Hannam University Startup Incubation Center, '2 Consecutive Years' Top Management Evaluation

A panoramic photo of Hannam University Daedeok Valley Campus. Provided by Hannam University

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Hannam University Startup Incubation Center has been selected as the best management institution for two consecutive years.

According to Hannam University on the 29th, the Startup Incubation Center was recently named the best management institution in the '2021 Startup Incubation Center Management Evaluation' hosted by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups. This is the second time following last year.

The evaluation is conducted annually by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups targeting 229 startup incubation centers nationwide. In the evaluation, Hannam University Startup Incubation Center received high scores across various areas including institutional expertise, operational infrastructure, achievement of business plans, linkage between resident companies and related organizations, and management of operational performance.

Hannam University Startup Incubation Center is the largest startup incubation center nationwide with 131 incubation rooms, currently managing 72 resident companies.

In particular, despite COVID-19, resident companies have received various Ontact business activity support from the incubation center, achieving sales of 45 billion KRW, employment of 360 people, and investment attraction of 13.9 billion KRW.

Representative achievements highlighted by the incubation center include 11.4 billion KRW investment attraction by G2G Bio Co., Ltd. (a dementia treatment developer) and the Ministry of SMEs and Startups Minister’s Award won by Paint Farm Co., Ltd. (a screen paint developer).

Choi Jang-woo, Director of Industry-Academic Cooperation at Hannam University, said, “By differentiating the Ojeong-dong and Daedeok Valley campuses centered on the Startup Incubation Center, we will establish a systematic and professional startup infrastructure. Above all, Hannam University will contribute to revitalizing the regional economy by building and strengthening the industry-academia-research cooperation network.”

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