DGB Financial and Naver Join Hands to Boost Support for Local Startups

From the left, Naver's Kyungsoo Oh, Head of Certification Business, Naver Cloud's Jungwook Lim, Head of Financial Sales, DGB Financial Group's Soongin Lee, Executive Director of Digital Innovation, and Daegu Special Zone's Younghwan Oh, Head of Headquarters.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyo-jin] DGB Financial Group announced on the 15th that it has signed an agreement with Naver, Naver Cloud, and the Daegu Research and Development Special Zone Headquarters of the Research and Development Special Zone Promotion Foundation to revitalize the startup ecosystem through platform linkage support.

The agreement involves supporting local startups with Naver's platform services and technology, as well as Naver Cloud's development infrastructure, while DGB Financial and the Daegu Special Zone will prepare institutional support measures to enable local startups to utilize these programs.

To this end, DGB Financial Group plans to establish institutional support measures such as hosting various educational events and linking affiliated startups with Naver and Naver Cloud.

The plan is to connect Naver's technology so that startups affiliated with DGB Financial's startup nurturing program, Pium Lab, research institute companies under the Daegu Special Zone, and tenant companies of the Daegu Startup Campus can utilize it to develop innovative services.

For example, Naver will provide technical cooperation and education on platform infrastructure such as authentication and simple login, while Naver Cloud will support startups affiliated with participating institutions by offering cloud infrastructure, education, technical consulting, and programs like the Greenhouse Benefit, which provides cloud credits.