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2022 Startup Express Winter Season Successfully Ended
Korea University Business School (Dean=Sangyong Kim) Startup Station (Head= Hojung Shin) successfully hosted ‘2022 Startup Express Winter Season’. In this startup competition held at the LG-POSCO SUPEX Hall on December 2nd (Fri) 2:30 PM, teams moving for the 14th class of KUBS Startup Station had been selected. ‘Startup Express’ is a student startup competition proposing creative business items based on entrepreneurship and innovation. The competition is hosted by KUBS Startup Station and supervised by Seung Myungho Entrepreneurship Education Center (Head=Dongsub Lee) twice a year.
In this competition, 9 judges including △Startup Station Head Hojung Shin △Startup Station Center Head Dongsub Lee △Startup Station Specially-appointed professors Jaeho Jung and Jinkyu Park △Iljin Global R&D Center Executive Seungpyo Lee △ Hankook Ilbo Business Planning Team Head Wonkyung Yoo △Donghwa Group Online Service Team Joonhyun Hwang △ Pen Ventures CEO Myungsoo Song △ Kingsbay Capital Managing Partner Business School Professor Myungcheol Shin △ AON Investment Loan Officer Jungsu Kim had attended.
The event began with an introduction of the startup station by Head Dongsub Lee. Lee said “About 84 teams among total of 516 applications had become successful startups through 13 times of Startup Express.” and saying “We hope our society becomes productive more with your ideas and executive ability.” Dean Sangyong Kim cheered the teams with a welcoming speech. Dean Kim said “Startup is the motivation that changes the world we now live in.”, and “We would like to give you a big applause and hope you stay until the very last of the journey.”
Next, 12 teams on the finals among a total of 41 applications had presentations on their business items. The teams are the following: △Live feedback and version software for 3D modeling cooperation (Landing) △Storyboard production service based on AI (Storyboard.lab) △Social network service convenient for appointments (Ccalbak) △Tool for communication between teacher-student, student-student on face-to-face classes (Auru) △Direct communication app (GLOB-UP) △Challenge study and camera study matching platform through AI matchmaking (Alphadiver) △Cleaning agency service for single person household (NYSE) △Dementia care system based on IT platform (Alphacare) △PT payment platform with trainer recommendation through AI analysis (BuffLab) △Sales and rental business on re-form cheerleading costumes for a one-time event (Upstyle) △ DRM Solution for everyone with security-convenience (SURF) △Untact recycling subscription service (People).
The session consisted of two parts with presentations from 6 teams each and the evaluation was followed by a total of 12 teams. As the result, Iljin Entrepreneurship Award was awarded to ‘Landing’ and Seung Myungho Entrepreneurship Award went to ‘People’. Participatory Award was awarded to ‘SURF’, ‘Bufflab’, ’Upstyle’, ‘Storyboard.lab’, and ‘NYSE’. The top two teams were given each 5 million won and 4 million won for 5 teams with Participatory Awards. The event ended after the award ceremony closing speech from Head Shin. He emphasized, “Startup Station seeks to help your business idea to develop into a big corporation through this competition.” and saying “We hope you become innovative businessmen that change many contradictions in society.”
A total of 12 teams that participated in the event will carry on startup activities in Anam Campustown along with Business School Main Hall 2nd floor Startup Station. All teams would be provided with expenses and continuous advice from mentors including senior startups, industry experts, and venture capitalists along with systematic startup education. After 6 months of training, teams would be able to present their business ideas to outside investors to secure real-life investment opportunities in ‘Choo Choo Day’.