Crypto

Necta Group raises $5 million seed funding for HoneyB bitcoin yield platform

Necta Group, which develops the HoneyB bitcoin yield platform, has raised $5 million in a seed funding round. The Block reported that Portal Ventures led the investment, joined by Pier Venture Partners, Anchorage Digital Ventures, family offices and angel investors. Necta Group received the investment through a SAFE structure with token warrants on a one-to-one basis. HoneyB lets bitcoin holders borrow stablecoins against bitcoin and invest in assets including U.S. Treasuries.

AI & Enterprise

Hancom targets U.S. small businesses with AI workforce platform

Hancom said it introduced its AI workforce platform, Nomadian, to local institutional investors during U.S. corporate briefings held in New York and Chicago in October. CEO Kim Yeon-su (김연수) and CTO Jung Ji-hwan (정지환) held one-on-one meetings and demonstrated the platform, the company said. Hancom plans to target U.S. businesses with fewer than 10 employees and solo entrepreneurs, aiming first at 5.21 million firms already using or paying for AI.