Venture Capital Professionals Group Korea

Venture Capital Professionals Group

We are Seoul-based VC professionals with a strategic network that includes VCs, startups, SME-supporting institutions, and institutional investors (LPs).

Customized Business & Investment Bridge Services

We offer customized solutions to foreign VCs and their portfolios interested in entering the Korean VC market.

We also assist Korean VCs and their portfolios in expanding their business globally by connecting them to our international venture capital networks.

This creates a worldwide synergy that enriches cross-border business partnerships and joint investment or merger and acquisition opportunities, ultimately adding value to VC funds.

Business Opportunities through International Collaboration

Our collaboration with VC industry networks in Korea provides safer entry into the Korean market and greater business opportunities.

If you have any inquiries or proposals regarding a potential business partnership with us, please contact us at biz.bridge.korea@gmail.com.

VCB-A01  Cereals and Functional Foods

A Green Brand for a Healthy Grain Food, Specializing in Safe Grain Processing

VC-backed Firm

Products

Korea's First and Leading Healthy Food Company, Producing Cereals and Functional Foods with Self-developed Technology and a Solid Domestic/Global Supply Network of More than 120

• Sprouted Whole Grains  Highly Processed Food Providing Convenience and High Nutrition
• Cereal Products  Using local grains, keeping good texture and taste, secures products’ safety.
• Cereal Bars/Snacks  New/Trendy Functional Products for fun and health 

Certificates

Patents / GMP / Certificate of Organic Processing & Sprouted Whole Grains / Defense Quality (ISO9001) / HACCP (weight-loss products, Cereals, Other processed food, Snacks), etc.

Potential Partnerships

• Engineering and Design Solutions
• Development Manufacturing, OEM
• Distributing Agency Partnership, Technology Transfer
• Matching VC Fund & Strategic Investor of Series B, Strategic M&A

VCB-A02   Open Source Software (OSS) Security Solution

Identifying Security and Compliance Issues in Open Source Code 

VC-backed Firm

A VC-backed firm with significant business and technical experience in the IT industry. The founding team specializes in open-source software, compliance, and security.

Core Technology

Unique Fingerprinting Technology to Scan Binary without Source Code or Reverse Engineering

Insignary Clarity leverages unique fingerprint-matching technology that extracts “fingerprints” from the target binary code to examine and compare against the fingerprints collected from open-source components in numerous open-source repositories. 

It helps customers visualize their binary code by identifying known, preventable security vulnerabilities and highlighting potential license compliance issues. Clarity uses unique fingerprint-based technology, which works on the binary level without needing source code or reverse engineering.

Solutions

• Open Source Software Security 
• Firmware & Application Security
• License Compliance 
• Solutions by Industry

Potential Partnerships

• Distributing Agency Partnership
• Matching VC Fund & Strategic Investor of Series B

VCB-A03  PET Recycling Robot

VCB-A03 creates and promotes waste trade markets using Industry 4.0 technologies.

VC-backed Firm

VCB-A03, with its waste management method, sorts and collects recyclable wastes with AI & robotics technology and encourage consumers to participate by providing financial rewards.

Big Data on Waste and Robotic Technology 

It has accumulated big data on images of recyclable resources, and robotic technology identifies and sorts recyclable resources. Also, the robot is remotely controlled, and its state is checked in real-time. 

Potential Partnerships 

• Engineering & Design Solutions
• Development Manufacturing and OEM
• Distributing Agency Partnership
• Technology Transfer 
• Matching VC Fund & Strategic Investor of Series B / Strategic M&A

VCB-A04  Patch-Type Wearable ECG Monitor

TOTAL ECG Monitoring Solution, AT-Heart / Diagnosis Assistance & Patient Monitoring

VC-backed Firm

Solutions

AT-Patch / AT-Note / AT-Report / AT- Monitoring

Long-time ESG Monitoring for up to 14 days

Long-time ECG monitoring is necessary for the clinical field to find arrhythmias or irregular heartbeats that appear intermittently and get timely treatments. Its patching system operates for up to 14 days(active mode) with only one single-use coin cell battery. 

