Top 50 Travel Startup Investors in South Korea (June 2026)

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• Pay Months — Korean Buy Now Pay Later(BNPL) fintech startup that solves financing problems in e-Commerce
• Winegraph — Winegraph is an SNS-based wine search and recommendation platform.
• TeamElysium — TeamElysium is a medical software development company.

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• Deaver — Deaver is an app for delivery management services.
• Tripbtoz — Play Share Stay
• Aniitzworld — Aniitzworld is a South Korea-based foodtech startup behind the AnyEats platform (anyeats.co.kr). It builds AI-powered unmanned food retail systems like vending machines, smart kiosks, and automated cafes that operate. The company focuses on HMR/RMR solutions, providing convenient meals in places like campuses, hospitals, and offices. Its techintegrates inventory management, demand forecasting, and smart distribution to expand “eat anytime, anywhere” food access.

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• Freewheelin — Freewheelin is an edtech company developing AI-powered tools to personalize math education. Their platform offers services such as generating homework books, integrating with textbooks, managing student errors, and analyzing performance data to assist educators in course preparation. The company has curated a database of math resources inpartnership with textbook publishers, ensuring teachers can use materials without copyright concerns.​
• Autonomous a2z — Autonomous a2z is a driving mobility platform that provides autonomous driving service with judgement, control and recognition technologies.
• Odd Concepts — Odd Concepts provide an wide portfolio of ready to use image recognition and search technology as a cloud based API service. Each customer has different requirements, and they assure ach customer requirement is met by our scientists tuning and combining analysis engines for optimal results.

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• Metainnotech — Metainnotech is an innovative technology platform that provides inter-floor noise reduction solutions in apartments and complexes using AI and various algorithms.
• Onda Fashion — Quaza is a company that develops a solution using artificial intelligence (AI) to swiftly and accurately detect counterfeit luxury items.
• Moment Studio — A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team

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• My Benefit — My Benefit is a digital health management platform for tracking musculoskeletal conditions and fitness levels.
• Gadget korea — Gadget korea offers data roaming services.
• Studio Galilei — Studio Galilei is an SFO platform company that operates and manages mobility services.

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• Frefins — Frefins is a specialized Rental Transformation (RX) company that generates value by connecting businesses, financial institutions, and consumers.
• Relay — Relay is a second-hand market solution that provides technology, logistics, and operational solutions required for the used business.
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• Trustay — Trustay is a real estate asset management company.
• Kimu Studio — Kimu discovers servant artists, plans education and exhibitions with the artist's unique sensibility.
• Kuntian New Energy — Hebei Kuntian New Energy is a producer of anode materials for lithium-ion batteries.

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• ENERZAi — As your AI catalyst, we are dedicated to spearheading an AI breakthrough with our cutting-edge AI optimization technology.
• Z Enterprise — Z Enterprise is a finance and management firm that offers corporate financing, tax automation services, and computer and mobile apps.
• Prazer Therapeutics — Prazer Therapeutics assists patients suffering from intractable diseases through the use of logical and innovative drug design approaches. They willaccomplished this through the use of new and innovative drug development platforms, such as rational molecular drug design technology and next-generation protein degradation technology.

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• Logpresso — Logpresso is an automated security operation platform that integrates on-premise, cloud, and SaaS environments.
• AiM Future — AiM Future provides AI processors, software, and AI system integration services.
• Gomi Corporation — Gomi Corporation is a Overseas market.

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• Bookers — Bookers provide a range of reading-related supplemental services, including reader selection and book discussions.
• Space F — Space F is an application industry platform business company that researches and develops cell farming technology.
• Frientrip — Bored of the same old daily life, but not sure where to begin? Or you know what you want to do, but your friends don't share that same interest? Frientrip was born to satisfy these needs. Frientrip is a social activity platform which allows people to gather and enjoy various outdoor/indoor activities together.As the biggest platformof its kind in Korea, Frientrip believes that everyone can lead a more energetic life by trying out new things and meeting new people. Therefore, we aim to create a community where people enhance their experience and share it with one another, as our slogan goes -- WE INSPIRE PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE THE WORLD.

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• Magnendo — Advancing neurovascular care with cutting-edge robotic technologies.
• Tect Group — We deliver real beauty based on distinctive brands and innovative marketing solutions, fostering confidence and positivity around the world.
• Kompass — Kompass is building the world's first comprehensive fertility monitor that is portable, easy to use, and low cost. We're breaking barriers to fertility care and redefining blood testing for accessibility and affordability.

