startup investments

SK Inc., the investment arm of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group, is taking preemptive steps to expand its eco-friendly busin...

SK On, the electric battery affiliate of Korea's petroleum, alternative energy and oil exploration corporation SK Innovation, has secured 1.3 trilli...

When it comes to the global startup ecosystem, South Korean cities, including the capital Seoul, often do not come to investors’ minds before ...

BAY CITY, Michigan – For the first time since taking office, United States President Joe Biden toured a US subsidiary of South Korean conglome...

Vuno Inc., a South Korean artificial intelligence-powered medical solutions provider, said on Tuesday that Vuno Med-Fundus AI has received marketing...

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea said Tuesday it saw a cumulative loss of 7.1% on investment, or 68 trillion won ($51.3 billion), betwe...

The first South Korea-overseas joint law firm is set to start operations in Seoul.The joint firm of Korean law firm Hwahyun and UK’s Ashurst h...

Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) saw on Nov. 27 around 1.7 trillion won ($1.3 billion) worth of investor bids for its bond issuance targeting 400 ...

Coupang Inc. is poised to invest in the automation transformation of its logistics system, according to industry insiders. Headquartered in Seo...

South Korea will reform financial market regulations to attract more foreign investments and to achieve MSCI Inc.’s developed market status fo...

SK Innovation Co. on Sunday announced its adoption this year of an "internal carbon pricing system" recently approved by its board of directors. Th...

South Korean fintech startup Awake Corporation won the hearts and wallets of judges at the D.Day X D.Camp event on Thursday, garnering 20 million wo...

SK Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, has expanded its sustainable food business by investing in a US-bas...

JW Pharmaceutical announced on Wednesday that it has relocated its US research center to Boston from San Diego. JW Theriac was first establishe...

General Motors Co. plans to shut down a production line in South Korea as the US automaking giant aims to focus on manufacturing small cars in the c...

Medical data platform operator JNPMEDI Inc. announced on Tuesday that it raised 14 billion won ($10.3 million) in a Series A round. Pavilion Ca...

SK Square Co. announced on Monday that Onmind Inc., one of its portfolio companies, raised 2 billion won ($1.5 million) from KEB Hana Bank. The...

Come this Thursday, D.Camp operated by the Banks Foundation for Young Entrepreneurs will host the biggest demo day of the year, in collaboration wit...

One out of four startups in South Korea is considering moving its business abroad in search of looser regulation. In a survey of 256 startups b...

Deeping Source Inc., an artificial intelligence (AI) analytics startup, turns real-life visual data into insight that can drive business decisions.&...

South Korea’s smartphone market is notoriously hard for foreign mobile phone makers to crack. So hard that some people call it the “grav...

South Korea’s Daol Investment & Securities Co. plans to sell a controlling stake in its Thai subsidiary, Daol Thailand PCL, as part of its...

Several South Korean startups have recently been hit hard by their CEOs’ unethical behavior and business-related misconduct, leading to a lo...

South Korea’s mobility startup Poen secured first place at the first-ever Geeks Show Up on Nov. 17, a demo day hosted by The Korea Economic Da...

BankSalad Co., once known as a fintech company that develops banking apps, added a new vertical last year that has witnessed robust demand. The...

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest carmaker, is considering an investment of $754 million, which had been set aside for Russia, in China ...

Daejeon-based Perigee Aerospace Inc. has taken a number of steps with the aim of becoming the next Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX), th...

Come this Thursday, 10 select startups will duke it to prove their business-to-business (B2B) model has the best chance of success. The start...

S-Oil Corp., the South Korean unit of Saudi Arabian Oil Co., will approve the much-touted 8 trillion won ($6 billion) Shaheen project to expand its ...

LG Electronics Inc., the global top home appliance maker, will bet on the healthcare, mobility and metaverse sectors in North America through invest...