Country: South Korea

March 30, 2020

Equis Development has acquired South Korean hybrid solar and battery storage project, the Jara 1 Solar Project, located in South ...

How Is South Korea Winning The COVID-19 Battle Without Any Lockdowns?

March 30, 2020

The USA has now surpassed China in the number of Covid-19 cases. Meanwhile, case counts and deaths are mounting in ...

Korean Traveltech Unicorn Yanolja Remains Bullish Despite Covid-19

by James Jung

March 20, 2020

South Korean traveltech unicorn Yanolja foresees a robust and sustainable growth momentum in 2020 even with the Covid-19 pandemic.

How Jay Lee, CMO Spoon Overcame Every Failure To Build Spoon And Successfully Raise $60M?

March 16, 2020

Jay Lee is the Chief Marketing Officer at Spoon. Spoon operates as a real-time personal audio broadcasting platform. It is ...

WHO Declares Coronavirus Outbreak a Global Pandemic

March 12, 2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) a global pandemic Wednesday as more people get infected ...

Korean Firm Develops Simple Tester To Detect COVID 19 in 10 Minutes

February 27, 2020

A South Korean company has developed a simple tester that could detect if a person is infected with coronavirus disease ...

As Coronavirus Spreads, South Korea’s Economy Could Feel the Chill

February 24, 2020

South Korea now has seven confirmed fatalities from the new coronavirus with 763 cases. The government has placed the country ...

Korea’s Spoon Radio Targets US$100m Revenue in 2020

by James Jung

February 13, 2020

Spoon Radio, a personal audio platform backed by SoftBank Ventures Asia and KB Investment, is targeting to breakeven this year ...

Korean FinTech Startup CONCAT- Making Insurance Smarter!

February 12, 2020

The new accounting standards, diversification of sales channels, and constant deterioration of profitability have led to a fundamental transformation of ...

Korean Discovery Platform StyleShare Raises US$21m from Stonebridge, KB Securities

January 31, 2020

StyleShare, an app-based fashion discovery platform based in Seoul, South Korea, announced raising ₩25 billion (US$21 million) in its latest ...

HuMab: Genome Engineering For Well-Being Of Humankind

January 16, 2020

HuMab, a leading Genome Engineering company based out of South Korea, was founded in the year 2018. The company develops ...

Investors Darlings – Top 7 South Korea Headquartered Companies Who Raised More Than US$50M in 2019

January 9, 2020

South Korea is the 11th largest economy in the world in terms of GDP. The country is a global leader ...

Korean Edtech Startup Riiid to Establish AI-Education Database EdNet

January 8, 2020

Riiid will be setting up an artificial intelligence-education database called Ednet, which seeks to drive the development of the AI-education ...

VIG Partners Closes Fourth Korea-Focused Buyout Fund at US$810m

January 6, 2020

Seoul and Hong Kong-based VIG Partners announced the final close of its fourth Korea-focused buyout fund with a total of ...

Seoul-based Medical AI Firm Lunit Secures $26m for Global Expansion

by James Jung

January 6, 2020