Global Partnership for Value Creation
Venture Capital Professionals Group
We are venture capital professionals based in Seoul. Our strategic network includes venture capitalists, tech-based startups, SME-supporting institutions, and financial/strategic investors (LPs).
Customized Solutions for Global Partnerships among Venture Capitals and their Portfolios
We specialize in creating customized solutions for foreign and Korean venture capitalists and their portfolios to add value to their businesses. We aim to assist them in entering international markets and expanding their global presence. Our approach seeks to enhance global synergy, strengthen cross-border business partnerships, and facilitate joint investment, merger, and acquisition opportunities, ultimately maximizing the value of VC funds.
Opportunities through International Collaboration
Collaborating with global venture capital networks can help you enter new markets more safely and unlock better business opportunities.
We facilitate global synergy and create value for VC funds and their portfolios.
If you have any questions or want to discuss a potential business partnership, please email biz.bridge.korea@gmail.com.
Business Bridge for VC-backed Startups
We work closely with our global VC industry networks to provide customized solutions for VC-backed startups to boost their worldwide expansion and success.
Investment Bridge for Venture Capital and Strategic Investor
We source deals that fit VC funds' investment goals and provide pre- and post-investment services for inbound and outbound VCs and strategic investors.
Customized Solutions for foreign (non-Korean) Venture Capital
We support deal sourcing and fundraising for foreign VC funds.
We source deals from our VC industry network in Korea to offer co-investment opportunities with Korean VCs for Seeds, Series A, B, and pre-IPO.
Cross-border investments create synergy and add value to VC funds by enhancing startups' global expansion and exit opportunities.
A successful track record in the Korean VC market can open doors to Korean institutional and strategic LPs, resulting in more investment opportunities and the potential to become a global leader.
Our services include providing all necessary information about the Korean VC ecosystem and offering tailored support to help obtain funds from Korean LPs.
We provide branch or liaison office services for international venture capitalists who want to explore investment and fundraising opportunities in Korea. We aim to minimize financial risks while maximizing investment returns.
Our team comprises experienced VC professionals with vast networks in the local market. This enables us to offer customized services tailored to our client's needs.
We also support fundraising programs for foreign VC funds.
Customized Solutions for Foreign (non-Korean) LPs
We support the entry of foreign limited partners to Korean VC funds. Over 400 VC funds are launched annually in Korea, with over half sponsored by the Korea Fund of Funds (KFoF).
We offer foreign investors the chance to invest in Korean VC funds sponsored and pre-reviewed by the KFoF and institutional anchors.
The Korea Venture Capital Market Summary
Tae Soo is a venture capitalist and management consultant. He has worked for +20 years in venture capital and has been supporting startups as an investor and management consultant. He is the founder and former CEO of www.sgivc.com.
Learn MoreTim is a veteran venture capitalist and has been an active IT and Cleantech investor for over 20 years. He received the Korean Government Minister’s Award for his outstanding VC Achievements in venture capital.
Learn MoreSeungchul is a research engineer, technical marketer, and engineering partnership coordinator. He creates synergy by combining technology with marketing. He won the 'POSCO Grand Prize.' for his outstanding achievements in global partnership.
Learn MoreKyung Chul has worked in the VC industry for +20 years. He has a vast SI and FI network. He has performed many M&A and Buyout successes. He is actively working on M&A and buyouts.
Learn MoreByunghee is a venture capitalist and engineer actively investing in ICT, Robots, Smart Healthcare, and emerging tech-based industries. He worked as a startup engineer and is actively incubating and adding value to startups.
Learn MorePeter is an investor and Engineering Manager, actively investing in BT, Fuel-cell, and Secondary Batteries. He received the Best R&D Award from the LG group and is acknowledged as one of the best secondary battery development engineers.
Learn MoreYohan is working as the head of The Sandbox in the Southeast Asian Region. He is a leader in the Metaverse industry and is active in building open and decentralized platforms in the Metaverse industry.
Learn MoreMin Tae has worked as the Chief Researcher of www.kepri.re.kr. He has published 32 SCI theses. He is an MOT professional with a Ph.D. from the Hamburg University of Technology, Germany.
Learn MoreTae Hyun is the foremost engineer in the Protective Facilities of international & military airports against conventional, nuclear, and chemical weapons. He is applying these technologies to the private sector worldwide.
Learn MoreByung Chul is an expert in R&BD management and a solution provider for business regulation and certification. He is the chief researcher of KIST and a registered engineer in KPEA.
