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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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

Launched in South Korea five years ago, content discovery platform Dable now serves a total of six markets in Asia. Now it plans to speed up the pace of its expansion, with six new markets in the region planned for this year, before entering European countries and the United States.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

As the boom of the e-commerce aggregator trend continues in Asia, South Korea, the fifth-largest e-commerce market in the world, is rolling up. “The pandemic and maturing e-commerce platforms inspired the creation of 10,000 new independent brands per month in Korea,” said Joo.

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TechNode

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Chinese e-commerce giant PDD’s cross-border platform Temu is reportedly preparing to enter the South Korean market, according to Yonhap News Agency. Temu has been hiring South Korean employees for key roles in human resources, general affairs, marketing, and logistics since late last year, according to the report.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Most merchants in South Korea keep track of their international shipping logistics via email until their cargo safely gets to its destination. Portlogics, which now has 19 employees (six in R&D), will use the new capital to further develop its platform, including by hiring additional employees. billion in 2030 , up from $2.92

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Fount , a robo-advisor startup in South Korea, has raised a $33.4 million Series C round to beef up its machine learning-based platform development and hire staff. . Returning backers Smilegate Investment, KT Investment, Shinhan Capital and Korea Development Bank also participated. of millennials. . of millennials. .

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

If you follow #beautytok, #beautytube or any beauty content on social media platforms, you know that popular product trends are hard to keep up with. It operates in the United States, South Korea, Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia. Many times, creators seek us out because of our reach and resources,” she said. “We

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Founded in 2010, Coupang is sometimes described as the Amazon of South Korea, but for years it has managed the impressive feat of achieving an even higher dollar retention rate than Amazon, according to a report by Goodwater Capital. In 2020, it increased its market share to 24.6%, up from 18.1% Coupang market share.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Demand for contactless payments and e-commerce has grown in South Korea during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is good news for payment service operators, but the market is very fragmented, so adding payment options is a time-consuming process for many merchants.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

The global market of conversational commerce, also known as chat commerce or conversational marketing, is expected to increase to $290 billion by 2025, up from $41 billion in 2021, representing a 590% rise for the next four years, according to a report by Juniper Research. Image Credits: Zeals. Shimizu added.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2023

Its video review marketing tool is called VREVIEW , and it works by sending a chatbot to a merchant’s customers to collect their video reviews and product ratings. million and it will be used to continue developing its video platform. market in the second quarter of this year to attract more users overseas.

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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

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2021

South Korea’s Samsung Venture Investment (SVIC) also participated, in addition to existing investors YL Ventures, Fontinalis Partners, Liberty Mutual, Presidio Ventures, Glenrock, Paladin Group and Asgen. . ” Karamba Security’s XGuard.

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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

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Viva Republica, an operator of South Korean finance super app Toss , has finalized a $405 million Series G funding and it says it is now valued at 9.1 South Korea’s currency has depreciated against the dollar this year.). South Korea’s BNPL Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) is projected to grow by about $36.6

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

TaniHub is its B2B e-commerce platform, which connects farmers directly to customers. Finally, TaniFund is a fintech platform that provides loans to farmers they can use while growing crops and pay off by selling through TaniHub. It does this through three units: TaniHub, TaniSupply and TaniFund.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

To solve the problems of traditional electronic media, a startup in Boston, Catalog , was founded in 2016 by MIT scientists including co-founder and CEO Hyunjun Park, developing an energy efficient, cost competitive, and more secure data storage and computation platform by using synthetic DNA.

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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

AUGUST 16, 2022

QuotaBook , a Seoul-based equity management platform, has raised $11 million in funding led by Elefund, with participation from Access Ventures, Hana Securities and South Korean fintech company Viva Republica. Some of its previous backers, including Draper Associates and Capstone Partners, joined the round. Image Credits: QuotaBook.

