Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME) said on the 3rd that it will push programs tailored to growth stages and demand to support the growth of corporations entering and graduating from the Youth Startup Academy.
Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME) runs training programs that encompass technology commercialization, marketing, and global expansion so that startup corporations can respond to a rapidly changing industrial environment and broaden new business opportunities and investment attraction potential.
As the first event, "Cheongsudong DAY (Youth Startup Academy metropolitan alumni association DAY)," with participation by startup corporations that graduated from the metropolitan Youth Startup Academy, was held the previous day at the Ansan main campus of the Youth Startup Academy.
At the event, expert lectures by field were held to boost startup corporations' capacity to respond to the artificial intelligence (AI) environment under themes including ▲ small and midsize corporations' use of physical AI and digital transformation (DX) ▲ manufacturing AI transformation (AX) using patented technologies and enhancing corporate value ▲ marketing changes in the AI era and responses to search engine optimization (SEO) and generative engine optimization (GEO). After the program ended, participants shared information and sought collaboration opportunities.
On the 18th, a "demo day" will be held at the Ansan main campus of the Youth Startup Academy. It will be conducted for 30 participating corporations in the investor relations (IR) coaching program of the Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME) Youth Startup Academy. Startup corporations will present their business models and growth strategies. Through Q&A with investment experts, they will strengthen their investment attraction capabilities and seek the possibility of follow-on investment.
In Oct., it plans to hold "Prom Day," inspired by "prom," the graduation dance at U.S. schools. It is an event where corporations nearing graduation gather to network and seek growth opportunities. It will support the subsequent growth of startup corporations through guidance on Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME) support programs, networking between experts and startup corporations, marketability verification, and sales channel linkage.
Principal Lim Ji-hyeon of the Youth Startup Academy said, "For startup corporations to grow, not only commercialization support but also responding to new industrial changes and opportunities to be connected with corporations, experts, and investors are important," adding, "Going forward, we will prepare exchange and growth programs so that Youth Startup Academy corporations can share each other's experiences and capabilities and carry that into investment attraction and growth."