Learn MoreJinKyo has worked as the investment chief of CVC. He is an active investor and consultant for startups in the ICT industry. He has a vast engineer and manager network in ICT.
Learn MoreOur network covers Venture Capital, Startups, R&BD Institutions, and Engineering Professionals
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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
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
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
Potential Partnerships
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
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
Solution Provider for High-Speed Automotive Link Technology
VC-backed Firm
SerDes Technology
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
Providing Film Development & Manufacturing Solutions, and Technical Marketing
Technical, Cost, and Delivery Solutions for Films of Home Appliance
Major Products are Functional Film, Deco Film, Electrical Insulation Film, Thermal Management Parts, and PCB-related Items.
Customers HA (Home Alliance) of LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics.
Potential Partnerships
Providing Digital Cloud for Metal Material Industry
Business & Technology Collaborations in the Metal Industry through Digital Cloud
EverIndus delivers a platform for metal materials, metal parts, metal manufacturing facilities & equipment, and metal products. It accelerates collaborations in the metal industry and provides Metal Technology & Manufacturing Solutions and Technical Marketing for Tech-based SMEs through the digital cloud.
Metal Engineering & Design Solutions, Development Manufacturing, and Technical Marketing
Solutions = Metal + Application Technology + Commercial Support
Potential Partnerships
Tool Development and Manufacturing
Main Business: HSS & Carbide Cutting Tools
The Development and Manufacturing of HSS & Carbide Cutting Tools, such as Endmills, Drills, Counter Sinks, Cutters, Reamers, and Aerospace Assembly Cutting Tools, using good quality raw materials
Core Competence
Potential Partnerships
High Precision, High Power Robot Gear Development & Manufacturing
Over View
Gear performs core roles in the use of machinery but has been designed in the old way. With the core competence in design, manufacturing, and system analysis, EasternGear develops and manufactures high-level gears with high power and precision.
Core Competence
Customers
Hyundai Robotics, GM, POSCO, Samsung, POONGSAN Corp., SMEC, DAEDONG TECH, Sumitomo Drive Technologies, YASKAWA, Hitachi Metals, MAKISHINKO, IGUS, etc.
Potential Partnerships
Vehicle & Electronic Products Engineering and Design Solution
EarlyTech provides Engineering & Design Services for Vehicle and Electronic Products.
Core Competence in
Customers
POSCO, Galanz, Samsung Electronics, and Toyota/Hyundai/KIA/R-Samsung Motor.
Potential Partnerships
Automotive Components Supplier
Automotive Components Development and Manufacturing with EV's Core Technology
ERAE AMS has state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities and supplies core automotive components of Driveline systems, EV systems, ADAS, In-Vehicle Infotainment, Chassis, Smart Car Components, etc. (annual over two mill vehicle parts globally)
Core Competence
Its superior technology has been acknowledged by world-renowned automobile manufacturers in the USA, Germany, Italy, and China, as well as Korea, as it has supplied compact and lightweight automotive components with outstanding performance and durability based on unparalleled capability in management, production, and technology.
Customers
ERAE supplies automotive components to global automotive manufacturers in over 20 countries.
Potential Partnerships
Developing Solutions for Analysis, Design, and Tracking
Control of Industrial Process
Business Area
Core Competence
ExpressLab provides advanced steel-making solutions and has global competitiveness in Process Optimization, Quality Prediction, Automation, and Smart factory Solution.
Potential Partnerships
Premier Tooling Partner, Process Control Design
Core Competence in Design & Assembly, Process Control Design, and Assembly & DTO
Design & Assembly
Process Control Design
Assembly & DTO
Potential Partnerships
Vehicle Drive System Design and Development Expert
Business Area
R&BD References
Customers
Hyundai Motors, Hyundai DYMOS, POWERTECH, SECO, Mubea, Jatco, Ford, KIMM, SUBARU, etc.
Potential Partnerships
Connecting Australian Products and Services to Asia
Advisory Firm for Mining, Resource, and Energy companies
M2A has a vast network of Mining, Resource, and Energy firms in Australia. It provides strategic advisory for marketing high-speed ferry boats, lithium, graphite, green hydrogen (spodumene concentrates), etc.
Customers
Large Korean Conglomerate Companies, Steel Mills, Oil&Gas, Shipping, and Plastics Companies in Korea, China, and Taiwan
Potential Partnerships
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.)
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.
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.