Small Size and Lightweight

This patch-type medical device is optimized for long-term continuous ECG monitoring,  wearable, ambulatory ECG monitor, compact size, and only 13g weight.

32 Patents on electrocardiograms among 34 patents on healthcare 

Fifteen patents on original sensing technology and equipment design. Thirteen patents are about ECG signal processing algorithms. Four of the patents are about AI algorithms for ECG analysis. The other two patents are biosignals and healthcare. 

Potential Partnerships 

• Engineering & Design Solutions 
• Development Manufacturing and OEM
• Distributing Agency Partnership
• Technology Transfer and Distributing Agency Partnership
• Matching VC Fund & Strategic Investor of Series B / Strategic M&A

VCB-A05   Network Semiconductors for Autonomous Vehicle

Solution Provider for High-Speed Automotive Link Technology

VC-backed Firm

SerDes Technology

• High-Speed data transmitting:  up to  16Gbps
• The pioneer of  the High-Speed  SerDes Chip, supporting Global Automotive Standard (ASA  'Motion Link')
• Robust Control & Reliable Safety for the Next Generation Mobility
  (Electric Vehicle, Autonomous Car)
• Energy efficiency &  affordable cost for Next Automotive Industry

Ethernet Technology

Automotive manufacturers are adding more and more computer-based systems, applications, and connections, driving up bandwidth requirements. Ethernet products will help manufacturers' wiring costs, weight, and fuel efficiency.

Potential Partnerships 

• Engineering & Design Solutions
• Development Manufacturing and OEM 
• Distributing Agency Partnership
• Technology Transfer 
• Matching VC Fund & Strategic Investor of Series B / Strategic M&A

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TTA01  Intelligent Robotics Technology

Autonomous Driving Vehicle without a Driver's Seat, Discovering a New Value for Transportation

Level 4 Autonomous Driving

Researchers succeeded in developing an autonomous driving vehicle without a steering wheel by mounting a high-performance AI SW onto an electric vehicle model by an SME. The passenger can engage in any activity inside the vehicle since driving is not necessary.

Commercial autonomous driving technologies available now are at level 2 or 3, which still have the driver's seat and drivers need to intervene as necessary. On the contrary, Researchers developed a technology that makes vehicles without the driver's seat fully prepared for the era of level 4 autonomous driving.

TTA02  Walking Assistance Technology for the Elderly

Improving Elderly People's Quality of Life through ICT

FES (Functional Electrical Stimulation) Technology

Researchers have recently developed a walking assistance technology that allows users to move their joints through functional electrical stimulation (FES).

Electrodes-consisted patches are attached to the desired muscle points, and the system will determine the users' intentions and how much they want to move their joints. It will then naturally and electrically help their muscles generate the desired comfort.

TTA03  Technologies Specialized in Robots That Help the Elderly

Actualizing Home Service Robots with Dataset Specialized for the Elderly

Open Source Data and Core Technologies to Train Robots for Human-Robot Interactions

It was hard to study robots for elders because practically no data were available. 

A high-quality 3D image dataset obtained with great efforts by the researchers will be provided to companies, schools, and laboratories for research purposes.

Also, open-source data and core technologies will be provided to train robots for human-robot interactions. Primary technologies developed by researchers so far include 13 AI robot technologies that *recognize the everyday behavior of elders, *their appearance (facial features and clothing styles), *belongings, *robots that automatically create interactions with elders, *voice recognition specialized for elders, etc.

The researchers plan to develop robotic technologies that support the elderly and socially disadvantaged people's everyday activities, including organizing, cleaning, cooking, and running errands.

TTA04  Realistic VR Technology

Realistic Firefighting Training Realized Safely with VR

Realistic Firefighting Training Simulator

Researchers have recently created a realistic simulator using VR that allows firefighting training that utilizes actual firefighting tools in virtual reality.

This simulator is a composition of state-of-the-art VR technology featuring things such as motion simulator technology that allows safe immersion experiences, multi-sensory interface technology that support realistic fire situations, and training content developed with the help of firefighters.