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• MOAIS — MOAIS develops a smartphone AI solution that analyzes golf swing problem and offers a lesson solution. It is an on-device AI optimized for smart phones, has a video pose estimation, video segmentation, video classification, video object detection, and image processing of golf swing video.
• Searchdoc — Searchdoc is a large-scale AI startup specializing in advanced document and drawing analysis, leveraging cutting-edge machine learning technologies to extract insights, automate workflows, and enhance data interpretation across various industries.
• Stress Solution — Based on unique medical and scientific information and ECG waveforms, Stress Solution creates sound that regulates and initiates the equilibrium of the autonomic nervous system. Currently, Healing Bit is utilizing wearable technology to detect stress in real time. Through this, an autonomous feedback system that uses artificial intelligence topredict individual stress level situations and take preventative measures is being developed.

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• Grayzip — Grayzip, is an online investment platform enabling fractional investments in prime apartments. Investors can participate, earning monthly interest with potential additional returns linked to property value appreciation. It offers both market-linked and fixed-rate investment options, enhancing accessibility to real estate investments.
• Tripsoda — Tripsoda is a travel agency that offers recruiting travel companions, planning trips, and booking travel products.
• CHOOPERMARKET — Choopermarket sells winery and gift products.

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• Rovigos — Rovigos analyzes data from your whole business to help you make better forecasts and choices.
• Welfare Union — Welfare Union focused on customized senior care meals and nutritional services.
• Phyto Research — Phyto Research offers virus-free, high-quality seedlings as OEM through tissue culture and seed manufacturing.

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• Jaranda — One-on-one child-oriented play sitter / learning sheeter for working parents and children's happiness.
• Moyo — Moyo is a phone plan comparison platform that recommends all communication products.
• Vivid Health — Vivid Health is a platform that provides obesity treatment management services. It provides a convenient platform for users to easily access reviews on obesity medicine products by their specific ingredients.

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• Jaranda — One-on-one child-oriented play sitter / learning sheeter for working parents and children's happiness.
• Digital Natives — Digital Natives is an advertising agency that develops digital advertising transaction comparison platform for marketers.
• H Charging Research Institute — H Charging Research Institute is an electric vehicle company. Aside from fire prevention and PNC (Plug & Charge) charging services, the company plans to build a V2G power business using electric vehicles by using advanced charging technology. The company distributes PLC-embedded charger H chargers to the market and diversifies futurebusinesses, including V2G, in order to create the future of electric vehicle charging.

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• BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
• SWING — SWING is a micro-mobility service provider.
• DirectCloud — DirectCloud is a company that develops a cloud storage service business for corporations.

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• Rapeech — Rapeech is an AI voice technology company that provides product development services.
• Brave Company — Brave Company is an internet publishing company. Well, the lusts, but not the burdens of the ZZP existence. BraveCompany is for self-employed people who want to do more and manage less. Are you in paid employment and do you doubt whether you dare to make the leap? Even then, BraveCompany offers a warm bath with 'colleagues' that you havegone for, a network with potential assignments and invoicing services. BraveCompany is for successful professionals who are or want to become independent. What can we mean for each other? We share knowledge, trends and help with professional issues. And all that in the atmosphere of a home port. So you benefit from the benefits of experienced colleagues. Do you see any more possibilities with your current client to do work, or do you regularly refer projects to colleagues? We offer the framework to seize these opportunities and also be rewarded for your talent as a matchmaker.
• Wrtn Technologies — Bring AGI Close to People

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• UBATT — UBATT manufactures polymorphic thin lithium batteries using flame-retardant polymer solid electrolytes and uniform, large-capacity anode technology to produce polymer solid-state batteries, electrolytes, and lithium metal conductors, enabling companies to procure batteries for electric mobility and other uses.
• RECO — Integrated waste and resource management platform copmany
• Pion Electric — Pion Electric is a company that is reimagining the future of the energy industry and the worldwide market for emerging technologies.

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• Amously — Amously builds production-ready process control software for advanced fabs using digital twins, virtual metrology, and run-to-run control to improve stability, yield, and operational efficiency.
• Filum.ai — In the new digital transformation era, connecting every touchpoint for every stakeholder on the journey is crucial in helping businesses create a competitive advantage. Filum enables businesses to build a foundation that promotes creativity and the power of inner strengths to make journeys of excellence. We empower businesses by helping them createexcellent experiences with the power of data and cutting-edge technologies.

