‘Board on the train of successful startups!’ 2020 Startup Express Winter Season held

KUBS (Dean= Bae Johngseok) Startup Station (Head= Dr. Shin, Hojung)’s 10th teams were selected. ‘2020 Startup Express Winter season,’ held online on December 4th (Friday) 2pm, was filled with passionate and brilliant ideas of pre-entrepreneurs.  

KUBS Startup Station hosted ‘2020 Startup Express Winter season’ with Seung Myeong Ho Entrepreneurship education center supervising, sponsored by Korea University Management Research Association and the Social Value Committee of SK SUPEX Pursuit Council. ‘2020 Startup Express Winter season’ is a startup competition in which participants propose creative business items based on entrepreneurship and innovation.

Dean Bae Johngseok began his opening speech by saying “I can’t predict which team will board on the ‘Startup Express,’ but I send my applause to all the teams who have worked passionately night and day for this moment.” “This day will be the first step of our entrepreneurs who will glorify Korea University and Korea. Please join us today,” he told the judges and viewers.

Director of Seung Myung-Ho Center for Entrepreneurship Education, Dr. Shijin Yoo, introduced successful companies such as , , that have been on the Startup Express. “I hope all of you presenting today can lead your company successfully with passion and brilliant ideas,” he said in his welcoming speech.

A total of twelve teams that passed prior evaluation attended ‘2020 Startup Express Winter Season’ and introduced their business items. △Open market platform for Chinese online present-giving (EUZEN), which aims to be a global kakao present-giving platform △New platform for all license exams (Pro-pass) △Sustainable English education taught by mothers (Tingle) △A friendly, easily accessible vegetarian meal-kit (Ham bat Kkot) △Online personal construction service for simple self-interior decorating: ByJieun (Jung Han) △Meal managing service (Kilo) △Region-based pet care service (Come Me) △Platform for easily comparing convenience food (SJB) △Service that provides core values for citizens preparing for law suits by themselves (Mimisbrunnr) △AI Interior curating service based on color (Cowus) △Wedding guest management service (8K) △Content saving service using AI classification technology: stack (Journisome) were the teams that presented.

In ‘2020 Startup Express Winter season,’ each company was given five minutes to present their business items and five minutes of Q&A session. The jury selected teams based on △problem defining △business model △ability and willingness.

Among fierce competition, seven teams including △Kilo (Seung Myung-Ho Entrepreneurship award) △ Tingle (Iljin startup incubator award) △ Mimisbrunnr (SK Social Value award) were permitted on board the ‘Startup Express,’ the key to becoming a successful startup. The teams awarded with △Seung Myung-Ho Entrepreneurship award △Iljin startup incubator award △SK Social Value award are given operating expenses, and all seven teams including △Participation award winners can move into the Startup Institute’s Iljin Center for Startup Incubation. They will also receive systematic enterprise education and support as well as continuous consultation and support from mentors composed of senior entrepreneurs, industry experts and venture capitalists.

Head of the Startup Station, Dr. Shin, Hojung, concluded the event by saying “I’m so sorry that we could not meet offline, but it was a great pleasure and meaningful to meet all of you.”

Korea University Business School’s Startup Station hosts various events such as ‘Startup Express (Startup competition),’ ‘Choo Choo Day (Demo day)’ and has fostered 71 companies until today and total enterprise value of all companies that have moved in is 45 billion KRW, making the KUBS Startup Station a successful university startup supporting institute.