'Benz' Truly Committed to Fostering Domestic Startups

Supporting Domestic Ecosystem Formation and Overseas Expansion

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunseok Yoo] Mercedes-Benz Korea is supporting the formation of the domestic startup ecosystem and overseas expansion.

Mercedes-Benz Korea announced on the 28th that two domestic startups successfully participated as the only Asian companies in the 'Startup Autobahn Expo 2022' held earlier this month in Stuttgart, Germany.

The event featured domestic startups including 'Deepfine,' a real-time remote collaboration platform company based on extended reality (XR) technology, and 'Mopik,' a company possessing light field 3D display technology.

Startup Autobahn Expo is a large-scale startup achievement sharing event attended by more than 1,000 invited guests and over 100 multinational speakers. It included over 30 project proof of concept (POC) presentations, strategy sharing, and networking sessions.

Mercedes-Benz Korea conducted 'Startup Autobahn Korea,' sharing the growth potential of selected companies with headquarters and also selecting companies invited to Germany this time. It created a venue that attracted the attention of on-site stakeholders and facilitated organic consultations with various corporate representatives.

Startup Autobahn is a global open innovation platform established by Mercedes-Benz Group AG in 2016 to discover promising startups and build cooperative systems. It provides startups with expert mentoring, networking opportunities, investment attraction through venture capital (VC), and, if necessary, development spaces and equipment support.

Mercedes-Benz Korea plans to continuously support domestic innovative startups and expand a virtuous cycle ecosystem with domestic startups through open innovation activities.

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