Korea Bets on Climate Innovation: Gyeonggi Aims to Build Three Climate-Tech Unicorns by 2030
The race toward a net-zero economy is accelerating in South Korea, and Gyeonggi Province is taking the lead. By unveiling ...
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20 Korean Startups Prove Unicorns Aren’t Built Only on VC: Inside MSS’ New Profit-Growth Baby Unicorn Program
In South Korea’s startup ecosystem, where venture funding has traditionally been the benchmark for growth, a new experiment is unfolding. ...
Korea Doubles 2026 Mother Fund to Record $1.5B, Launches $74B Growth Fund for AI and Deep Tech
South Korea is significantly scaling up its startup and innovation financing, doubling the size of its 2026 National Mother Fund ...
First Foreign Unicorn in Sight: Expanded Startup Korea Special Visa, Regional Hubs, and Tailored Founder Support
A year after launching the Global Startup Center, South Korea is doubling down on inbound startup growth with expanded policies ...
K-Beauty Startup BENOW Eyes IPO After Unicorn Valuation, Expands Global Reach Beyond Korea
K-Beauty has given Korea some of its strongest global brands, and now a new startup is carrying that momentum into ...
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 ...
FuriosaAI Becomes Korea’s Newest AI Unicorn with $130M Series C Bridge Round
South Korean AI chip startup FuriosaAI has entered the ranks of the country’s unicorn companies following its ₩170 billion KRW ...
Speak Easy Labs Korea Becomes Unicorn with $78M Series C Investment
Speak Easy Labs Korea, the operator of the AI-powered English learning platform Speak, has joined the ranks of unicorn companies. ...
Korean government launches 100 billion won fund to support food tech startups
As the economic downturn looms, venture funding for startups has shrunk globally in the last quarter of 2022. The Korean ...
Megazone Cloud attracts $343 million Series C investment, ramps up IPO preparation
Korean unicorn startup Megazone Cloud Corp., a leading managed cloud service provider (MSP), attracted 450 billion won ($343 million) Series ...