Recruiting K-Startups to Collaborate with NVIDIA and MS

Ministry of SMEs and Startups Recruits for Global Corporate Collaboration Program
Significant Increase in Participating Companies Compared to Last Year
"Efforts to Expand Open Innovation Cases"

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups collaborates with global leading companies to support the growth of our startup companies and provide opportunities to enter overseas markets.

On the 9th, the Ministry announced that it will recruit startup companies to participate in the 2025 'Global Corporate Collaboration Program.'

The Global Corporate Collaboration Program is a global open innovation program conducted in collaboration with the government and global leading companies. It started in 2019 as a gateway program supporting the growth of startups in the mobile service sector with Google Play, and until last year, a total of 1,231 startups have gone through the Global Corporate Collaboration Program.

Overview of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups 2025 'Global Business Collaboration Program'. Provided by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups

This year, three new partners have joined as global leading companies in the defense, aerospace, and cybersecurity sectors: Thales, the world's largest beauty company L'Or?al Korea, and global industrial gas company Air Liquide, bringing the total number of participating global companies to 13. Additionally, existing participant ANSYS has established a dedicated program for startups in the space and aerospace sectors, operating a total of 14 programs. The support scale has also increased from last year’s 305 startups to 364 startups selected.

This recruitment announcement consists of a total of 14 programs: ▲Gateway (Google Play collaboration) ▲N-Up (NVIDIA collaboration) ▲Majung (Microsoft collaboration) ▲Daonda (Dassault Syst?mes collaboration) ▲ASK (ANSYS Korea collaboration) ▲Mediterranean (Siemens collaboration) ▲Jungle (Amazon Web Services collaboration) ▲Miracle (Oracle collaboration) ▲IBM Quantum (IBM collaboration) ▲Ingenious (Intel collaboration) ▲Trust my Tech (Thales collaboration) ▲L'Or?al Big Bang (L'Or?al Korea collaboration) ▲N.E.O (Air Liquide collaboration) ▲ASK Space (ANSYS Korea collaboration). Companies wishing to apply can select and apply for one program.

The startups finally selected will receive commercialization funds from the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (up to 200 million KRW) and specialized programs. They will also be supported with growth programs consisting of professional services, education, consulting, and global market development from each global company.

Minister Oh Young-joo said, "With the addition of three global leading companies in promising new industry sectors to the Global Corporate Collaboration Program, new opportunities have opened up for our startups. We will continue to actively collaborate with global companies that want to discover and nurture excellent K-startups to expand open innovation cases."