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• Iskra — Iskra offers web3 gaming opportunities using blockchain and rewards its stakeholders based on their participation.
• On Vacation — On Vacation is a chat-based concierge service where customers may get help making reservations and getting personalized and optimal tours from travel specialists.
• NextChapter — NextChapter is a digital commerce platform that acquires and operates Coupang and Naver-based online native brands in Korea. NextChapter is backed by BlueRun Ventures/BRV Capital Management, Goodwater Capital, Klim Ventures, Fast Ventures and Sandbox Network.NextChapter was founded in 2021 by Joshua Kwon and Jay Chung and is headquarteredin Seoul, Korea.

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• AD System — AD System focuses on the development, manufacturing, sales and repairing of drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles.
• Incera Solution — Incera Solution specializes in manufacturing high-performance Fast & Fine Steering Mirrors, critical equipment for laser-based space optical communications, and sophisticated military systems.
• Seoul Beauty Global — Your gateway to premium K-beauty experiences in Seoul. Book top-rated salons and clinics.

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• Mustbio — MustBio is a biotechnology company that leverages multi-antibody technology to develop therapeutics primarily in the field of immuno-oncology. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
• Cenyx Biotech — Cenyx Biotech develops diagnostic and therapeutic nano-compounds formed based on nanozymes and nanoparticles.
• BOS Semiconductors — Driving the Future of Automotive, BOS Semiconductors

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• WAUG — Make your reservation from local hotels to popular activities and restaurants at once !
• Com2Verse — 'Com2Verse', the ALL-IN-ONE metaverse platform of Com2uS
• Let's go baby — Let's go baby is a mobile travel app that helps people find cafes, theme parks, playgrounds, and outings.

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• bizplay — Bizplay is a mobile app that processes credit card transactions for businesses.
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• Trustay — Trustay is a real estate asset management company.

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• Bind — Bind is a start-up that operates the mobile and PC version of 'Athler'.
• Doers — Doers is an influencer commerce platform that offers several services for connecting influencers and companies.
• Driving Teacher — You may search and compare the pricing of all driving schools countrywide in Driving Teacher, and you can help students make real-time training reservations with just a few clicks without connecting to a counselor. Furthermore, it provides an online reservation management platform to driving schools in order to automate the driving school system,as well as sales growth through customized marketing.

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• Glow Seoul — Glow Seoul is a creative consulting company that specializes in content development, space design, and construction for clients.
• Uneedcomms — We create communication between the shopping mall and customers. We offer mobile shopping malls, dynamic advertising systems, message automation solutions and global image hosting services based on advanced technology. Uneedcomms is moving toward the next generation of marketing that the global E-Commerce market needs with the power of software.
• Shinto Excursion Group — Shinto is a content expert that produces personalized content and promotes styles.

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• Snackfor — Snackfor is a B2B company that curates and delivers snacks to offices.
• The Grit — The Grit manufactures multi-use container and collection boxes.
• CafeWhale — the AI intelligence layer transforming physical retail into a continuous, data-driven ecosystem. By integrating real-time machine telemetry, customer behavior analytics, and automated engagement, MoonWhale connects the physical and digital, enabling retailers to optimize conversion, retention, and operations through a unified, adaptiveinfrastructure.

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• SIJE — Sije is an IT-based solution company.
• NEIBUS — NEIBUS offers mobility services based on public transportation.
• Brain Ventures — Brain Ventures is an artificial intelligence and natural language processing company.

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• Freewheelin — Freewheelin is an edtech company developing AI-powered tools to personalize math education. Their platform offers services such as generating homework books, integrating with textbooks, managing student errors, and analyzing performance data to assist educators in course preparation. The company has curated a database of math resources inpartnership with textbook publishers, ensuring teachers can use materials without copyright concerns.​
• Habit Factory — Habit Factory provides financial big data analytics solutions.
• Anabatic Semiconductor — Anabatic Manufacturing of electronic components, computers, video, audio, and communication equipment

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• Mobilint — Mobilint provides integrated sensor fusion and deep learning SoC solutions.
• Erding — Erding develops a SaaS-based system to provide services related to the travel industry. The company connects travel with IT technology and manages travel agency business data to solve travel agency inconveniences and build more supply environments, while also providing travel agencies and customers with an easy-to-use platform.

