Meet the Fascinating Korean Startups Pitching Showcase in Russia This Month

SEOUL, South Korea, May 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The K-ICT Born2Global Centre announced that they will be the host of the pitching showcase, K-Global @ Moscow where its member startups will present their business models to top-tier Russian and the CIS countries VCs, accelerators.

Promising Korean startups that will be pitching its technology in areas such as AI, IoT, contents, wearables, agri-tech and fin-tech are: COOLJAMM Company, ROBORUS, Paycock, SAI, BLH Aqua Technology and Stratio.

The pitching showcase of K-Global @ Moscow will be held at the Conference Hall B, Radisson Slavyanskaya Hotel and Business Centre, Moscow (address: Europe Square 2, 121059 Moscow Russia) on June 5, 2017, with the public program running from 4:00pm to 7:00pm. The event is free and open to the public, but request an RSVP at https://goo.gl/6MGnvM. One on one consulting session for the entry into the Russian and CIS countries market will be held at the Conference Hall A from 10:30am to 5:00pm.

Also, Born2Global will participate in Startup Village 2017 with its member startups, the most large-scale startup conference in Russia and the CIS countries to be held in Moscow on June 6 to 7, 2017.

At Startup Village, member companies of Born2Global, which are continually recognized in the global arena for its growth and potential, will stand alongside with foreign conglomerates and proudly demonstrate its advanced technology. They will be located at booth in the Korea Exhibitor Pavilion.

There will be opportunities for attendees to network and have business partnering meetings. It will give them a chance to learn how to meet the needs of global customers, enhance market profitability and improve compliance adherence.

The segment of K-Global @ Moscow hosted by Born2Global is sponsored and supported by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning of the Republic of Korea.

Born2Global successfully held more than 16 demo days throughout the world, such as Singapore, Japan, China, US, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg and France. More than 150 startups have participated in the event and had a chance to connect and build strategic relationships.

Founded in September 2013, Born2Global accelerates promising Korean startups to enter the global market and thrive from their early stage of business in numerous ways. Born2Global selects over 100 startups with high potential for entering the global market each year and provides services such as professional consulting in legal, patents, accounting, labor, visas, marketing, business development and PR. Continuously expanding its global channel partners, Born2Global has over 100 partners all around the world.

Born2Global has significantly contributed towards building a strong foundation for successful investment opportunities for startups. Born2Global has brought investment of over US$199.8 million for member companies.

Born2Global's experts have provided 6160 consulting services to 1957 startups, resulting in 479 overseas patent applications, 295 overseas business contracts and alliances with 47 overseas incorporations.

Detailed information on Korean startups participating the pitching showcase of K-Global @ Moscow and Startup Village 2017:

BLH Aqua Technology (www.aqutonix.com)

Marvelous Water Innovation for the Future of Our Next Generation

Specializes water efficiency enhancement technology that can be applied in various industries to ultimately improve overall productivity. Aqutonix is an eco-friendly product that fosters the efficient water absorption of plants by simply enhancing occurring growth processes of crops naturally, all without increasing water use or adding any synthetic substances.

COOLJAMM Company (www.hum-on.com)

Let Your Voice Compose

HumOn is a music app for musically challenging, letting users hum simply into the phone to compose music. The app detects one's humming and converts it into actual musical notation, which can then be used to write music for any real instrument out there.

ROBORUS (www.roborus.co.kr)

Robots Make the Better Life

ROBORUS actively engages with its customers through its quick and fun ordering process using eye contact, audio, interactive touch screen and emotional intelligence. It ties into the store's POS system accepting and processing credit cards. Also, it can be added to robots, e.g., credit card swipe, scanner (QR, bar code) and receipt printer.

Paycock (www.paycock.net)

New Concept of Payment Solution

Paycock makes all payments of the world possible and it replaces original heavy and expensive card payment system as smartphone app. This service is mainly specialized in small business such as delivery, food trucks and all face-to-face transaction systems. By using it, retailers can avoid the high commission from card payments, frequent trouble of POS systems and lack of wireless card.

SAI (www.dramapic.com)

Every Language TV

Dramapic is a real-time open platform where various local TV content, through worldwide crowdsourcing has enabled subtitle creation and mobile sharing. It not only overcomes language barriers but also speeds up content delivery. Every country will have speediest global distribution channel network with Dramapic.

Stratio (www.stratiotechnology.com)

Like Your Eyes, but Better     

LinkSquare is a low-cost, handheld, IoT-enabled spectrometer that covers wavelengths of light from the visible to the near infrared. It works with an intuitive smartphone app to quickly and accurately identify medications. Users point LinkSquare at the medication they wish to identify, click the scan button, and get results on their smartphone within seconds.

For more information, visit www.born2global.com, www.facebook.com/born2global or contact Jina Lee, [email protected].

SOURCE K-ICT Born2Global Centre