Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

In August, the company announced a partnership with SK Telecom to expand cloud services in South Korea. The edge AI hardware market is projected to grow from $24.2 In June 2024, UK and Colorado-based Quantinuum unveiled the industrys largest-ever trapped ion quantum computer, with 56 trapped-ion qubits.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The South Korea and Japan-based startup automates front and backend processes including accommodation reservation, room management and front desk duties, and it will be using the funds to continue expanding its business. It entered Japan in 2017, for example, by acquiring several Japanese hospitality management companies.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

According to eMarketer , Japan and Korea’s e-commerce markets were estimated at $144 billion and $121 billion, respectively, in 2021. Despite the large e-commerce market size, both countries have fewer e-commerce aggregators than other countries with smaller markets, South Korean e-commerce aggregator New Vessel said.

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TechCrunch

JULY 5, 2022

South Korean AI chip developer Rebellions has raised a $22.8 million (30 billion KRW) extension to its Series A financing from a strategic investor KT , one of the largest telecom companies in South Korea. . The global AI chip market is projected to reach $194.9 billion by 2030, up from $8.02

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Founder and chief executive officer of Swing San Kim told TechCrunch that the startup will use the proceeds to increase its fleet of micromobility and further penetrate the Japanese market. Swing aims to take the market. No one doubted the market potential. Swing currently has more than 50 franchise partners, Kim said. . “No

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

Seadronix will use the capital to grow its team beyond the current headcount of 30 employees and enter global markets, including Singapore and Europe, where its “smart ports” are located, Byeolteo Park, CEO and co-founder, said in an interview with TechCrunch. Image Credits: Seadronix.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2021

South Korea-based peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform PeopleFund announced today it has closed a $63.4 “Our mission is to grow into the #1 player in the Korean non-bank lending market to provide better loan options for average Koreans that the banks underserve.” million (75.9 While leading online lenders in the U.S.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

As the industry grapples with the larger questions of how to create viable solid-state batteries or commercialize robotaxi service , the companies listed here are focused on the incremental steps toward a fully autonomous future. The year also saw the companys rapid expansion across Asia and into Mexico, South America, Europe, and Australia.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

South Korea-based human resources management platform flex announced today it has closed a $32 million Series B round at a valuation of $298 million. However, flex plans to expand the addressable market by targeting new industries in the SMB space this year. The startup has primarily been serving SMBs in the IT sector.

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The Verge

JULY 24, 2020

The new plant, located in Guangzhou, China, has the capacity to initially produce 60,000 OLED sheets a month, which combined with LG’s existing plant in Paju, South Korea means that LG Display’s total OLED production capacity has almost doubled to 130,000 sheets monthly. They’re for TVs, in other words.

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South Korea China Product Adopt 87

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

In addition, participating startups get co-working space, will attend weekly classes and have access to four to six mentors who have expertise in various industries, not just in South Korea but global regions. . SparkLabs began in Korea to find and help local Korean startups in their seed stage and help them go global.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Mom-and-pop stores and franchises — mostly offline — account for about 95% of the laundry market in South Korea, according to Laundrygo CEO Sung-woo Cho. But his South Korea–headquartered startup aims to digitize the laundry industry in the country. Laundrygo also has plans to expand geographically.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Karamba Security , an Israel-based security startup that focuses on the IoT and automotive industry, today announced a $10 million extension to its $12 million Series B round from 2017. ” Karamba Security’s XGuard. ” Karamba Security’s XGuard.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

The Seoul-headquartered startup will use this new funding to open a production plant in South Korea for scaling the manufacture of its fungal-based biomaterials and double its headcount to 42 employees, Sah said in an interview with TechCrunch. Its pre-money valuation is approximately $40 million (50 billion WON), according to Sah.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2022

Semiconductors, which have become a valued asset, are used in virtually almost every industry, including 5G networks, automation, the Internet of Things, financials, smart homes, smart cities, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality and self-driving cars. The AI chip market is projected to be worth over $83.2 billion in early 2021.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The company plans to use the acquisition to make further inroads into the overseas tourism industry. and South Korea around 2023. Despite the huge cloud that has hovered over the travel and tourism industries over the last 20 months, the company has been on a major growth tear.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Further confirmation that the esports market is booming amid the pandemic comes today with the news that esports “total solutions provider” VSPN (Versus Programming Network) has raised what it describes as “close to” $100 million in a Series B funding round, led by Tencent Holdings. SPACE in Seoul, South Korea.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Hanwha Solutions of South Korea led the funding round and was joined by existing investors SOSV’s IndieBio, TechU Ventures, ff VC and Siddhi Capital. He expects to be able to go to market in 2022, pending approval from the U.S. He also sees demand for products coming from markets that eat a lot of pork, like Asia.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

The company was launched in Hangzhou, China, before moving to it current headquarters to Singapore, and about 70% of its users are in mainland China, followed by markets including South Korea, the United States and Southeast Asia. We believe that imToken is riding this trend, and has strongly positioned itself in the market.”.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

Neubility operates in a crowded industry that includes peers like Starship Technologies, Coco, Cartken and Kiwibot in the self-driving delivery robot space and Knightscope, which develops security robots. The Neubie will help deliver the ordered items in some limited towns in a couple of cities, such as Seoul and Incheon in South Korea.

