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Noom, the nutrition and chronic condition management-focused health tech startup app, has got $58 million in investment led by Sequoia Capital on May 6. Aglae Ventures, Samsung Ventures, and a …
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Allganize, a startup that provides deep-learning based Natural-Language Understanding and conversational ArtificiaI Intelligence (AI) for enterprises, received $3.4 million Series A investment from SparkLabs Ventures and others on April 29. …
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SendBird, the Korean startup that helps businesses add messaging to their apps with a couple of lines of code, has raised $50 million dollars’ worth of investment in the continuation …
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Awair, the intelligent air quality monitor device, developed by Korean startup Bitfinder, has successfully raised $10 million in Series B funding. The startup got its latest investment led by The …
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The South Korean startup industry has been thriving because of innovative ideas, enterprising founders and an amiable support system both through domestic and international ventures. From e-commerce, blockchain, artificial intelligence, …
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South Korea’s most popular car ride-sharing company Socar announced on April 17th that it has acquired Polariant, a startup that develops positional tracking technology using polarized light detection. Established in …
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Korean startup Market Kurly, is an online service that delivers fresh groceries at your doorstep. It is not only seeing phenomenal sales growth but is also getting adequate attention from …
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Altos Ventures is one of the leading investor firms that has supported the growth and development of over 50 high-growth technology companies. This first-stage Venture Capital firm has incubated over a dozen companies.
Read MoreKorean startup Sendbird, based out of San Francisco-area has received $52 million in Series B investment. The startup provides messaging solutions to businesses with the chat API application. Iconiq Capital …
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Mykoon, the parent company of the better known Spoon Radio, surpassed $20.2M USD (23B KRW) in 2018 annual sales. This trajectory makes for a more than 900% year after year growth …
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Socar, a Korean ride-sharing platform, is planning to rev up development with an investment worth $44.5M USD (50B KRW). The multi-million investment comes from four companies, KB Investment, Stone Bridge Ventures, and Softbank …
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Myrealtrip (CEO Lee Dong-gun), which started in 2012, is reworking what tour packages mean. The Korean tech company is making various smaller sized and unique tour packages instead of the …
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Woowa Brothers, the startup that operates the leading food delivery app of South Korea ‘Baedal Minjok’, joins the ‘unicorn’ billionaire club with the latest investment from global firms. Woowa Brothers …
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KakaoPage, the webtoon platform from South Korea’s internet giant Kakao Corp., recently acquired a major stake in Indonesian company Neobazar, a company into publishing games and webtoon services. Indonesia’s leading …
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Kakao Investment, the venture arm of Kakao Corp., South Korea’s internet giant, recently invested in Israeli blockchain startup Orbs. According to a report, the hybrid blockchain platform Orbs has raised …
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The Fintech startup, Viva Republica, that manages the popular Peer-To-Peer (P2P) mobile payment app ‘Toss’ has gained the unicorn status with its latest fundraising of US $80 million. The company …
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NGeneBio Co., Ltd. a leading company in molecular diagnostics (MDx) and companion diagnostics (CDx), recently received 12 billion won or $ 10 million worth of investment from multiple venture capitals …
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The enterprising global E-sports agency – STILL8 recently received an additional investment of around 5 billion South Korean won or about $4.4 million dollars from the mobile game development company Neptune Corp. …
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South Korea’s fastest growing E-commerce start-up Coupang has successfully raised $2 billion in funds from SoftBank’s Vision Fund. Coupang, which was founded in 2010, is South Korea’s largest online retailer, …
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The market for EVs or Electric Vehicles is rapidly increasing and as more and more people buy EVs, there is a need for availability of charging stations. Nowadays, there are …
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