NextUnicorn, a startup-specialized investor network platform, announced the results of 2021 by publishing the ‘2021 Startup Online Event Trend Report’ on the 10th through its startup event solution ‘UnicornLIVE’.
According to the report, a total of 47 events were held last year via ‘UnicornLIVE’, recording a cumulative view count of 154,143. A total of 405 promising startups participated in the events to conduct IR pitching, and 1,796 professional investors affiliated with 309 investment institutions watched the IR pitching.
In particular, participating startups succeeded in raising 123.25 billion KRW in investments through the events, demonstrating that these events are not merely for show but are effectively connected to actual investment execution.
‘UnicornLIVE’ is a solution supporting online, offline, and live events targeting startups and professional investors, with demo days?the most important events for early-stage startups?as its main focus. It enables real-time Q&A and chat during events and offers specialized features for demo days and IR pitching such as IR request, voting (judging), and interest registration.
It also supports hybrid events conducted simultaneously online and offline, as well as private events that only invited or selected participants can attend.
Partner organizations collaborating with ‘UnicornLIVE’ include over 20 institutions such as the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development, Busan Creative Economy Innovation Center, Korea Creative Content Agency, and Korea International Trade Association.
Yoon Nak-beom, General Director of UnicornLIVE Business, stated, “Last year, ‘UnicornLIVE’ showcased various functions specialized for the startup-professional investor network, achieving encouraging results by linking events directly to investment attraction. Our goal is for ‘UnicornLIVE’ to become a communication platform that delivers knowledge and information to everyone in the startup ecosystem and enables autonomous participation.”
Meanwhile, NextUnicorn is an online platform service providing information and networks between startups and professional investors, officially launched in October 2019. Currently, it serves about 9,000 startups and 800 investment institutions, showing rapid growth, and successfully raised 6.8 billion KRW in Series A funding last December.
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