Martial Arts, 'Japan Colopl Next and Startup Online Meetup' Held

[Asia Economy Reporter Hwang Yoon-joo] On the 22nd, the Korea International Trade Association held a one-on-one meetup between domestic startups and Koropura Next, the corporate venture capital (CVC) of Koropura, a major Japanese game development company, at the Startup Branch in COEX, Samseong-dong.

Koropura is a company famous for mobile role-playing games (RPG) such as "Shironeko Project" and has been actively investing in Korean startups, participating last year in NextRise, the largest startup fair in Korea. At the event, video meetups were held with eight startups including those specializing in web or app design prototyping tools, webtoon movie platforms, and influencer search engines.

Lee Chang-soo, CEO of Allganize, said, "Japan's venture ecosystem is activated mainly by the private sector, including large corporations and venture capital." He added, "Following the Series A investment from Global Brain in Japan last year, we expect to secure additional investments through this meetup."

Cho Sang-hyun, Head of the Startup Global Support Office at the Trade Association, said, "Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the association arranged 270 business meetings between global large corporations, investors, and startups at NextRise last June." He added, "We will continue to prepare support plans for the global scale-up of our startups."

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