Korea IT Cooperation Center, NIPA and Plug and Play Host K-Global @ Singapore ICT Growth Demo Day to Connect Korean Startups with Southeast Asia Market

SINGAPORE, Nov. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Korea IT Cooperation Center (KICC) Singapore, which serves as National IT Industry Promotion Agency's (NIPA) strategic hub for promoting business opportunities between Korea and ASEAN countries in the ICT industry, and Plug and Play, a global innovation platform headquartered in Silicon Valley, are proud to announce the upcoming K-Global @ Singapore ICT Growth Demo Day in Singapore to connect Korean Startups with the Southeast Asian market.

The event will showcase groundbreaking ICT solutions developed by 10 selected Korean Startups as part of KICC's initiative to foster global partnerships and drive technological advancement. Together with Plug and Play's expertise in fostering startup ecosystems, this event will be a unique opportunity for attendees to witness firsthand the latest advancements and collaborative potential between Korea and Singapore.

"Through this initiative, we've seen the great potential for collaboration between Korea and Southeast Asia, and we remain committed to fostering more opportunities like this to strengthen and expand cross-border partnerships", said Sung Wook Hur, President of National IT Industry Promotion Agency.

The Demo Day will feature presentations from a select group of promising Korean startups, each showcasing their ICT solutions spanning various sectors including sustainability, health, energy, logistics, cybersecurity, and more. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with these startups, explore partnership possibilities, and gain insights into emerging technology trends.

Featured Startups: 

AETECH
www.aetech.co.kr
AETECH is a waste management startup specializing in waste sorting solutions. Their innovative technologies include Atron, an AI sorting robot, and airo-MRF, an unmanned AI robot material recovery facility. 

DolbomDream
https://en.dolbomdream.com/
DolbomDream is a mental healthcare startup that collects data with wearable devices and provided health care guides. 

Enki WhiteHat
www.enki.co.kr
ENKI WhiteHat is a specialized offensive security company that proactively responds to cyber threats from a hacker's perspective. We provide offensive cybersecurity solutions in a SaaS model, including OFFen-PTaaS (Penetration Testing as a Service), OFFen-ASM (Attack Surface Management), OFFen-CR (Cyber Range), and OFFen-TI (Threat Intelligence).

Inka Entworks
www.inka.co.kr
INKA Entworks is a global leader in content security and mobile app security. Through its flagship products, PallyCon and AppSealing, the company provides robust multi-DRM, anti-piracy solutions, and advanced mobile app security to protect OTT platforms, BFSI, E-commerce, and live streaming content. These solutions help businesses ensure secure content delivery and app integrity across all digital environments.

Muzlive
www.kitbetter.com
Muzlive provides a new physical music format called the KiTalbum, making music albums compatible with all smart devices. To date, KiTalbum has been released in over 1,000 titles, sold 9 million copies, and is used in more than 200 countries. We have collaborated with top artists like Seventeen, Blackpink, NCT, Snoop Dogg, and Jason Mraz, and also offer an on-demand PHYGITAL platform, KiTbetter.com, allowing artists to create KiTalbum at no cost through an automated production system.

QUVE
https://www.nexwaysusa.com/
QUVE remotely provides AI-driven design and manufacturing services to dental clinics and dental labs. Through this, we intend to provide digital dental services around the world and further implement one-day care dentistry. 

Saesol Tech
www.saesol.tech
Saesol Tech is a V2X all-in-one security solution provider for fully autonomous driving and mobility to save lives and happiness. We prevent accidents on the road with V2X technologies and solutions including security module, PKI server, misbehavior detection, PKI conformance testing and cryptographic verification module. We are actively partnering with OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers to bring these solutions to life. 

Stratio Technology
www.stratiotechnology.com
STRATIO, INC. (STRATIO) was founded in 2013 as the culmination of a decade of work done at Stanford University. We are committed to bring infrared vision to the mass market through our new image sensor structure & deep know how knowledge in Germanium (Ge) based nanofabrication processing.

Willog
www.willog.io
Willog is a real time supply chain monitoring solution startup. Combined with hardware sensing iOT devices along with Software platform, we help our BIO customer to fully transparent their sensitive medical shipments information by capturing crucial parameters like temperature, humidity, geo-location in the land and ocean transportation.

The Carbon Studio
www.thecarbon.studio 
The Carbon Studio pioneers advanced carbon nanomaterials for PEM fuel cells and water electrolysis, critical to realizing a sustainable hydrogen society. With cutting-edge nano technology, they aim to revolutionize clean energy by producing high-performance materials essential for hydrogen generation and fuel cell efficiency.

Event Details:

• K-Global @ Singapore: ICT Growth Demo Day
  

• • Date: 18/11/24
  • Location: Asian Civilisations Museum, 1 Empress Pl, Singapore 179555, Level 2, River Room and River Terrace
  • Time: 2:30 PM - 7:00 PM SGT

Interested attendees can register for the event through this link.

About Korea IT Cooperation Center (KICC) Singapore

Opened in 2014, KICC (Korea IT Cooperation Center) Singapore serves as NIPA's (National IT Industry Promotion Agency) strategic hub for promoting business opportunities between Korea and ASEAN countries in the ICT industry. KICC Singapore offers a range of solutions and programmes to help Korean IT companies expand and grow in ASEAN and Oceania, harness and leverage Korean technologies, and drive ASEAN's digital revolution.

Find more information about Korea IT Cooperation Center (KICC) Singapore visit kicc.sg 

About Plug and Play

Plug and Play is a global innovation platform. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, we have built accelerator programs, corporate innovation services and an in-house VC to make technological advancement progress faster than ever before. Since inception in 2006, our programs have expanded worldwide to include a presence in over 60 locations globally, giving startups the necessary resources to succeed in Silicon Valley and beyond. With over 80,000 startups and 620 official corporate partners, we have created the ultimate startup ecosystem in many industries. We provide active investments with 200 leading Silicon Valley VCs, and host more than 700 networking events per year. Companies in our community have raised over $12 billion in funding, with successful portfolio exits including Danger, Dropbox, Lending Club and PayPal.

Our Asia Pacific headquarters was launched in Singapore in 2010 and we have since expanded into Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand. Since then we have invested in more than 100 startups and have collaborated with various governments as well as multinational and regional corporations to multiply their innovation efforts through initiatives such as industry-specific accelerator programs.

For more information visit www.plugandplayapac.com

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