Startup Stock Option Grants Fall Nearly 30%: Korea’s Need for Smarter Tax Incentives
Stock options, once the hallmark of Korea’s startup talent strategy, are losing traction. As venture funding cools and IPOs stall, ...
Tag: Investment Trends
Record AI Investment Sparks “Innovation Winter” for Non-AI Startups, Experts Warn of Bubble Risks
Venture capital in 2025 is being redefined by artificial intelligence. With over half of all global funding now flowing into ...
Bio Sector Leads Korea’s Venture Recovery, but Structural Support Still Missing
Korea’s bio sector has emerged as the lone bright spot in an otherwise subdued venture market. Private investors are pouring ...
Korea’s Q3 Startup Investment Surges Past $1.8B: Early-Stage Capital Shrinks as AI and Semiconductors Dominate
Korea’s venture market has roared back above the KRW 2 trillion mark, but the rebound tells two very different stories. ...
Korean VCs Still Favor Domestic AI, But Global Expansion Seen as Strategic Imperative
Artificial intelligence (AI) is redrawing the map of global venture capital. While U.S. and Chinese investors concentrate almost exclusively on ...
Zombie Startups Phenomenon: Nearly Half of Korea’s Sanctioned R&D Firms Collapsed
With Korea’s startup ecosystem continues to depend on government-backed R&D programs, new data reveals a stark reality: nearly half of ...
Korea’s Venture Investment Climbs to ₩5.7T (~US$4.2B) in H1 2025 – FuriosaAI and BENOW Join Unicorn Ranks
South Korea’s venture capital market showed steady growth in the first half of 2025, according to the Ministry of SMEs ...
South Korea’s Venture Investment Plummets by 42% in H1 2023, Amidst Global Caution
The landscape of venture investment in South Korea has witnessed a marked shift in the first half of this year, ...
Tomasz Kowalczyk Shares Insights on European Startup Ecosystem at Yonsei University & beSUCCESS Media program
Yonsei University, in collaboration with beSUCCESS Media Group, recently hosted an online class to educate students and aspiring entrepreneurs about ...