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• Bbodek — Bbodek provider of tableware rental and washing services intended for restaurants and school cafeterias. They provide products for children's tableware and hygiene management services. They specialize in using their self-developed smart factory to render low defect services to consumers, enabling them to just focus on cooking without worryingabout cleaning up. They are expanding their business to customized washing machine manufacture and sales.
• Wahyoo — Wahyoo is a technology company that wants to help the traditional food stalls owner to achieve business success and reach a prosperous life. Our mission is to standardize the quality of products and services of traditional food stall by providing outstanding supply chain, operation, marketing, and financial infrastructure through technology.
• LC Square — LC Square is a micro-LED display core component and technology company that manufactures signage, TV, and wearable micro-LED displays.

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• Poen — Poen is a venture company of hyundai motors that focuses on battery upcycling using technology.
• MADDE — MADDE possesses the technology to use silicon carbide powder in 3D printers to create various forms, which opens up a multitude of possibilities in the manufacturing sector.
• Mycel — IMAGINATION TRANSITION REGENERATION

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• AirMap — We help airspace authorities, airports, enterprise, public safety, military and software developers manage, protect and innovate their airspace. Get in touch.
• Source — Discover SOURCE Water, a renewable, clean drinking water solution made possible by the power of Hydropanels
• Enterprise Risk Associates — Enterprise Risk Associates is an independent insurance agency located in Tarrytown, NY. Request a quote from our friendly staff today!

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• Clobot — Clodot is an information technology company.
• Nota AI — Hardware-aware AI optimization and edge AI solutions
• Mediwhale — Mediwhale develops AI medical devices that analyze retinal images to predict cardiovascular, kidney, and eye disease risks early.

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• GrowingMom — GrowingMom is an online parenting consultation/analysis platform.
• Power Player — Natural Clean Beauty
• KOOZA — KOOZA is a kitchenware brand that offers cookware and household goods and supplies them to department stores, and live commerce companies.

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• Narnia Labs — Narnia Labs is the developer of artificial intelligence-based design software designed to provide domain-based three-dimensional synthetic data. The company's software provides design creation, evaluation, optimization, and recommendation services, enabling clients from engineering and industrial design fields to develop performance bycollaborating with AI, from manufacturing to architecture, medicine, and the metaverse.
• Coxwave — Coxwave provides product analytics and observability for AI applications. The Skylight platform instruments LLM prompts, responses, context, and user interactions via SDKs and ingestion APIs. It aggregates metrics such as quality, latency, token usage, and cost, and presents dashboards to monitor trends and detect regressions. Teams use it tocollect human feedback, build evaluation datasets, and compare prompt or model variants before and after releases. Tracing links events across sessions and workflows, helping correlate outcomes with inputs and application state. Integrations connect to common LLM providers, orchestration frameworks, and data pipelines, allowing data to flow into existing analytics stacks and workflows.
• H Charging Research Institute — H Charging Research Institute is an electric vehicle company. Aside from fire prevention and PNC (Plug & Charge) charging services, the company plans to build a V2G power business using electric vehicles by using advanced charging technology. The company distributes PLC-embedded charger H chargers to the market and diversifies futurebusinesses, including V2G, in order to create the future of electric vehicle charging.

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• GamePro — GamePro provides game coaching and game PT services.
• Baba Ground — Baba Ground is a community-based wellness service company for women aged 40 and 50.
• Moment Studio — A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team

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• Raywatt — Raywatt is a startup that develops medical devices for cardiovascular interventions.
• Titan Content — Titan Content is a metaverse music service provider that seeks to fuse Web3, metaverse, and artificial intelligence innovations with conventional Korean pop music business models and content.
• Minxin Technology — Minxin Technology focuses on the research, development, manufacture, and sales of photo- and thermal-curing functional materials and electronic-grade wet chemicals.

