‘2022 Startup Tech Show’ ... Successfully Held in Changwon

Changwon Special City Offers Attractions Like Conference and Startup Talk Show Under the Slogan 'Start a Business in Changwon'

The 2022 Startup Tech Show was successfully held in Changwon Special City, Gyeongnam.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Song Jong-gu] Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam announced on the 5th that the 2022 Startup Tech Show was held successfully with great interest at the 3rd Exhibition Hall of Changwon Convention Center.

Now in its third year, this event featured a variety of programs including ▲Startup Conference ▲Venture Investment Competition ▲Startup Talk Show ▲Corporate Promotion Hall ▲Venture Investment Matching Day ▲Changwon Small Giant Special Zone Technology Startup Idea Competition, attracting about 1,500 citizens and startup stakeholders.

At the opening ceremony, key heads of startup support organizations and business associations such as Lee Sam-yeon, Chairman of the Gyeongnam Federation of Small and Medium Enterprises, Lee Dong-hyung, Director of Gyeongnam Creative Economy Innovation Center, Park Jae-yoon, Vice President of Academic Affairs at Gyeongnam National University, and Yang Jae-bu, Chairman of Changwon National Industrial Complex Employers Association, drew attention by attending together.

The main event began with the Startup Conference, featuring a keynote speech by Song Gil-young, Vice President of Vibe Company, and a thematic presentation by Kim Dae-jin, Senator of the World Business Angel Investment Forum.

Following this, the Venture Investment Competition saw participation from eight outstanding startups including The Clap, Twinwiz, MST, and GSF System, who presented IR (Investor Relations) focusing on commercialization technology and business models. Five excellent companies were awarded 10 million KRW each in commercialization funds.

In the latter part of the event, a Startup Talk Show was held for prospective entrepreneurs and citizens. Seven senior entrepreneurs, including Gong Tae-young, CEO of Techjasup, Kwon Ki-jung, CEO of CTNS, and Jin Hong-deok, CEO of Hyunjin ENP, were invited as panelists to have an open and sincere discussion on ‘Survival and Growth of Startups,’ receiving great response.

This Startup Tech Show added significance by focusing on investment attraction and mutual networking, clearly demonstrating the ‘strength of Changwon startups’ which, based on a solid industrial foundation centered on manufacturing, is expanding into machinery, electronics, mobility fields, and recently into ICT, bio, and medical industries.

Hong Nam-pyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City, said, “The Startup Tech Show is a meaningful event to discover innovative companies and confirm the strength of Changwon startups,” adding, “Changwon Special City will spare no support to help excellent technology startups grow into the next-generation unicorns that will lead Changwon’s future industries.”

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