IR and One-on-One Investment Consultations with Local Companies
The Scale-up TIPS Division of the Korea Venture Capital Association (hereafter referred to as the VC Association) announced on August 1 that it had held the "2025 Scale-up TIPS Global Meetup 1 (Singapore)" program in Singapore.
Since 2022, the VC Association has operated the annual Global Meetup program, taking the lead in establishing a foundation for overseas expansion of Scale-up TIPS participating companies through local investor networking and IR activities.
Participants of the Scaleup TIPS Global Meetup 1 (Singapore) are taking a commemorative photo. VC Association
The Singapore meetup, which took place from July 29 to 31, was designed to connect with the investment ecosystem of Singapore, which has emerged as an Asian financial and startup hub, and to create touchpoints with global investors of various sizes and industries. Out of more than 400 Scale-up TIPS participating companies, 10 were selected through a screening process to join the program. Before departure, the specific needs of each company were surveyed in advance to tailor the program accordingly.
The first day focused on establishing strategies for entering the global market prior to full-scale investment attraction. Local investment institutions such as Seed Ventures and KILSA Singapore participated as lecturers, delivering special lectures on topics including trends in the Singapore venture investment market and the startup ecosystem, and helping participants design their strategies for entering the local market.
On the second day, 14 promising investment firms from Singapore were invited for IR pitching and one-on-one business meetings. Participating companies gave presentations based on their pre-refined English IR materials, and on average, each company held more than three customized consultations. In particular, companies were pre-matched with investors according to their growth stage and global expansion objectives, thereby increasing the effectiveness of the consultations.
The third day included a visit to Flex Singapore, a global manufacturing solutions company, where participants learned about technology commercialization strategies and local success stories for entering the Asian market. This was followed by a lecture from Han Jihoon, head of the Singapore branch of Korea Venture Investment Corporation (KVIC), who spoke on Southeast Asian venture investment trends and strategies for market entry, thereby deepening participants' understanding of the Asian VC market.
Scale-up TIPS is a private-sector-led technology innovation startup support program jointly promoted by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, the Korea Technology and Information Promotion Agency for SMEs, Korea Venture Investment Corporation, and the VC Association. Capable venture capital firms make investments of at least 1 billion KRW, and based on this, the government provides R&D funding to the companies. To date, about 400 promising small and medium-sized venture companies have successfully taken on the challenge of technological advancement and business expansion through Scale-up TIPS.
The VC Association plans to hold the "Scale-up TIPS Global Meetup 2 (Boston)" program in the United States in November this year.
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