Tech In Seoul

Tech in Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Mr. Edwin Marcin, Head of Space Green by NAVER @ Station F.  Tech in Seoul invites the Head of Space Green by NAVER @ Station F, Mr. Edwin Marcin and listen about how his team support startups who pursue creative content and innovation. Space Green welcomes entrepreneurs and early-stage startups who are passionate entertainment and creative content, including Webtoons, Webnovels, 3D & NFT projects, Audio & Video, Multi-Channel Network and so on. Space Green provide free office space at Station F up to 12 months (6-month period, renewable once upon validation by the incubator) and industry experts networks with coaching sessions as well as investors meet up.  For more information about  Space Green by NAVER @ Station F, please visit https://www.spacegreen.co About La French Tech Seoul: La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate and government organizations working together to build bridges in the tech ecosystem between France and Korea. Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com [This episode was recorded on Nov 26th, 2022]

Tech In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Ms. Chloe Lee, Program Manager of World Knowledge Forum, Maekyung Media Group. World Knowledge Forum(WKF) has started from Oct., 2000 by Maekyung Media Group. The forum has brought up big impact to Korean society with messages from world top leaders. Tech in Seoul invites the program manager of WKF, Ms. Chloe Lee and listen about the big trend that she has watched and new event for the startups in the forum. Link : http://www.wkforum.org/ Email : chloe@wkforum.org (Ms. Chloe Lee) About La French Tech Seoul: La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate and government organizations working together to build bridges in the tech ecosystem between France and Korea. Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com [This episode was recorded on May 5th, 2022]

Tech In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Mr. HAN, manager at Wefoot Technology. Wefoot Technology is a sport tech startup with Dual-Grip Non-Slip Socks. They have a patented special urethane non-slip pads on the inside and outside. Their special  non-slip socks will help you improve your performance and safety like no other grip socks you know. Link :  https://wefootsocks.com (For International market) https://wefoot.co.kr (For Korean market) About La French Tech Seoul: La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate and government organizations working together to build bridges in the tech ecosystem between France and Korea. Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com [This episode was recorded on April 19th, 2022]

Tech In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Mr. Sung Yoon, CEO and Founder of ENVELOPS. Many developing countries have been struggling to fight against climate change and left out from major capital investment.  Tech in Seoul invites the CEO and Founder of ENVELOP, Mr. Sung Yoon and listen about how they brings light by developing climate projects in the countries to increase their climate resilience and quality life. Link : http://eng.en-velops.com/ Linkedin : linkedin.com/in/sung-yoon-9266a843 (Mr. Sung Yoon) About La French Tech Seoul: La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate and government organizations working together to build bridges in the tech ecosystem between France and Korea. Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com [This episode was recorded on July 1st, 2022]

Tech In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Josie DAW, Co-Founder at Raw Korean. Raw Korean is a new way to learn Korean! How so? Find out in this episode of Tech In Seoul! Josie tells us why she decided to leave the UK and settle down in Korea, how she ended up launching a Korean learning platform, and who is the team behind this promising startup. She also shares her opinion on the Korean startup ecosystem and the opportunities and challenges of starting a business in Korea. Link: Raw Korean: https://rawkorean.com About La French Tech Seoul: La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate and government organizations working together to build bridges in the tech ecosystem between France and Korea. Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com [This episode was recorded on September 7th, 2021]

Tech In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Suji Sohn, Co-Founder at Seoul Box. SeoulBox is "an authentic Korean experience through a box of hand-picked snacks, K-Pop merch, and K-Beauty treats." The company was founded in London by two students who later moved to Korea. In this episode, Suji tells us the story of Seoul Box, and shares with us the ambition of her team to provide a unique experience to all Korea lovers around the world. Link: Seoul Box: https://myseoulbox.com About La French Tech Seoul: La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate and government organizations working together to build bridges in the tech ecosystem between France and Korea. Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com [This episode was recorded on August 19th, 2021]

Tech In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Sue Nguyen and John Yoon, Co-Founders at Seoulz. Seoulz "aims to be Korea’s leading independent digital media resource covering the latest tech news, events, and trends for the Korean Startup Community." In this episode, Sue and John tell us everything we need to know about Seoulz: how they started it, why they started it, and why they are now pivoting to a new business model. We also talk about the different kinds of startups in Korea and the strengths and weaknesses of the Korean startup scene. Link: Seoulz: https://seoulz.com/ About La French Tech Seoul: La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate   and government organizations working together to build bridges in   the tech ecosystem between France and Korea. Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com [This episode was recorded on August 12th, 2021]

