Korea has captured only a mere 1 percent of the increasing amount of investment poured into AI startups this year, alarming the domestic tech industry as the gap between major players continues to widen.
The growth of IMM Investment, a major Seoul-based alternative asset manager, tracks the dramatic rise of Korea's start-up scene.
Korea’s corporate venture capital (CVC) firms and the government will club together to create a 8 trillion-won ($6.2 billion) venture fund for local startups by 2025.
Start-ups remains vigilant about the potential fallout from Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) failure and are wary of weakening investment sentiment.
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced plans to create a more diverse investment environment for venture capital (VC) Friday, with an aim to increase funds invested by 8 trillion won ($5.6 billion) per year and establish a public-backed...
Start-ups, which Korea hoped would show the way to a prosperous future, are in a slump. Direct investments by venture capital firms and so-called angel investors are down, and so are IPOs.
The webtoon market is a promising one — or at least in the eyes of a young Korean investment company. NPX Capital is an alternative investment management firm founded in 2016 by Samuel Hwang, a 39-year-old start-up expert who established ...
Funds raised by venture capital in Korea totaled 9.2 trillion won ($7.7 billion) last year, exceeding 9 trillion won for the first time. According to the Ministry of SMEs and Startups on Monday, total investment raised by venture partnerships and ...
The government announced a legislative reform plan that will ease conditions that restrict the creation of corporate venture capital, which has not been possible under laws that prevent non-financial companies from owning financial companies
Private equity investments and the number of private equity funds (PEF) hit all-time highs last year, after the government eased regulations in 2015, according to the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS).
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