Dongmyeong University Completes 'Mini I-Corps' Program Supporting Startup Exploration

Completion of Team Projects ... Including Tumbler-Type Small Particle Fluidized Bed Processing Equipment

The Mini I-Corps Program Supporting Startup Exploration at Dongmyung University in Progress.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Dongmyung University (President Jeong Hong-seop) Laboratory Startup Innovation Group (Director Noh Seong-yeo) completed the 'Mini I-Corps Program' for preliminary startup teams affiliated with universities in the Southeast and Jeju regions from December 23 to January 8 last year.

The teams that completed the program are ▲ LSHM Team (tumbler-type small particle fluidized bed processing device), ▲ Newbot Team (companion robot for single-person households), ▲ Ain Team (autonomous cleaning ship), ▲ ExMan Team (functional ingredients for health supplements and cosmetics), ▲ Live Team (Litem), ▲ Ultimate Gray Team (AI-based fashion virtual reality system), ▲ Ipalcheongchun Team (senior leisure management app using smart bands), and ▲ Convenient Life Team (temperature and humidity maintenance device for creating a comfortable indoor environment), totaling eight teams.

During the program, lectures and practical training on customer value proposition, customer discovery, and interviews were conducted under the guidance of I-Corps professional instructors.

The participating teams conducted interviews themselves, establishing and verifying hypotheses about their startup items. The program concluded on January 8 with the final presentations by each team.

Director Noh Seong-yeo said, “Although the program was conducted online due to COVID-19, the preliminary startup teams actively participated, allowing the program to be successfully carried out,” and added, “We will provide various supports in the future to help the growth of preliminary startup teams in the Southeast and Jeju regions.”

Mini I-Corps offers preliminary startup teams, who wish to start a business based on public research outcomes created in laboratories of universities and research institutes in the Southeast and Jeju regions, an opportunity to directly experience the ‘Public Technology-Based Market-Linked Startup Exploration Support Project (Korean-style I-Corps)’ in advance.

I-Corps is a technology commercialization support program (Innovation Corps) implemented by the U.S. National Science Foundation, which Korea benchmarks to carry out the ‘Public Technology-Based Market-Linked Startup Exploration Support Project (Korean-style I-Corps).’

Dongmyung University Southeast Region Laboratory Startup Innovation Group conducts the ‘Public Technology-Based Market-Linked Startup Exploration Support Project’ and supports laboratory startup education and exploration activities.

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