Tech In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Mario Garcia-Lee, Co-Founder and CEO at Lighting Up Ventures. Lighting Up Ventures is, as Mario puts it, an impact innovation company that helps scientists, engineers and inventors to develop and execute their market entry strategy.  In this episode, we talk about Lighting Up Ventures' vision and mission, about Mario's background, about the Korean startup and innovation scene, and much more! Links: Lighting Up Ventures: https://www.lightingupventures.com Mario's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariogarcialee About La French Tech Seoul: La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate  and government organizations working together to build bridges in  the tech ecosystem between France and Korea. Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com [This episode was recorded on August 9th, 2021]

Tech In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Rachel Chung, Co-Founder and CEO at BeAptive. BeAptive is (in Rachel's own words) a social media app for kids using an educational twist to create future digital citizens.  In this episode, Rachel tells us how her professional experience in Korea brought her to launch BeAptive, how BeAptive is different from traditional social networks and what it is like to start a small Tech business after having been working for a Tech giant like Naver. UPDATE: On July 28th, 2021 Rachel has made the following announcement: "Due to unforeseen circumstances with our investor combined with the current situation with COVID, we have come to the hard decision not to continue with BeAptive and close the company at the end of this month. Although the team and I will not be moving forward with BeAptive, we are super excited about starting again with a clean slate! On behalf of all of us, I want to thank you for your continued support over the past year. It has meant a lot to us, especially during the most challenging times." About La French Tech Seoul: La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate and government organizations working together to build bridges in the tech ecosystem between France and Korea. Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com [This episode was recorded on July 6th, 2021]

Why would someone from a small town in Wisconsin, USA come to Seoul, South Korea to build an AI/EduTech startup? Find out in our new episode of Tech In Seoul! Tech In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Jacob Jacquet, Founder and CEO at REZI. REZI offers an AI-Powered ATS Resume Builder Solution that makes it much easier for job seekers to not only create their resume but also fill it with the best content. Learn more about REZI and its mission in this episode! Link: https://www.rezi.ai About La French Tech Seoul: La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate     and government organizations working together to build bridges in     the tech ecosystem between France and Korea. Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com [This episode was recorded on June 25th, 2021]

Tech  In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Archer Chiang, Founder and CEO at GIFTPACK. GIFTPACK offers a "AI-powered solution that simplifies the corporate gifting process and amplifies the impact of personalized gifts". In this episode, Archer tells us about GIFTPACK and how Artificial Intelligence is helping to choose relevant gifts for customers and employees, deliver the gifts easily and gather and share some useful feedback to GIFTPACK customers.  Link: https://giftpack.ai About La French Tech Seoul: La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate    and government organizations working together to build bridges in    the tech ecosystem between France and Korea. Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com [This episode was recorded on June 21st, 2021]

Tech  In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Kay Kim, Business Development & Marketing - Overseas Partnerships Manager at NuriBio. NuriBio specializes in research and development of gene analysis, primarily focusing in detection of mutations caused by diseases such as cancer. In this episode, Kay introduces NuriBio. He also shares with us his experience and the challenges he has to overcome to promote his startup's new technology around the world. Link: http://nuribio.com About La French Tech Seoul: La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate   and government organizations working together to build bridges in   the tech ecosystem between France and Korea. Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com/ [This episode was recorded on June 4th, 2021]

Tech  In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Joanne J. Lee, Co-Founder and CEO at MediHeroes MediHeroes is a global B2B Medical Platform that aims to bring buyers, sellers, end-users of medical products & services onto a single transparent platform. In this episode, Joanne shares with us her vision and her ambition with MediHeroes. Link: https://mediheroes.com About La French Tech Seoul: La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate  and government organizations working together to build bridges in  the tech ecosystem between France and Korea. Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com/ [This episode was recorded on June 3rd, 2021]

Tech  In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Brian Kim,  Co-Founder at KIM VENTUROUS, a Korea-based Venture Capital company. KIM VENTUROUS is a new VC focusing on early stage Korean Startups. KIM VENTUROUS is also a registered Accelerator under the Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups.. In this episode, Brian tells us about their ambitions within the Korean startup ecosystem. Link: KIM VENTUROUS: http://kimventurous.com/ About La French Tech Seoul: La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate and government organizations working together to build bridges in the tech ecosystem between France and Korea. Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com/ [This episode was recorded on May 21st, 2021]

