 2014 | Korean Bitcoin startup nabs $400K from Silicon Valley investors | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Korbit, a Korean Bitcoin startup, has raised $400... |
| Jan 14, 2014 | Amazon preparing to battle it out with Korean e-commerce sites in 2014 | According to reports, Amazon plans to enter the Korean e-commerce market in 2014, potentially posing a major threat to existing domestic services and promising to further globalize the online shopping experience that has until now been domi... |
| Nov 18, 2013 | Tech Trailblazers Awards extends global reach with Seed Forum partnership | Enterprise tech startups contest global promise realised through collaboration in over 40 countries across 4 continents with the world’s leading seed funding focused partner
London, UK – 18th November 2013 - The Tech Trailblazers Awards, th... |
| Oct 16, 2013 | Tech Trailblazers Awards "Great Success" Beating First-Year Entrant and Partner Figures | The world’s first truly global and independent awards for enterprise technology startups doubles its industry partnerships and attracts 17% more entries
IP EXPO – The Futures Den – London, UK – October 16th 2013 – The Tech Trailblazers Awar... |
| Sep 23, 2013 | Tech Trailblazers Awards: Last Chance for Enterprise Tech Startups to Win Prizes and Mentoring | Final countdown for enterprise IT innovators to enter at www.techtrailblazers.com – Deadline 26th September
LONDON, UK – 23 September 2013 – Enterprise IT startups have just until September 26th to enter the second-annual Tech Trailblazers ... |
| Sep 9, 2013 | Tech Trailblazers Awards partners with The Icehouse to reach New Zealand’s finest enterprise tech startups | The Tech Trailblazers Awards and New Zealand’s Business Growth Hub The Icehouse are partnering to bring the best enterprise startups into the global awards contest.
Entrants from New Zealand will qualify for entry via the Tech Trailblazers ... |