Seoul Gangseo-gu Establishes Startup Support Spaces 'Youth-Up Center' and 'KC Makers'

Step-by-Step Customized Startup Guidance and Mentoring Program Support

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gangseo-gu, Seoul (Mayor Noh Hyun-song) is partnering with KC University (President Lee Gil-hyung) to provide free residency spaces for young entrepreneurs to ensure a smooth early-stage startup landing.

The district is accelerating preparations to welcome startup teams by creating two startup support spaces located inside and outside the KC University campus.

In May, through the ‘2020 Youth Startup Competition,’ four teams were selected: ‘Pladius’ in crafts and education, ‘VMC’ in knowledge services, ‘Campus Taxi’ in information and communication, and ‘KIT’ in manufacturing.

In particular, the startup company ‘Campus Taxi,’ founded by alumni from Samyook University in Nowon-gu and developing a taxi ride-sharing platform for university students, showed great interest by coming all the way to the KC University Campus Town to participate.

This project is being promoted by KC University providing the space, Seoul City supporting with 500 million KRW, and establishing two startup spaces.

The startup support spaces, ‘Youth-Up Center’ utilizing the Deungmaru Building at KC University and ‘KC Makers’ remodeled from the Creative Hall, will become opportunity spaces for young entrepreneurs.

The ‘Youth-Up Center’ includes three startup rooms (38㎡), a co-working space, an education area, and a startup support office, providing tailored support for resident entrepreneurs to commercialize their startup items and develop sales channels.

Additionally, ‘KC Makers’ has two startup rooms (15.5㎡) and a maker space (39.3㎡) equipped with 3D printers, workbenches, various tools, and a photo zone for prototype production and shooting.

The district offers various supports to help startups smoothly land, including ▲step-by-step consulting and support ▲prototype production support ▲mentoring for acquiring various certifications ▲support for sales channel development.

Furthermore, the startup spaces will be widely open to university students and local residents alike, allowing anyone to realize their ideas as prototypes.

Mayor Noh Hyun-song said, “The establishment of these startup support spaces will be an excellent catalyst for youth entrepreneurship,” adding, “We will do our best to continuously revitalize the local economy through startup support.”

Meanwhile, additional prospective startup teams will be recruited within the newly completed ‘Youth-Up Center’ startup space, and efforts will be made to foster indie musician startups by utilizing recording facilities on campus.

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