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The Ministry of SMEs and Startups successfully launched this year’s biggest startup festival in South Korea, the COMEUP 2020, from November 19-21. The...

Matterport CEO RJ Pittman giving a keynote speech on the future of retail, discussing the blending of real and virtual commerce into businesses at the third day of COMEUP 2020.

COMEUP 2020 Day 3: The Future of Retail: A Tale of Blending Realities

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups successfully launched this year’s biggest startup festival in South Korea, the COMEUP 2020, from November 19-21. The...

Taehoon Park, Watcha Company's CEO, delivered a meaningful discussion about the media landscape transformations and the OTT market.

COMEUP 2020 Day 3: The Shifting Media Landscape and Opportunities for the OTT Market

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups successfully launched this year’s biggest startup festival in South Korea, the COMEUP 2020, from November 19-21....

Betty Vandenbosch, Chief Content Officer of e-learning platform Coursera, presenting the future of online education in the post-COVID era during the COMEUO 2020 startup festival.

COMEUP 2020 Day 3: Online Education: The Post-COVID Future

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups successfully launched this year’s biggest startup festival in South Korea, the COMEUP 2020, from November 19-21. The...

Henry Chesbrough talks about How to Get Positive business Results from Open Innovation at COMEUP 2020.

COMEUP 2020 Day 2: Open Innovation: Creating and Profiting from Technology

November 20, 2020

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups launched this year’s biggest startup festival in South Korea, the COMEUP 2020, from November 19-21. The three-day...

COMEUP 2020: New Governance & Policy Innovation Amid COVID-19

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups launched this year’s biggest startup festival in South Korea, the COMEUP 2020, from November...

The afternoon session of the first day of COMEUP 2020 featured agenda speeches on creating healthy lifestyles through behavioral change amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the management of renewable energy to address climate change. Photo shows Noom CEO Saeju Jung

COMEUP 2020: Digital Healthcare: The Behavior Change Revolution

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups launched this year’s biggest startup festival in South Korea, the COMEUP 2020, from November...

Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director at the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions, and Cities

COMEUP 2020: Startup and Entrepreneurship Policy Post COVID-19

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups launched this year's biggest startup festival in South Korea, the COMEUP 2020, from November...

The morning session of the first day of COMEUP 2020 featured agenda speeches on fighting against COVID-19 and policies to support SMEs and startups. Picture shows CEO of Seegene Jong-Yoon Chun

COMEUP 2020: COVID-19 & Startups: Fighting Against COVID-19

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups launched this year's biggest startup festival in South Korea, the COMEUP 2020, from November...

Korea Successfully Launches Global Startup Festival COMEUP 2020

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups launched this year’s biggest startup festival in South Korea, the COMEUP 2020, from November...

Ministry of SMEs and Startups Announce Plans for COMEUP 2020

November 3, 2020

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups on Tuesday held a press briefing announcing the details of the upcoming COMEUP 2020...

SoCar Becomes First Mobility Startup Unicorn After 60Bln Won Funding

October 16, 2020

South Korean car-sharing and ride-hailing startup SoCar announced on Friday that it attracted a new 60 billion won ($52.5 million)...

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups opened eight AI tasks presented by large companies and senior ventures for the “AI Championship 2020”.

Ministry of SMEs and Startups Hosts AI Championship 2020

September 23, 2020

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced that it would open eight AI tasks presented by large companies and senior...

Carousell steps closer to unicorn status after raising $80 million from consoritum led by Naver.

Carousell Attracts $80 million Investment from Naver-led Consortium

September 16, 2020

A consortium led by South Korean online platform operator Naver Corp., invested 94 billion won (US$80 million) into Singapore-based classified-ads...

The Digital Economy Forum 2020 (DEF2020) special session featured five innovative startups providing solutions to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

DEF2020 Special Session: 5 Rising Startups Responding to the Pandemic

September 14, 2020

South Korea's Ministry of Economy and Finance with the Korea Startup Forum successfully held this year's Digital Economy Forum 2020...

Participants during last year's COMEUP 2019 event held in Seoul.

South Korea’s Ministry of SMEs Invites Startups for COMEUP 2020

July 27, 2020

South Korea's Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) announced on Monday that it would hold COMEUP 2020, the country's most...

Startups are tackling areas ranging from diagnostics to data analysis as artificial intelligence (AI) has become more relevant across healthcare systems.

Five Promising Korean AI Startups Transforming the Healthcare Industry