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Flitto, the global crowdsourced translation platform’s IPO is all set to be traded on KOSDAQ from July 17, 2019. The company had raised 38.3 billion won or $32.8 million from …
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Korea Credit Data, the company that provides business management software (CashNote) to small and medium-sized businesses in Korean and Japan, announced on May 17, 2019 that it has raised funds …
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Wadiz, which is a crowdfunding platform providing seeding solutions for startups and new business ventures, announced on May 15, 2019, that it has attracted 31 billion won or $26.2 million …
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Innerbottle,the Korean startup, which has come up with an innovative packaging bottle solution that ensures a zero-waste and sustainable environment, has started its Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for further …
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The mobile laundry service called ‘Laundrygo’ has attracted investments worth 6.5 billion won or $5.4 million just a month after its launch. The investment has been led by Softbank Ventures …
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South Korean company Dunamu announced on May 15, that it has invested about 55 billion won (about US$46 million) in 26 startups via its investment-specialized subsidiary, Dunamu & Partners. Dunamu …
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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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