Forming a Consortium to Combine Expertise of Each Organization
Establishing Advisory Committee and Preparing for Main Event Within the First Half of the Year
Korea Startup Forum, Korea Venture Business Association, and Korea Venture Capital Association (VC Association) announced on the 8th that they have been selected as the organizing institutions for this year’s global startup festival COMEUP.
KOSPO, which has been organizing and operating COMEUP for three consecutive years since 2022, will form a consortium with the Venture Business Association and the VC Association this year to create a more complete COMEUP. To encourage participation from various startups and expand global influence, the organizing institutions were newly selected through a public contest, and the consortium of KOSPO, Venture Business Association, and VC Association was finally chosen.
The 2025 COMEUP will be powered by the combined expertise of three organizations: ▲Korea Startup Forum (startup ecosystem growth), ▲Venture Business Association (venture company participation and open innovation), and ▲Korea Venture Capital Association (venture investment activation), all working together to help COMEUP leap forward as a global startup festival.
First, based on the experience accumulated from operating COMEUP over the past three years, KOSPO plans to systematically design this year’s COMEUP scale-up with goals such as ▲expanding participation of innovative startups, ▲increasing real investment opportunities, and ▲boosting inflow of large, mid-sized, and venture companies. In particular, it plans to strengthen investment linkage and corporate matching programs to provide tailored support for startup growth and enhance competitiveness on the global stage.
The Venture Business Association will focus on expanding venture company participation to broaden the foundation for startup ecosystem growth. Additionally, based on open innovation, it will activate cooperation between large corporations, mid-sized companies, and startups, providing various networks for technological collaboration and market expansion.
The VC Association will concentrate on revitalizing exchanges between startups and venture investors. It plans to create practical investment linkage opportunities such as pitching sessions for promising companies, one-on-one meetings, and global investor invitation programs to achieve domestic and international investment attraction results.
The organizing institutions will begin full-scale preparations within the first half of the year, including forming an advisory committee, recruiting participating companies, promoting the main event, and operating follow-up support programs for selected companies.
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