Gwangju City to Hold Joint Investment Promotion Briefing with Agencies on 29-30

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 29th that it will hold a joint institutional investment attraction briefing session at Holiday Inn Gwangju from the 29th to the 30th, with over 50 participants including venture capitalists (VCs), angel investors, and accelerators, to foster the artificial intelligence industry ecosystem.

An investment attraction briefing (IR) is an event where companies explain their management activities and various information to investors.

This IR is hosted by local related organizations such as the Artificial Intelligence Industry Convergence Project Group, Gwangju Technopark, Gwangju Information and Culture Industry Promotion Agency, and the private accelerator ‘Accentree Ventures,’ with participation from 29 companies in the AI and energy sectors and 32 companies related to content.

The event is divided into two categories: practical IR and mock IR. After company presentations to investors, one-on-one consultations between companies and investors will be conducted.

The companies participating in the practical IR are mainly AI-related companies, including 10 selected by the Artificial Intelligence Industry Convergence Group, 9 selected by Gwangju Technopark, and 10 selected by Accentree Ventures. They participated in this briefing after receiving expert consulting on IR material preparation and presentations.

Investors participating include ㈜LSK Investment and ㈜DT&I Investment·COLOPL NEXT, Inc, which operate AI investment funds, as well as 26 companies such as POSCO Technology Investment, Plan H, and Pacemaker.

The 32 companies participating in the mock IR are those involved in the business incubation support project (ACBC project) promoted by the Gwangju Information and Culture Industry Promotion Agency. In this briefing, each company will be matched with investors and mentoring companies, receiving investment attraction capacity-building mentoring and practical IR support.

Investors include 22 companies such as Isu Venture Capital and Smilegate.

This investment briefing is expected to lead to an expansion of private investment within the AI industry ecosystem created by Gwangju City, with participation from related public institutions and the private accelerator Accentree Ventures, thereby activating investment in AI companies and various local companies.

In particular, this investment briefing, with participation from related public institutions and the private accelerator Accentree Ventures, is expected to activate investment in AI companies and various local companies within the AI industry ecosystem established by Gwangju City.

Jo In-cheol, Deputy Mayor of Culture and Economy, said, “We held this investment attraction briefing in cooperation with private accelerators to discover promising local AI startups and small and medium venture companies and provide investment attraction opportunities. We will continue to actively nurture local AI companies through public-private cooperation and support continuous investment attraction for participating companies so that it can lead to actual investment.”

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