Masayoshi Son, known as Jeong-ui in S.Korea, is a Korean-Japanese billionaire tech entrepreneur Venture capital firms at home and abroad are tightening their belts, following growing concerns over inflation and continued interest hikes by major central banks.The world’s two largest VC f
Korea's startups and VCs alike enjoyed rapid expansion in 2021 2021 has been a heyday for Korea’s startup ecosystem – especially for the VCs that invest in it. In the first three quarters of this year, startups in Korea received a total of 5.3 trillion won ($4.4 billion) from the c
Headquarters of Dunamu, a South Korean unicorn startup, in Seoul. Dunamu is the operator of Upbit, Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Investment in South Korean startups hit an all-time high in 2021 as the number of new unicorns, unlisted companies with a valuation topping $1 b
Olim Planet, a South Korean property technology startup, has begun the process to go public on the junior Kosdaq market as early as the second half of next year.The startup uses virtual reality technologies to create the virtual spaces of the exterior and the interior of a building or an apart
It’s been about four months since Lee Seul, a manager at real estate app Zigbang, worked from the company office in Gangnam, one of South Korea's major business districts. And today, instead of being surrounded by towering skyscrapers and traffic congestion, Lee is accompanied by the sou