Gwangju-Jeonnam Venture Association Hosts 'Venture Business Win-Win Development Meetup Day'

Co-hosted with Nambu University Anchor Project Group; Local Entrepreneurs Participated
MOU Signed with Startups Leading the Market with Original IP Technologies

A platform for exchange was opened to support the global expansion of IP-based small and venture startups—the future core growth drivers of the Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City—in fields such as artificial intelligence (AI), ICT, bio, energy, and climate tech, and to foster win-win cooperation between industry, academia, and research institutes.

The Gwangju Jeonnam Venture Business Association held the "Jeonnam Gwangju Integrated Special City K-IP Venture Business Win-Win Development Meetup Day" on July 30 at the 3rd floor Shang Kai of the Briv Gwangju By Lotte Hotel, jointly with Nambu University Anchor Project Group. Provided by the Gwangju Jeonnam Venture Business Association

The Gwangju-Jeonnam Venture Business Association announced on August 2 that it recently hosted the "Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City K-IP Venture Business Win-Win Development Meetup Day" in collaboration with the Nambu University Anchor Project Group.

The event took place on July 30 at the 3rd floor Shengkai of the Briv Gwangju By Lotte Hotel, with over 60 attendees including key officials from policy and financial institutions, and local venture entrepreneurs: Bong-Sik Yoon, Head of the AI Demonstration Center at Nambu University Anchor Project Group; Kim Ma-Seong, Manager at the Gwangju-Jeonnam Regional Office of the Korea SMEs and Startups Agency; Kim Tae-Ju, Head of Honam Regional Headquarters at the Korea Technology Finance Corporation; Jung Yeon-Ok, Head of Gwangju Regional Headquarters at the Korea SMEs and Startups Agency; Park Seung-Min, Head of Gwangju Branch at the Korea Invention Promotion Association; Lee Seong-Woo, Branch Manager at the Gwangju Startup Branch of the Korea Credit Guarantee Fund; Kim Jae-Cheol, Head of the Southwestern Investment Finance Center at Korea Development Bank; and Mi-Ran Lim, Assemblywoman of the Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City Council, among others.

The Meetup Day featured investor relations (IR) presentations by four companies, including promising startups from the Jeonnam-Gwangju region that are leading the market with original IP technologies and companies from Seoul, Busan, and other areas that plan to establish local branches or relocate their headquarters to this region. In addition, a six-party industry-academia-research cooperation memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed to promote mutual growth.

The first company, Team PH7 Co., Ltd. (CEO Lee Changyeob), develops and operates a differentiated vision-recognition AI technology and data-driven healthcare collection platform, along with the offline boutique fitness brand "FIST X" and the exercise prescription engine "DMS X." Having recently completed the establishment of its Gwangju branch, the company is now actively working on launching franchises and expanding globally based on its AI healthcare data assets.

The second company, Smart Media Company Co., Ltd. (CEO Moon Jeongsu), is a climate tech convergence company that provides the "Purivision" solution, which combines an air purifier with digital signage. The company holds a design patent and remote indoor air quality control technology. Notably, it attracted attention as the "first venture company to relocate its headquarters to Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City" on July 1, the day the city was inaugurated, when it moved its headquarters from the Seoul metropolitan area.

The third company, Fintcorry Co., Ltd. (CEO Sung Ryong), is a bio venture enterprise that develops medical biomaterials such as biodegradable stents, microneedles, and bone hemostatics using low-temperature Sol-Gel synthesis technology. The company has been selected as a G-Unicorn and Global IP Star Company, and is expanding collaboration with large corporations and university hospitals in line with the creation of a regional ultrascale integrated medical belt.

The fourth company, Bidone Co., Ltd. (CEO Kim Dongmin), provides a proprietary content AI engine-based workflow automation solution. It has launched "CELAI" specializing in fashion, "TOONAI" for webtoons and animation, and "CLIPAI" for advertising production AI, and continues to expand into video and physical AI solutions, with plans to relocate its headquarters to this region.

Through the MOU signed on this day, the association, universities, and companies agreed to cooperate proactively in the following areas: promoting joint projects for win-win development of local K-IP patent small and venture companies; establishing infrastructure for technology exchanges, information sharing, and investment activation; supporting participating companies in establishing local headquarters, branches, and new corporations; and creating job opportunities through global market entry and nurturing local talent.

In his remarks, Chairman Hyun-Soo Kim said, "This meetup became a meaningful occasion where companies that have relocated their headquarters from the Seoul metropolitan area and promising regional IP ventures gathered to verify the technological competitiveness of the integrated regional economic bloc. Going forward, we will actively utilize our overseas networks in the Americas, China, India, and Indonesia to continually create opportunities for exports and investment attraction."

Bong-Sik Yoon, Head of the AI Demonstration Center, stated, "Based on the university's AI research and demonstration infrastructure, we will strengthen industry-academia cooperation with companies and fulfill our role as a scaling-up platform that can provide high-quality jobs to local youth."

Kim Tae-Ju, Regional Head, pledged, "We will spare no efforts in providing policy finance support to help regional innovative K-IP venture companies powerfully leap into the global market."

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