Jointly hosted by Siheung Industry Promotion Agency and local university startup incubation centers Participation of over 30 investment firms, providing opportunities for innovative tech startups to present Awards and business support funds presented to five outstanding startups including Robotics Director Lim Chang-joo expresses commitment to strengthening full-cycle support
Siheung Industry Promotion Agency (Director Lim Chang-joo) announced on the 4th that it successfully concluded the '2025 Siheung City Startup Integrated IR Day' at the Siheung Business Center Convention Hall on October 31. This event was co-hosted by the Promotion Agency in collaboration with three university startup incubation centers: Korea Polytechnic University, Gyeonggi University of Science and Technology, and Seoul National University Siheung Campus, to support the investment attraction and growth of innovative startups in Siheung City.
Approximately 30 major domestic accelerators (AC) and venture capitalists (VC) participated as judges and observing investors. Participating startups presented their technology and business models, conducting IR (investor relations) sessions, and explored investment opportunities through networking at the investment exchange meeting.
As a result of the final evaluation, the grand prize was awarded to Robotics (CEO Baek Seung-min), which developed a robotic automation solution for Brownfield. The excellence award went to VBridge (CEO Park Jeong-hyun), which showcased an AI-based video marketing service, and the merit award was given to Adroit (CEO Jeong Ji-yoon), which developed a recycling sorting robot and a customized AI robot. Encouragement awards were given to Skylly (CEO Bae Young-sun), a developer of an AI expenditure monitoring agent, and EMS (CEO Lee Han-chan), a developer of AI sensor-based smart streetlights.
The winning companies will receive commercialization support funds of KRW 8 million for the grand prize, KRW 6 million for the excellence award, KRW 3 million for the merit award, and KRW 1.5 million each for the encouragement awards.
In his welcoming speech, Director Lim Chang-joo emphasized, "Siheung City is growing into a city leading innovative technologies such as AI and robotics, based on its traditional manufacturing infrastructure. The Promotion Agency will expand its full-cycle support system from technology verification to commercialization, investment linkage, and global expansion to help promising startups grow as future leaders of Siheung."
Kim Sang-jun
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