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• MarqVision — Effortlessly discover and remove counterfeits to protect your sales and reputation.
• Lemonbase — Lemonbase is Australia's Premium Tech Publication. Lemonbase covers the latest news in the world of technology, review new and exciting products, a perspective in the world of technology etc.,.
• CLO Virtual Fashion — Founded in 2009, CLO Virtual Fashion is committed to innovating the way we communicate fashion through our true-to-life 3D garment simulation technology. Our virtual garment solutions and services connect all teams involved in the digital product lifecycle, enabling more direct collaboration and reduced lead time, whilst maintaining the intricaciesof garment design. We envision our garment simulation technology to become not only the tool to create virtual garments, but also the platform to provide valuable data about garments, designs, and trend by virtualizing every garment on Earth. Our products ranging from CLO (3D design software for apparel designers and brands), Marvelous Designer (3D design software for character artists in gaming and animation companies), Benefit by CLO (virtual fitting platform), CLO-SET (Communications and Archiving platform for virtual garments), to Marvelous SDK (Real time draping engine for games) create a new ecosystem for virtual garments. Through these services and our continuing research and development in 3D and garment design, we are transforming the way we produce and consume garments - both tangible (actual garments from brands) and intangible (virtual garments in games and movies), for ones we wear and what our virtual characters wear. For more information, visit www.clo3d.com, www.marvelousdesigner.com.

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• NUUA — Reinventing a better future for the travel industry.
• OMNIART — Omniart is a fashion-tech startup dedicated to bridging the gap between art and the public through sustainable and culturally conscious designs. It Omniart offers an on-demand IP commerce solution that transforms visual intellectual properties into customized products, fostering a sustainable ecosystem for creators and consumers alike. ​
• Gadget korea — Gadget korea offers data roaming services.

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• Siksin — A restaurant recommendation app.
• Diorigin — Diorigin is a comprehensive content IP holding company. It obtains original content IP and methodically develops and implements complete plans.
• Inventera Pharmaceuticals — Inventera Pharmaceutical is a biotechnology company that specializes in the development of imaging diagnostic contrast agents.

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• Heum Labs — Heum Labs offers 'Alfred,' an AI-powered financial assistant designed for small businesses and SMEs.
• Healing Paper — Healing Paper is a mobile healthcare and information technology company.
• Prazer Therapeutics — Prazer Therapeutics assists patients suffering from intractable diseases through the use of logical and innovative drug design approaches. They willaccomplished this through the use of new and innovative drug development platforms, such as rational molecular drug design technology and next-generation protein degradation technology.

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• CTEE — CTEE is an online solution that empowers content creators to monetize their passion.
• Let's go baby — Let's go baby is a mobile travel app that helps people find cafes, theme parks, playgrounds, and outings.
• Wonderwall — Wonderwall is an online art learning platform.

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• Moment Studio — A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team

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• Carlet Store — Carlet Bio is a wholesale supplier of packaging solutions.
• Datumo — Selectstar got your back!Obtaining the proper data has always been the top issue for many companies using AI. To solve this problem, Selectstar provides a platform that connects your company to the crowd-workers.It's MORE than just a connection! We passionately research crowd-workers and your project to develop cutting-edge technologiesfor the optimized mobile crowd-sourcing.Keep disrupting the world! Just for your project, we are here to maintain the quality, cost-efficiency, or any other burdens related to the data. SelectStar was founded in 2018 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
• ProxiHealthcare USA — ProxiHealthcare USA is a biotechnology research focused personal and environmental healthcare organization.

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• Plating — Plating provides healthy and delicious food is the best welfare. Plating releases new products every week and has presented about 50 menus to our customers so far.

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• Hutom — Reshaping Surgery Through Digital Innovation
• Nature Loud — Nature Loud is an online store that supplies health and wellness products.
• Gadget korea — Gadget korea offers data roaming services.

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• Neuromeka — Neuromeka specializes in robot technology and creates a robot platform business for manufacturing companies.
• H Energy — H Energy provides optimal operation of distributed resources and power brokerage services.
• Reset Company — Reset Company specializes in building sustainable energy production and resource circulation ecosystems.

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• NomadHer — NomadHer is the app for solo female travellers to find travel buddy, provide female friendly accommodation and information for solo travelers.
• Jim Carry — Jim Carry is a hotel services company that offers same-day luggage transportation and station and airport luggage storage services.
• Caredoc — CareDoc is an elderly care professional platform that provides information on proven elderly care facilities. Consumers looking for elderly care services were not able to find the information they wanted online or getting inaccurate information through word of mouth.On the other hand, providers of care services were having difficulty incollecting elderly customers. Caredoc solves these problems by providing verified care servise provider information on the mobile.