University of Seoul to help 'deep tech' startups enter Southeast Asian markets

[Financial News] The University of Seoul has launched a full-scale effort to help venture firms founded on the strength of the university's outstanding technologies attract overseas investment and enter Southeast Asian markets.
The University of Seoul's Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation said on the 29th that it had held the Singapore Investment and Global Expansion Insights Seminar to support the global growth of startups with distinctive technological capabilities, including faculty-founded companies and subsidiaries of its technology holding company.
The event was organized in conjunction with the government's Technology Management Promotion (TMC) Program and the Seoul-style BRIDGE Program. Representatives of Singapore-based global commercialization specialist Kilsa Global and deep-tech investment firm Origin Ventures served as speakers, sharing strategies for entering Southeast Asian markets and successful cases of attracting investment locally.
At the one-on-one business meetings that followed, five startups selected in advance assessed their technological competitiveness with local investment experts and discussed from various angles the potential for technology proof-of-concept (PoC) projects and investment in Southeast Asia. The University of Seoul plans to continue holding additional meetings and providing tailored support to companies whose potential has been confirmed.
The University of Seoul plans to further strengthen its end-to-end technology startup support system, linking the search for overseas partners with commercialization in local markets. Under the TMC Program, it will expand its international investment network, while the Seoul-style BRIDGE Program will provide companies with training to build their capacity for overseas expansion and support the development of market strategies.
Lee Moon-gyu, head of the University of Seoul's Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, said, "Working with global partners, we will focus on identifying tangible outcomes so that the university's outstanding technologies can bear fruit in overseas markets."

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