NongHyup Bank Hosts 6th Startup Day for 'NH Digital Challenge Plus'

[Asia Economy Reporter Kiho Sung] NH Nonghyup Bank announced on the 19th that it held the 'Startup Day' event to celebrate the selection of the 6th batch of the startup nurturing and collaboration program 'NH Digital Challenge Plus (Challenge+)'.

The event, held the previous day at the NH Digital Innovation Campus in Seocho-gu, Seoul, selected a total of 27 startups, including 14 newly selected companies from various fields such as bio, metaverse, mobility, and ESG (environment, social, governance), including last year's Challenge Hackathon award-winning companies, and 13 existing participating companies.

The selected companies will receive various benefits such as ▲support for office space ▲startup management diagnosis ▲industry and technology-related specialized education ▲opportunities for expert consultations in legal, patent, labor and personnel, tax, and investment consulting ▲business linkage within the Nonghyup group (Meetup Day) ▲opportunities to participate in investment attraction (Demo Day).

The event was attended by Lee Sang-rae, Deputy Head of the Digital Finance Division, who held a plaque presentation ceremony with the representatives of the selected companies, and proceeded with a special lecture on startup trends by a professional instructor and an introduction of the 6th batch selected companies.

Deputy Head Lee Sang-rae said, “As we enter the post-COVID-19 era, the importance of digital innovation is increasingly emphasized due to growing uncertainties about the future,” and added, “We will strive to create innovation based on open innovation and provide customer-centered digital financial services together with the 6th batch of 'NH Digital Challenge Plus' selected companies.”

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