Tech In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Robert Grey, Product Owner - Wildfire Detection AI at Alchera Inc. Alchera is a leading Korean Startup in AI, Machine Learning, Facial Recognition, but also, and that is a first, Fire Detection. In this episode, Robert tells us how Alchera started, how it developed a Fire Detection service (the service he is in charge of) and what's next for Alchera in Korea and globally. Links: Alchera: https://alcherainc.com/en/ Fire detection: https://fire.aiir.ai/ About La French Tech Seoul: La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate       and government organizations working together to build bridges in    the    tech ecosystem between France and Korea. Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com/ [This episode was recorded on May 20th, 2021]

Tech In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Youngjin Jang, Co-Founder and Vice President at YellowKnife (VELOGA). VELOGA is developing several platforms and apps with an ambition to improve the future user experience of mobility (car, bike, e-bike, etc.). Their first product is a bicycle riding assistant speedometer application (VELOGA BICYCLE) that can provide various user experiences by changing the skin. Links: YellowKnife: http://yellowknife.io/ Kotra: https://www.kotra.or.kr/foreign/main/KHEMUI010M.html?LOCALE=en About La French Tech Seoul: La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate      and government organizations working together to build bridges in   the    tech ecosystem between France and Korea. Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com/ [This episode was recorded on May 18th, 2021]

Tech In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Lin (Lynn) Hwang, Co-Founder and CEO at DamoGo. At first DamoGo was an app with an ambition to reduce food waste in Korean and Indonesia. But the founding team has pivoted to a BtoB model and is now 100% focusing on the Indonesian marketing, while trying to raise its Seeds Series. In this episode, Lynn explains us why he launched this startup in the first place, why his co-founder and him decided to pivot and why they chose Indonesia as their main market.  DamoGo will also be pitching at Tech For Good, an online event by La French Tech Seoul.  Links: DamoGo: http://damogoapp.com/ Tech For Good: https://www.eventbrite.fr/e/tech4good-summit-2021-korea-france-and-beyond-registration-147910816233 About La French Tech Seoul: La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate     and government organizations working together to build bridges in  the    tech ecosystem between France and Korea. Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com/ [This episode was recorded on May 4th, 2021]

Tech In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Jordan Monnet, Co-Founder and CEO at nr2. nr2 is a search engine which identifies high-growth start-ups in China and South Korea. In this episode, Jordan tells us why he decided to launch nr2 and why in China and Korea. He also shares with us his vision for his company and how he and his team plan to make Chinese and Korean startups more visible to the outside world.  Links: https://www.nr2.io/ About La French Tech Seoul: La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate    and government organizations working together to build bridges in the    tech ecosystem between France and Korea. Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com/ [This episode was recorded on April 30th, 2021]

Tech In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Matthew (차민근) Shampine, Co-Founder and CEO at Dongnae. Dongnae is "a modern real estate discovery and service platform" with an ambition to revolutionize the way people rent or buy real-estate in Korea. The app will be officially launched in May 2021. Before starting Dongnae, Matthew spent a large part of his business life working for WeWork. He joined the company at a very early stage, launched the asia-pacific business and eventually moved to Seoul to become the general manager of WeWork Korea. In this episode, Matthew shares his experience in the prop-tech industry in the US and in Korea. He also develops for us the mission and the ambition of Dongnae, and how he and his team plan to have a strong and lasting impact on the local real-estate market.  Matthew and his co-founder only started the company 13 months ago. They already raised 4.8 Million dollars from US investors and VCs for whom it was the first investment in Asia. Links: https://www.dongnae.com/ (in Korean) https://blog.naver.com/dongnaeofficial (in Korean) About La French Tech Seoul: La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate   and government organizations working together to build bridges in the   tech ecosystem between France and Korea. Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com/ [This episode was recorded on April 27th, 2021]

Tech In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Catherine Hong, Founder at TOOTI. Tooti is an online language platform. Catherine shares with us her experience of founding a multicultural startup in Seoul and abroad, while benefiting from the vibrant local ecosystem and the generous government support. Link: http://www.tooti.co.kr/ (not active yet) About La French Tech Seoul: La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate  and government organizations working together to build bridges in the  tech ecosystem between France and Korea. Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com/ [This episode was recorded on April 26th, 2021]