Woori Financial Group Hosts '2021 Fintech Demo Day'

Co-hosted with Korea Fintech Support Center
Providing Investment Opportunities for DinoLab Companies

Woori Financial Group Chairman Sohn Tae-seung is delivering a congratulatory speech at the 'Fintech Demo Day' event jointly hosted by Woori Financial Group and the Korea Fintech Support Center, held on the 4th floor auditorium of Woori Financial headquarters in Jung-gu, Seoul, on the 24th.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Jin-ho] Woori Financial Group announced on the 25th that it successfully concluded the ‘26th Fintech Demo Day, Woori Financial Group × Korea Fintech Support Center.’

The Fintech Demo Day, held the previous day at the auditorium on the 4th floor of Woori Financial Group’s headquarters in Jung-gu, Seoul, is Korea’s representative fintech event involving all financial sectors. Since its first event in 2015, it has served as a catalyst for innovation in the financial industry by promoting fintech activation and linking startup investments for the government, institutions, and companies.

This Demo Day was jointly hosted with the Korea Fintech Support Center to provide investment opportunities to startups participating in Woori Financial Group’s startup collaboration program, ‘Dino Lab.’ After preliminary rounds, a total of eight Dino Lab companies advanced to the finals, and through IR pitching at this Demo Day, four companies were selected as outstanding presenters.

The selected companies will be given IR (Investor Relations) opportunities by fintech innovation fund investment managers. All presenting companies will also be offered residency opportunities at centers owned by the Korea Fintech Support Center and Dino Lab.

The eight Dino Lab companies that presented at the final Demo Day were Datechnique, Consumer Intelligence, Surromind, Deepcent, Microprotect, Petpins, VS Community, and Geumbang. Among them, the four outstanding presenters selected were Microprotect, a developer of an automatic claim service for indemnity medical insurance; Datechnique, a developer of safety solutions for two-wheeled vehicles; Geumbang, a developer of a B2B trading brokerage platform for precious metals; and Petpins, a developer of a lifestyle financial platform for pet management.

Son Tae-seung, Chairman of Woori Financial Group, stated, “We will continue to lead financial innovation in Korea through cooperation between the two organizations and will spare no support and encouragement to help our startups expand globally.”

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