TIPA Expands SME Networks and Provides Investment Opportunities

‘TIPA ValueUP Performance Sharing Networking DAY’ Held
Supporting Investment Expansion and Follow-up Opportunities for Promising SMEs
Final Demo Day Features 10 Innovative Companies;
Director’s Award Presented to Top Three
One-on-One Investor Matching Consultation Connects 31 Investors and 86 Companies
TIPA Program Achieves Over 108.5 Billion KRW in Investments Since 2018
Kim Youngshin: “We Will Strengthen Support for SME Innovation and Commercialization”

On July 2, the Korea Technology and Information Promotion Agency for SMEs (TIPA) announced that it held the '2025 TIPA ValueUP Performance Sharing Networking DAY' at the Glad Hotel in Yeouido, Seoul.

This event was organized to support the expansion of investment networks and facilitate follow-up investment opportunities for companies that have completed the 'TIPA ValueUP Program' currently being promoted by TIPA.

Director Kim Youngshin of KIAT (second from the left) is taking a commemorative photo with representatives of outstanding companies. KIAT

For the main program of the event, the 'Final Demonstration (Demo Day)' IR investment pitching session featured 10 companies selected as promising investment candidates among the ValueUP Program graduates, based on criteria such as technological capabilities and marketability. These companies presented their innovative technological achievements and business models to a panel of seven investment experts.

TIPA selected three outstanding companies through a judging process and awarded them the Director's Award and prize money. In the subsequent '1:1 Investor Matching Consultation,' 31 investors from various fields and promising companies engaged in customized consultations through prior matching. Each investor was matched with up to four companies, resulting in a total of 86 in-depth one-on-one consultations.

TIPA is operating the 'TIPA ValueUP Program' not only as a venue for simple IR presentations and networking among companies, but also to achieve tangible results such as attracting investment for small and medium venture companies and establishing a foundation for their growth. Since its inception in 2018, the program has discovered and nurtured a total of 622 promising companies, and as of now, 116 companies have achieved investment attraction results totaling approximately 108.5 billion KRW.

Kim Youngshin, Director of TIPA, stated, "This performance-sharing networking event was a meaningful occasion where promising SMEs could meet investors, gain investment opportunities, and enhance their investment capabilities," and added, "We will continue to strengthen support so that innovative technologies of SMEs can lead to commercialization and investment."