Download - Starting up in Korea

Project conceived and supervised by Joshua Flannery,

UNSW Innovations.

Email: [email protected]

South Korea has led in mobile adoption since the 1990s.

Now they are spending $1.5 billion on a "5G" net work to upgrade

Korea’s mobile infrastructure. The term is mostly a slogan for now,

but the tech will come.

The nation's science ministry's plan is realistically measured. A trial

5G network is due to be rolled out in 2017, with full rollout in 2020.

The world’s fastest Internet connection speed

- measured at 23 Mbit/s

- over 40% faster than the next ranked country

- six times faster than the world average of 3.8 Mbit/s

- more than twice as fast as the United States

Cutting-edge technology in KOREA

Commuters using their mobile devices on Line 5 of Seoul’s subwayCredit David Guttenfelder/National Geographic Creative, for The New York Times

CNN, http://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/22/tech/mobile/south-korea-5g/

KakaoTalk is a free mobile Instant messaging

application for smartphones with free text and

free call features.

It was launched in 2010 and currently has 140

million users and is available in 15 languages,

used in over 230 countries. The app is also used

by 93% of smartphone owners in South Korea.

"We helped fuel national growth with 2G services in the 1990s, 3G in the 2000s

and 4G around 2010. Now it is time to take preemptive action to develop 5G,"

the Korea's science ministry said.

82.7%

of South Koreans

use the Internet

78.5%

of the nation's

population is on

smartphones

97.7%

18-24 year olds

and it's close to

full saturation

PIEDPIPER

Food Processing

SPOQA

Social commerce

EASIAID

Intuitive video platform that

leads to purchase

MEDIA MINING

Advertising service that

provides product information

CHATTING CAT

English writing correction

service from native speakers

HOOREEL

A complete video production

app enabling you to direct,

edit & broadcast

BETWEEN

Private messenger app

for couples

DUAL APERTURE

The Center for Integrated

Smart Sensors

YBRAIN

Medical wearable tech

KROWDPOP

Crowdsourced concert

provider

FLITTP

Crowdsourcing, Android,

iOS, Translation

Dental practice providing

medical and communication

services.

Rising Stars

HUINNO

Wearable sensor to continuously

gather clinical-grade health data.

SEED (2015)

SUNSHINE

Instant device-to-device personal

cloud and le sharing, streaming.

ACCELERATOR - B12 (2014)

ALTHEA

Providing the latest Korean beauty

products, trends and lifestyle to

Southeast Asia.

SEED (2015)

KONOLABS

Utilizing AI to make scheduling

extremely easy and simple.


PEOPLEFUND

Reinventing bank loans through

peer-to-peer marketplace.

SEED (2015)

SHAKR

High quality video ads for your

business in minutes.

SEED (2012)

TAPASTIC

Read and discover comic books

online.

SEED (2012)

VIKI

Eliminating language barriers

between entertainment & fans

Perfume Graphy

Providing perfume products

SEED (2015)

+822

Marquee global convergence

conference and cityfest in Asia,

held in Seoul.

SEED (2015)

PLUGGER

Never run out of battery again. Find

places nearby to swap for a fully

charged battery.


VIRECT

Marketplace to get custom videos

made by hundreds of highly

curated creators.


Rising Stars

Stars

‘Korean start-ups come to London’, British Council Global, http://creativeconomy.britishcouncil.org/blog/15/07/05/korean-start-ups-come-london/

‘Meet 19 of Korea’s hottest startups’, http://ventureburn.com/2012/06/meet-19-of-koreas-hottest-startups/

Stars

‘Meet 19 of Korea’s hottest startups’, http://ventureburn.com/2012/06/meet-19-of-koreas-hottest-startups/

Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Hours: 09:00 ~ 18:00

seoulspace.co.kr

- Shared seat member(09:00~23:00) : KRW

150,000/month

- Dedicated seat member(24hours) : KRW

300,000/month

- Shared seat : KRW 8,000/day

- Biz Meeting Room : KRW 10,000/hour

Seoul Space is Seoul's Premier Startup Incubator and

Tech Community. Provides startup mentorship,

market entry services, digital marketing

Idea Factory is public 24 hours a day,

365 days co-working space in Seoul

Space Noah is a 264 m2 space for one-person

businesses, freelancers, startups, and social ventures

Bukchang-dong, Jung-gu

Seoul 100-080

Tel: +82 70-4200-2030

Hours: Mon - Fri 09:00 ~ 22:00

https://www.sharedesk.net/spaces/vie

w/2176/space-noah/

825-22, Yeoksam-dong, Seoul, South

Korea 135-934

Tel: +82 2-6080-7714

Hours: Mon - Sat 09:00 ~ 23:00

(* 24 hour open to only Dedicated

seat members)

http://idea-factory.kr

4 rooms / 22 desks

Hot Desk -

10,000 (KRW) a day 100,000 (KRW ) a month

24-7, 365 days open, “community” coworking

o ce space

Madly a ordable and exible pricing for

Seoul Space companies for the area

(incubation, monthly, daily, and hourly rates).

Special rates for private o ce space renters

(in-building, independent o ce space)

Download - Starting up in Korea

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