Will LG Energy’s IPO overcharge?

Will LG Energy’s IPO overcharge?

The world’s second-largest electric-vehicle battery maker, LG Chem-owned LG Energy, is hoping a separate listing will give the ...

K-startups take note of growing demand for 'meta fashion'

K-startups take note of growing demand for 'meta fashion'

Meta fashion, a combination of fashion, metaverse, and NFT, is becoming a global trend. The MZ generation, as those in their 20s and 30s are ca...

Cybersecurity stocks market darlings on rise of metaverse

Cybersecurity stocks market darlings on rise of metaverse

Just a couple of years ago, the prevalent market view on the cybersecurity industry was that it would go downhill rather than prosper as public orga...

Hyundai Oilbank attracts $20 million from Palantir ahead of IPO

Hyundai Oilbank attracts $20 million from Palantir ahead of IPO

South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank Co. has attracted $20 million in investment from US data analytics firm Palantir Technologies Inc. ahead of its...

SK Gas invests in Bill Gates-backed hydrogen tech startup

SK Gas invests in Bill Gates-backed hydrogen tech startup

SK Gas Co., the top liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) company in South Korea, has invested in Series B funding for C-Zero Inc., a California-based start...

VR meetings with holograms, powered by metaverse startup DoubleMe

VR meetings with holograms, powered by metaverse startup DoubleMe

Come next year, attending meetings as a hologram version of yourself is set to become more common.Metaverse startup DoubleMe plans to commercialize ...

Mirae Asset joins $260 mn funding for food delivery startup Jokr

Mirae Asset joins $260 mn funding for food delivery startup Jokr

Mirae Asset Global Investment Co., South Korea’s leading asset manager, has participated in a $260 million Series B funding for Jokr, a New ...

Korea Venture Investment creates global fund worth $2 billion

Korea Venture Investment creates global fund worth $2 billion

Korea’s government-backed fund of funds (FOF) management institution announced its latest selection of funds late last month, which would bene...

POSCO International signs parts supply deal with US EV startup Rivian

POSCO International signs parts supply deal with US EV startup Rivian

POSCO International Corp., the trading unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO, said on Thursday it has signed a $6 million contract to supply...

Kakao buys startup Grip, fueling e-commerce push

Kakao buys startup Grip, fueling e-commerce push

South Korea's Kakao Corp. has acquired a live streaming e-commerce app Grip Co. to beef up its online shopping business, considered the weakest spot...

Homegrown VCs turn to Korean American startups in search of unicorns

Homegrown VCs turn to Korean American startups in search of unicorns

Korean venture capital firms are ramping up their investments in Korean American-owned startups in the United States, mostly in Silicon Valley.The aim...

Hanwha Solutions invests $100 mn in US energy startup Lancium

Hanwha Solutions invests $100 mn in US energy startup Lancium

South Korea’s Hanwha Solutions Corp. has invested in a US data center energy management startup as part of its new business model to embrace t...

Korea’s Toss operator invests $5 mn in US startup fintech platform Republic

Korea’s Toss operator invests $5 mn in US startup fintech platform Republic

Viva Republica Inc., a leading South Korean fintech unicorn and operator of mobile financial super app Toss, is investing $5 million in Republic, a ...

Sustainable packaging firm SUPASO wins grant, office space via D.DAY event

Sustainable packaging firm SUPASO wins grant, office space via D.DAY event

D.CAMP, Korea’s non-profit foundation focused on helping young entrepreneurs, has joined forces with SK ecoplant Co., Ltd. to find promising...

Hyundai’s IONIQ 5, Tucson to hit big screen in Spider-Man: No Way Home

Hyundai’s IONIQ 5, Tucson to hit big screen in Spider-Man: No Way Home

Hyundai Motor Co.'s all-electric IONIQ 5 SUV and the flagship SUV Tucson will be featured in Sony Pictures’ upcoming film Spider-Man: No Way Hom...

Music copyright trading platform Musicow revitalizes Korea’s startup scene

Music copyright trading platform Musicow revitalizes Korea’s startup scene

“Music becomes Cashcow” is the slogan for Korea’s hottest startup of the year, Musicow, Inc., and cash cow it has been. Indus...

Doosan sells E&C, closer to exiting self-rescue program

Doosan sells E&C, closer to exiting self-rescue program

South Korea's Doosan Group on Friday inked an agreement to sell a majority stake in Doosan Engineering & Construction Co. (Doosan E&C) to a ...

Samsung Biologics wins another Eli Lilly COVID treatment order

Samsung Biologics wins another Eli Lilly COVID treatment order

Samsung Biologics Co., a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has stepped up its partnerships with global big pharmas ...

KDB opens VC in US to aid Korean startups' US entry

KDB opens VC in US to aid Korean startups' US entry

South Korea’s state-run bank Korea Development Bank (KDB) launched its venture capital (VC) operations in California's Silicon Valley on Nov...

Medical 3D tech startup Anymedi eyes 2022 Kosdaq IPO

Medical 3D tech startup Anymedi eyes 2022 Kosdaq IPO

Anymedi Solution Co., South Korea's medical metaverse startup, has applied for a preliminary review of its initial public offering on the junior Kos...

Home interior app seeks new funding at over $ 1 bn valuation

Home interior app seeks new funding at over $ 1 bn valuation

South Korea's Bucketplace Co., an operator of the country's largest home interior platform, is seeking to raise about 100 billion won ($85 million) ...

Data Republic creates AI-based crypto investment solution

Data Republic creates AI-based crypto investment solution

South Korean startup Data Republic is pioneering a smart way of investing for global cryptocurrency investors. Founded in 2018, the company has ra...

Travel startups draw new funds amid digital transformation

Travel startups draw new funds amid digital transformation

As South Korea loosened social distancing measures for a gradual return to normal life this week, investors are rekindling their interest in travel ...

LG Energy Solution to supply batteries to US fuel cell truck maker Nikola

LG Energy Solution to supply batteries to US fuel cell truck maker Nikola

LG Energy Solution Ltd., a leading South Korean battery maker, has signed a deal to supply batteries to Nikola Corp., a US hydrogen fuel cell electr...

US startup SES unveils game-changing lithium-metal battery

US startup SES unveils game-changing lithium-metal battery

SES Holdings Pte. Ltd., one of the world’s top solid-state battery makers, unveiled a hybrid lithium-metal rechargeable battery with better pe...

AI human developer MINDs Lab aims for November IPO

AI human developer MINDs Lab aims for November IPO

South Korea’s top artificial intelligence (AI) developer MINDs Lab Inc. is aiming to list on the Kosdaq market within this month. While the ...

Korea MCN startup Treasure Hunter aims for leading K-content maker

Korea MCN startup Treasure Hunter aims for leading K-content maker

Song Jae-yong, a leader of the new business taskforce team at South Korea’s CJ ENM Co. went to New York in 2013 to have business meetings for ...

Korean eyewear startup to again design China's top dept store hall

Korean eyewear startup to again design China's top dept store hall

South Korean eyewear brand Gentle Monster is slated to design the luxury hall space of the Chengdu branch of SKP, China’s top department sto...

SKC to invest $33 mn in British battery materials startup Nexeon

SKC to invest $33 mn in British battery materials startup Nexeon

South Korea’s SKC Co. is set to invest $33 million in Nexeon Ltd., a British battery materials maker, for the silicon anode materials business...

Korea autonomous driving startup 42dot valued at $434 mn

Korea autonomous driving startup 42dot valued at $434 mn

South Korea’s autonomous driving startup 42dot drew strong interest from investors with its advanced artificial intelligence technology. Strat...

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