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 ...
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Chuseok Holiday 2025: Korea’s Startup Testbed for New Wave of Consumer Innovation with Global Scalability
The Chuseok holiday season has become more than a cultural tradition in South Korea. Because now, it has become a ...
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 ...
RCPS Investment Practices in Korea Put Startups at Risk, Driving Momentum for Change
In Korea’s startup ecosystem, one funding instrument dominates early-stage investment: Redeemable Convertible Preferred Shares (RCPS). While designed to protect investors, ...
Low Barriers, High Closures: Startup Outsourcing Fuels Instability in Korea’s Venture Ecosystem
South Korea’s fast-moving venture ecosystem makes launching a startup not just easier but also incredibly riskier. A growing number 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 ...
Data Dillema: Government vs. Private Reports Reveal Contrasting Perspectives on South Korea’s Venture Investment
A recent announcement by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups on the '2023 domestic venture investment and fund formation trends' ...