Seoul National University Technology Holdings said on the 9th that it has been selected as an operator of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups' "Scale-up TIPS general type."
Among university technology holdings companies, Seoul National University Technology Holdings is the only one selected as a Scale-up TIPS operator. Scale-up TIPS is a program in which a private operator proactively discovers promising corporations and invests at least 1 billion won (at least 700 million won outside the Seoul metropolitan area), after which the government matches research and development (R&D) funds and more to accelerate the corporations' growth.
With this selection, Seoul National University Technology Holdings has secured the operating rights for both the early-stage startup support program TIPS and the growth-stage support program Scale-up TIPS. Through the existing TIPS program, Seoul National University Technology Holdings has so far nurtured 101 corporations.
Seoul National University Technology Holdings currently manages 14 funds, and its cumulative assets under management (AUM) have surpassed 120 billion won. It has also made investments in more than 200 innovative corporations to date. This is an unusually large scale of management among university technology holdings companies.
In particular, Seoul National University Technology Holdings is pursuing a strategy of continuing follow-on investments until a corporation discovered at the seed stage grows into a unicorn corporation. This virtuous investment cycle is helping raise the survival rate of portfolio corporations and lift the corporate value of technology ventures. A representative example is Rebellions, an AI Semiconductor design startup that Seoul National University Technology Holdings discovered at the seed stage and recommended to TIPS.
Earlier this year, at the "2025 Ministry of SMEs and Startups Minister's Commendation," Seoul National University Technology Holdings also won both the "excellent accelerator (AC)" and "excellent TIPS operator" categories.
Mok Seung-hwan, CEO of Seoul National University Technology Holdings, said, "To vitalize the startup ecosystem, the university's calling of the times, we are ready not only to help early corporations take their first steps, but also to support their dramatic leap through Scale-up TIPS," adding, "We will expand growth-stage technology venture investments and nurture innovative corporations that represent Korea."