Researchers will implement heat and cooling sensation devices on firefighters' breathing devices and uniforms and enhance the technology to monitor the trainees' vital signs to create a more realistic and practical training environment.

TTA05  Celluar IoT Technology

Smart Factories Using Core 5G and Ultra-Low Latency Network Technologies

Industrial loT based on the 5G standard (Rel-15)  for Smart Factories 

Smart factories aim to provide various customized products in real time. Thus, the workers should be able to change process sequences and functions using panels and controllers, and the mobile robots must be able to link production facilities or make a product according to the changed processes.

Researchers demonstrated 

• real-time control of mobile robots
• monitoring and control of production facilities using a portable control panel
• monitoring of processes using portable VR devices like HMD
• wireless communication among PLCs required for the flexible change of production lines.

Researchers plan to demonstrate a real-time control and management service of facilities from a remote site through the 5G wired and wireless networks that can guarantee low latency of within 1/100 seconds(one-way) and high reliability. 

And also, they are to prove the possibility of remote overseas management and control through the intercontinental connection of a high-performance network.

TTA06  Satellite Communication Tech.

Overcoming the Limits of Communication with Satellites

ASIC Technology 

Researchers reduced the size and significantly reduced the cost of manufacturing the device by combining two critical functions needed to use the network satellite communication into one, the radio wave transmission and the reception function in the terminal equipment.

ASICs exceed those of the world's best products that are currently commercialized. It improved not only the satellite communication technology but also its usability.

ASIC technology will be used for emergency responses at domestic disaster sites. The terminal equipment implemented with ASIC is light and developed so firefighters and ordinary people can use it easily. (The existing satellite communication equipment is heavy and complicated, requiring an SNG vehicle.)

TTA07  Non-Contact Sensors with 660 Times High Sensitivity

Emerging Power of the Touchless Market with Non-Contact Sensors 

Honeycomb-shaped MoS2 Structure

Non-contact or touchless sensors detect position, speed, temperature, air quality, or distance using a non-contact measurement method. Merits of these sensors include high reli­ability, fast operating speed, and long service life because it does not require any physical contact during their operation. 

Researchers in Korea recently developed a non-contact sensor that can detect humidity at a distance of about 1 cm without direct contact. This sensor's sensitivity is 660 times higher than existing sensors with a detection time of 0.5 seconds, up to 12 times faster than existing commercial sensors that take five to six seconds, and can significantly help prevent contagious diseases in the COVID-19 era. 

This new sensor uses a new material called molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and can detect moisture like sweat on the skin and breathing at high sensitivity. The researchers could drastically improve the sensitivity of this sensor by creating a honeycomb structure and coating it with molybdenum disulfide. This is because the honeycomb structure of sensor materials can improve sensitivity by broadening the specific surface area for detecting moisture and vapor. 

Researchers expect sensor technologies that can sense external information in real-time to improve public health and sanitation while adding convenience to everyday life.

TTA08  Simultaneous Transfer and Bonding (SITRAB) Tech.

Connecting High-Quality Content with Micro LED Display 

SITRAB Technology for Micro LED Display significantly reduces investment, material, and process repairing costs.

There are diverse display technologies in 4K and 8K resolutions, such as mini LED, OLED, and micro LED. Micro LED has the best definition, color reproduction, and dynamic range. It is expected to apply to devices such as TV, smartwatches, and AR/VR displays, but it is too expensive to commercialize. 

The conventional manufacturing system followed the LED bonding process after the LED transfer process. There was difficulty commercializing micro LED because of the expensive transfer and bonding machines and lengthy processing time.

Under this circumstance, a Korean research group has developed new technologies and materials for micro LEDs that realize the transfer and bonding processes, which were sequential processes, into one process.

Compared with conventional technologies, the new technology developed can reduce the processing time and investment cost for transfer and bonding equipment to 1/10, and the time and cost of the process to repair defective pixels can be reduced to 1/100. The cost of new materials is also reduced to 1/100.

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