Gwangju Seo-gu Signs Move-in Agreement with 8 Companies at Startup Center

Published 09 May.2023 13:54(KST)

Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Kim Ikang) is strengthening the functions and roles of the Seo-gu Startup Center to support young entrepreneurs dreaming of success.

According to Seo-gu on the 9th, the Startup Center is a platform that supports early-stage startups by young people and is equipped with offices, meeting rooms, studios, and cafes.

Seo-gu has been operating the center since 2021 under consignment from the Gwangju Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation. This year, in addition to the existing five independent offices, Seo-gu created shared offices for one-person companies and signed residency agreements with eight young entrepreneurs on the 8th.

Seogu held a signing ceremony for tenant companies of the Startup Center on the 8th. <br>[Photo by Seogu]

Seogu held a signing ceremony for tenant companies of the Startup Center on the 8th.
[Photo by Seogu]

The independent offices were selected for ▲‘Solusial’ (CEO Yoon Isak), developing IoT-based automatic door locking systems for socially disadvantaged groups ▲Penpic Co., Ltd. (CEO Yoo Yeonsu), developing an AI novel creation program ▲‘Play Factory’ (CEO Lee Hana), expanding the scope of theater and performance planning and operation.

Also, ▲‘Studio IDT’ (CEO Jo Jeongpil), specializing in media art business and video shooting/editing ▲‘Pioneer Consulting’ (CEO Choi Minkyo), planning and conducting live commerce and mobile show hosts, were selected through a public contest.

The shared offices were selected for ▲NID Co., Ltd. (CEO Kang Jichang), a social enterprise specializing in environmental design ▲pre-entrepreneur Kim Junwoo, developing a community web for breaking bad habits ▲pre-entrepreneur Park Wonhee, developing a hospital accompaniment service platform for the elderly.

Seo-gu plans to provide customized startup consultations and sector-specific startup education (tax, marketing) in addition to providing space for resident companies.

Furthermore, Seo-gu plans to discover lifestyle startup sectors that reflect the local characteristics and foster youth small business startup models through systematic support.

Seo-gu will also support business growth and job creation by securing sales channels for excellent local youth startups and social economy organization products, while strengthening support for building a startup ecosystem, including fostering young social entrepreneurs and operating a social economy academy.

Mayor Kim Ikang of Seo-gu said, “We will systematically support young people from startup preparation to practice so that the proposition ‘If you start a business in Seo-gu, you will definitely succeed’ can be realized, and actively help companies residing in the Seo-gu Startup Center to become independent and grow into solid companies as soon as possible.”