Photo : WICO Chairman Lee Ju-hyung and Indonesian inventors The 12th World Invention and Creativity Olympics (WICO) in 2023 was successfully completed at SETEC in Seoul with 1,228 participants from 22 countries, and the awards ceremony was held on the afternoon of the 29th with Chairman Lee Ju-hyung participating. The event encourages creative ideas, provides new insights, accelerates creativity, enhances presentation skills, and builds global networks. In addition, core technologies can be jointly researched. In the 4th industry looking for new items, you can become a global market leader in
Blockchain game developer 'Puzzle Monsters' has announced that it has attracted investment from the venture capital firm 'Crit Ventures,' a subsidiary of Com2uS. Puzzle Monsters is a company that has successfully launched games based on creative ideas and excellent market understanding. "Idle Ninja" and "Ninja Survivors" are the main games developed by Puzzle Monsters, and they have gained popularity not only in South Korea but also in the global market. Especially, "Idle Ninja" is Puzzle Monsters' representative IP that has been running for over two years. It ranked #1 in the mobile market by
Photo : Ryan Kim, CEO of Callus Company. To celebrate the launch of Tech Seoul, we started interviewing CEOs of Korean startups. Today, for the eighth time, We met Ryan Kim, CEO of Callus Company. Hello, Mr. Ryan Kim, thank you for your time. We think this interview with Ryan Kim, CEO of Callus Company, the curriculum-based internship program for teenagers, will be very interesting and informative for Tech Seoul readers Q. Please introduce your company. A. Callus Company offers the 'Sprint Program', a curriculum-based internship program for teenagers. Through the Sprint Program, teenagers can
Callus Company, the provider of the "Sprint Program", an education service linking internships designed to assist teenagers in exploring their career paths, has revealed plans for special events in light of the official launch of the service. The Sprint Program is an educational service tailored for teenagers, offering them the opportunity to intern at startups related to their chosen career fields. This program assists these young adults in identifying their job compatibility and gaining practical experience. Callus Company has collaborated with a myriad of startups and social enterprises aro
Ripple Ai, announced on the 21st that it has been selected for the second round of the 2023 SBA Acceleration Program, organized by the Seoul Business Agency (SBA). The SBA Accelerating Project is a program that discovers startups with high growth potential and supports their growth through investment. Selected companies can receive investment support of up to KRW 500 million. This project was conducted through a total of three rounds of screening and evaluation, and two companies, including Ripple AI, were finally selected. Ripple AI is a startup founded by Professor Gunhee Kim, who leads the
FriendliAI, a leading generative AI engine company, is proud to announce the public beta release of PeriFlow Cloud. This powerful platform empowers users to run PeriFlow, an engine for generative AI serving, within a managed cloud environment. With its innovative approach specifically tailored to large language models (LLMs), the PeriFlow engine achieves remarkable improvements in throughput while maintaining low latency. This cutting-edge engine is built upon FriendliAI’s groundbreaking batching and scheduling techniques, which are protected by patents in the United States and Korea, includin
Photo : Junhyung Lee, CEO of Itgreen. To celebrate the launch of Tech Seoul, we started interviewing CEOs of Korean startups. Today, for the seventh time, We met .Junhyung Lee, CEO of Itgreen. Hello, Mr. Junhyung Lee, thank you for your time. We think this interview with Junhyung Lee, CEO of the pioneering multi-use container service provider Itgreen, will be very interesting and informative for Tech Seoul readers. Q. Please introduce your company. Offering a range of reusable container services, Itgreen aims to minimize resource consumption and promote sustainable practices across various sec
Fintech startup StepPay, which operates a specialized billing and payment solution for SaaS, announced on July 6th that it had successfully completed the Pre-A 2nd round of investment. This round of investment was participated by KB Investment, Medici Investment, and Primer Sazze Partners. StepPay, having previously secured investment during a period of minimal VC funding last October, successfully garnered additional investment in less than a year, demonstrating its service's value and potential even amidst challenging times. As a result, StepPay raised $3.7 million in the Pre-A round, culmin
Gangwon Creative Economy Innovation Center announced that it is recruiting the second round of participants for the '2023 Gangwon Local Venture Company Growth Stage Customized Support Project', which is promoted by the Gangwon Creative Economy Innovation Center to revitalize local entrepreneurship, until June 21. Anyone who is planning to start a local venture company or a business that utilizes local resources to increase the value and competitiveness of the region can apply. However, the business must be located in Gangwon-do or be planning to relocate. Selected companies will receive 20 mil
On March 7, the Gangwon Creative Economy Innovation Center held the opening ceremony of the '2023 5th Gangwon Online Marketer Training Project,' which is promoted by the Gangwon Creative Economy Innovation Center to train online marketing professionals and expand the online market sales of small businesses. Held simultaneously at Catholic Kanto University (Gangneung), Gangwon Innovation Center Regional Business Unit (Wonju), and Gangwon Innovation Center MOCA Square (Chuncheon), a total of 40 marketers, Gangwon Provincial Office Jobs Division Team Leader Lee Sang-bong, and other guests partici