Hanyang University’s Graduate School of Entrepreneurship said on Tuesday it signed a memorandum of understanding with U.S. investment firm Oregon Angel Partners on July 15 at the Hanyang Institute of Technology to support South Korean startups entering the U.S. market. The agreement was designed to expand a foundation for ongoing exchanges and cooperation between South Korean and U.S. startup ecosystems.

Oregon Angel Partners is a global angel investment network based in Oregon that links the U.S., China and South Korea markets. It supports companies from deal sourcing to due diligence and business development based on its global investor network. In South Korea, AI-based startup ecosystem platform BoxLeather serves as a bridge for investment cooperation between the two countries.

The two organisations agreed to combine the school’s entrepreneurship education capabilities with Oregon Angel Partners’ global investment network to expand exchanges among student entrepreneurs and strengthen collaboration for startups expanding into the United States. They also plan to jointly hold local pitch demo days, discover promising entrepreneurs, connect them with investment, and 추진 a go-to-market programme that spans the United States.

Attendees at the signing ceremony included Changwan Ryu (류창완), dean of Hanyang University’s Graduate School of Entrepreneurship; Shanbo Zhang (샨보 장), founder and head of investments at Oregon Angel Partners; Cheolman Choi (최철만), chief executive of BoxLeather; and Yeomyung Kim (김여명), head of the school’s alumni association and chief executive of Yeomyung Street.

"We will actively support entry into the U.S. market by connecting Hanyang University’s outstanding entrepreneurs with investors and partners in the Oregon region," Zhang said. "We expect this agreement to become a practical foundation for entrepreneurs’ global expansion," Ryu said, adding that the two sides would build a cooperation model in which the two countries’ startup ecosystems grow together.