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The Verge

JUNE 1, 2021

The next place you’ll find RDNA 2 will be the high-performance mobile phone market,” AMD CEO Lisa Su said on stage. In the US and certain other markets, Samsung’s flagship Galaxy phones ship with Snapdragon SoCs from Qualcomm, while the rest of the world gets Exynos chips. AMD says it’ll make its way to “flagship mobile devices.”.

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Mobile South Korea Work Phone 87

TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

“What would it look like to bring Kodiak’s AV technologies to Asian markets? While the partnership is at its earliest stage, it does connect Kodiak with a company that has a vast reach in South Korea as well as other countries in the region. There’s South American markets. What would be required?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Kurly , a South Korea-based online grocery startup that provides next-day delivery services across the country, will go public by June next year. . Competition in the online grocery delivery industry has been heating up, spurred by the pandemic. billion after it goes public. . billion valuation in July. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

Augmented reality headsets have been around for years, but none of the market players has really expanded beyond the techy demographic and broken into the mainstream. Japan, South Korea, Spain, and Germany. Japan, and Korea, though the company expects China to grow soon to be one of its top markets.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2022

“The education market in the English-speaking and North American regions is undoubtedly large, but we [at Glorang] understand that each country’s local D2C education market in Asia can be just as substantial,” Hwang said. The company claims Gguge has more than 100,000 users in South Korea. .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The startup has built smart farming software and hardware for farmers to digitize the entire value chain of the agriculture industry from crop production to distribution. Its B2B marketplace, Sinsun Market, offers sourcing channels for over 10,000 enterprise buyers.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2021

The round was led by South Korea-based Dattoz Partners, which will also take a seat on Kdan Mobile, and included participation from WI Harper Group, Taiwania Capital and Golden Asia Fund Mitsubishi UFJ Capital. We’ve observed more and more industries embracing remote or hybrid work for years now, even before 2020,” he said. “We

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Mobile Content Product South Korea 99

TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

Another reason for its runway extension is to meet one of the requirements for a P2P lending license, according to industry sources. In South Korea, P2P lending marketplaces must pass yearly requirements to get a license from Financial Services Commission (FSC) to run their business. million, depending on its loan balance.

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Raise Platform South Korea Asia 83

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The company, which is a member of DNA Storage Alliance , will continue to support collaborators and partners of the DNA-based computing system for helping the industry grow, according to Park. Early this year, Catalog opened an office in Seoul, South Korea, a wholly subsidiary of Catalog, for Asia expansion, Park noted.

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Data Platform South Korea Raise 95

TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

Whether they do it out of a fear of missing out or genuine belief in blockchain technologies, the trend appears irreversible at least for now, as investment keeps pouring into the industry. It will also be spending the money on marketing, business development and hiring. Singapore has emerged as a crypto hub in Asia in recent years.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The early years of The Verge saw Samsung, and to a lesser extent LG, snap up huge swaths of the global Android market, which often gave me cause to hop on over to South Korea. I’d visit Computex every year as Taiwan’s influence continued to grow in the PC industry.

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Japan Tech Report China 115

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

In an earlier interview, he recalled the struggle he faced raising money for a direct-to-consumer brand, which were not as popular in the world’s second-largest internet market just five years ago. “For years South Korea and Japan have produced large and iconic D2C brands. Four years is a long time in the startup world.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The company offers a complete spectrum of e-commerce support services for direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands, from making a website, setting up a payment system, and managing marketing to handling shipping, warehousing, and logistics. In other words, Plugo enables D2C merchants to focus on their products and supports other processes.

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Asia Indonesia Platform Support 79

TechCrunch

AUGUST 14, 2022

Building a domestic battery industry also lets automakers co-locate near partners, a crucial factor as the industry begins experimenting with different battery chemistries. If you fall two years behind, you’re as good as lost because then you’re going to struggle with trying to capture the market.”.

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The Verge

APRIL 21, 2021

Electric vehicles could help eat away at some of India’s pollution, and Tesla is even wading into the market. Gogoro has spent the last few years encouraging industry giants like Yamaha and Suzuki to hasten the switch to electric power by striking deals with them to license its plug-and-play batteries.

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India Tech South Korea Taiwan 69

TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2023

In light of the sector’s growing popularity, the Japanese government has been proactive in loosening e-scooter regulations to further stimulate the micromobility industry. Some global e-scooter operators have also entered the Tokyo market, such as the U.S.-based The company declined to comment on the valuation.

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Raise South Korea Japan License 66

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Artificial intelligence is taking over almost every industry. The investment and finance industry is no exception. Akros Technologies wants to disrupt the current asset management industry via its AI-driven asset management software platform that mines market data for stocks. Akros just raised $2.3

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