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Socialbrite

AUGUST 4, 2020

W ith the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, nonprofits and social enterprises have had to rethink their marketing strategies. In this post, we will share some principles that you can incorporate into your social media marketing strategy to keep your user base intact. Social media marketing during COVID-19. Post by Alma Causey.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The South Korea-headquartered startup, which has 84 employees, will also use the proceeds to double its headcount worldwide by the end of this year, CEO of Morai Jiwon Jung told TechCrunch. It brings its total funding raised to date to $24.9 million (30 billion KRW). The startup posted $1.7

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2022

With the home now a place for work, school and leisure all at once, the DIY home improvement market has grown so significantly that globally, it’s expected to reach $514.9 The startup appears to be growing rapidly, with 10 million users visiting the platform each month across the app and website, the company says.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Following its 2023 unveiling of two of the largest quantum computers ever made, IBM expanded and upgraded its cloud quantum service and its open-source Qiskit quantum software platform in 2024. In August, the company announced a partnership with SK Telecom to expand cloud services in South Korea. billion, a 33.9%

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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

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The commercial real estate brokerage market in South Korea is fragmented, which makes finding a new office for tenants a challenge due to inaccurate listing information, high brokerage fee and complex paperwork. Rsquare has handled more than 10,000 office brokerage transactions with over 21,000 clients in South Korea.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Beam, which currently operates e-scooters and e-bikes in 35 cities across Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, aims to spread into markets like Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Turkey. . Advanced rider assistance systems: Tech spawned by the politics of micromobility.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

A startup called Peeba has built a B2B wholesale online platform that connects independent retailers across Asia with unique brands around the world. The Hong Kong-headquartered company wants to help Asia-based B2B retailers reduce inventory risk and offer higher operational efficiency with lower costs via its platform. .

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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 said today it has closed a $37 million (49.5

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

It will also use the funding to continue its expansion in overseas markets, including Vietnam, where Toss launched last year. Payment service Toss becomes Korea’s newest unicorn after raising $80M. Toss now claims a total of 20 million users (or more than a third of South Korea’s 51.7 million users.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

According to a recent survey of 16,000 Snapchat users in 16 markets, 92% of Gen Zers want to use AR and VR for online shopping. The company currently offers its service to more than 22 small and medium companies in South Korea, and is in discussion with potential customers in the fashion, toy and food sectors, Ban said.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

Earlier this month, Neubility said it would co-develop AI-powered “cop robots” with Korean telco SK Telecom and SK Shieldus, a platform that offers central monitoring, cybersecurity consulting, and dispatch services. billion market by 2028, up from a mere $0.4 Most of its customers are in B2B. Delivery robots will be a $1.8

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2021

Urbanbase , a Seoul-based company that develops a 3D spatial data platform for interior planning and design, announced today it has raised $11.1 This round of funding was led by Hanwha Hotel & Resort, which is a subsidiary of South Korean conglomerate Hanwha Corporation. Existing investors did not join this round.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Today, BYD is running neck and neck with Tesla for the top spot among global EV makers and it is the undisputed champion of the plug-in hybrid sector, with 40% of that market. The year also saw the companys rapid expansion across Asia and into Mexico, South America, Europe, and Australia. Last year, BYD delivered more than 3.8

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

In South Korea, P2P lending marketplaces must pass yearly requirements to get a license from Financial Services Commission (FSC) to run their business. Meanwhile, the Korean consumer lending market has undergone a dramatic transition into the mobile sphere, with big players like KakaoPay and Toss leading the change.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

and South Korea around 2023. South Korea’s largest travel tech startup was founded by former motel manager SuJin Lee , CEO and founder of Yanolja, in 2005. South Korea’s largest travel tech startup was founded by former motel manager SuJin Lee , CEO and founder of Yanolja, in 2005.

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TechNode

MARCH 18, 2024

Alibaba is planning to invest over $1 billion in South Korea in the next three years according to the countrys news outlet Yonhap, in a quest to tap market potential. Yonhap, in Chinese ]

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Creative professionals continue to look for ways to monetize their talents and knowledge through online education platforms like CLASS101 that bring stable incomes and improve opportunities. CLASS101, a Seoul-based online education platform, announced today it has closed $25.8 CLASS101 launched its platform in the U.S.

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