Just three years in, participants in our “Global K-Startup” initiative to help expand the business scope of promising Korean startups are flourishing. According to the Korean Internet & Security Agency, the eleven startups that went through the five-month program in
2012 and
2013 have attracted investments worth a total of US$15 million.
The winners of the 2014 Global K-Startup program have returned from a two week trip to Silicon Valley and New York, where they participated in workshops, met potential investors and built relationships with entrepreneurs, and got tips from YouTube founder Steve Chen.
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Top: Global K-Startup winners with YouTube founder Steve Chen;
Bottom: Workshops with 500 Startups, accelerators and venture capitalists in Silicon Valley |
Here are the six winners that were selected among 568 teams, ranging from e-commerce to health care service providers. Keep an eye out for them as they make waves in the startup community—in Korea and overseas.
- Snapshop makes cross-border e-commerce easier and faster, offering customers a simplified payment, shipping and delivery experience
- Genoplan offers a genetic analysis toolkit and service to extract DNA from saliva to provide personalized health care treatments
- Let’s Fold is a mobile app that reimagines the art of origami (the tradition of paper folding), enabling players to compete, share and connect with their friends over social platforms
- Notivo keeps track of information and events happening online around the world, and sends automatic notifications to users
- Gamchen enables gamers to broadcast their games to their friends and other users in realtime
- FromDL is a private social network aimed at supportting carers of children with nevus
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| The 2014 Global K-Startup Award ceremony in Seoul |
Posted by Lois Kim, Head of Communications and Jae-Hoon Chung, Senior Public Policy Counsel, Google Korea
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