Search results for Korea Venture Investment
Finance
KB Financial to contribute 3 billion won to mutual growth fund, seeks 5 billion won sub-fund
KB Financial Group is setting up a mutual growth master fund to support impact companies that pursue both social value and financial performance. KB Financial said it formed the fund on Sept. 30 with the Large & Small Business & Rural Cooperation Foundation and Korea Venture Investment Corp. It said this is the first case of using mutual growth cooperation funds for venture investment after an enforcement decree revision. The fund will also seek to build a 5 billion won sub-fund through private matching.
Crypto
Nexchange launches fractional investment OTC exchange, appoints Jung Yoo-shin as CEO
Nexchange, a preparatory company set up to handle over-the-counter distribution of fractional investment products, has officially launched. Twenty-one institutions including Nextrade held its inaugural general meeting on Sept. 29 and appointed Jung Yoo-shin as the first chief executive. The company plans to begin trading products such as music intellectual property, aircraft engines and real estate loan receivables, and later expand to artworks, webtoons and performances.
AI & Enterprise
Dell Technologies supplies GPU servers to Korea Venture Investment to support on-premises AX
Dell Technologies said on Sept. 22 it will supply its Dell PowerEdge XE7745 high-performance GPU servers to Korea Venture Investment, a public agency under the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, and support on-premises enterprise AI transformation. The project focuses on applying agent AI to actual work to raise productivity and modernise systems. Korea Venture Investment built on-premises AI infrastructure to meet security and network-separation requirements and plans PoCs including a trial deployment in its VICS system.
-
Industry
Korea Post partners with Korea Venture Investment to form venture fund to nurture unicorns
-
AI & Enterprise
Korea to lower public procurement barriers for AI products, support fees for vulnerable groups
-
Finance
Shinhan Financial forms 100 billion won venture fund of funds to invest in future growth industries
-
Telecommunications & Media
Samsung, LG smart TVs seen as global distribution route for K-content as FAST emerges as alternative
-
AI & Enterprise
NIPA, Korea Venture Investment sign MOU to boost AI industry ecosystem
-
Finance
Fintech hot issue: Financial markets sway on high oil prices and weak won; refinancing loan war breaks out
-
Finance
Hana Securities selected as Co-GP for South Chungcheong growth venture fund worth 19.1 billion won
-
Finance
BNK Financial joins Korea Venture Investment, KODIT to build growth base for southeast innovation firms
-
Finance
Shinhan Investment, Flux Ventures to supply venture capital in South Chungcheong
-
Games & Commerce
Kim Young-soo says youth are new growth engine for Korean games