IMM Hosts Tech Extension Program to Strengthen Digital Capabilities

Published 08 Jun.2023 06:00(KST)

6-Week Course for IMM PEF Investors
Enhancing Digital Skills in AI, Cloud, Semiconductors, Robotics
Lectures by Lee Sang-ho KT AI Robotics Division Head, Seo Min-jun KAIST Professor

IMM Private Equity (hereinafter IMM) announced that it plans to operate a Tech Extension Program consisting of a total of six weekly sessions starting in June, targeting IMM PEF investors.

Now in its second year following last year, this Tech Extension Program was designed by IMM to assist investors in making investment decisions and to strengthen the digital capabilities of IMM portfolio companies. The program will cover in detail the digital capabilities, one of the key competitive advantages of companies, focusing on core areas such as AI, digital infrastructure/cloud, semiconductors, robotics, and climate/clean tech, including industry experts' insights and IMM's investment perspectives.

In the first session, Lee Sang-ho, Executive Director in charge of robot commercialization at KT, will discuss trends in industrial and service robots. The second session will feature Jang Hye-duk, CEO of Equinix Korea, the world's leading data center company, who will lecture on the infrastructure that forms the foundation of digital transformation.

Regarding AI, currently the hottest topic, Professor Seo Min-jun from KAIST AI Graduate School and Han Sang-gi, CEO of Tech Frontier, will introduce trends in generative AI investments and key implications.

In the semiconductor session, Kim Jang-woo, CEO of MangoBoost and professor at Seoul National University, will lecture on the evolution and development directions of various semiconductors installed in large-scale data centers and high-performance computers that lead the global IT industry, as well as trends and investment strategies of emerging global startups.

A newly added session in this program is the climate tech sector, which is gaining attention as 'C-Tech.' Kim Mu-hwan, head of SK Green Investment Center, actively investing in the climate/clean tech sector to combat the greatest challenge facing humanity, "global warming," will share insights on directions and technology trends for achieving carbon neutrality.

An IMM Private Equity official stated, “We prepared this program to share the major trends in the rapidly changing tech field and to establish a foundation for exploring good investment opportunities together with PEF investors,” adding, “We also hope it will help IMM portfolio companies in their digital transformation and enhancement of digital capabilities.”

Meanwhile, the first Tech Extension Program held last year was attended by an average of about 30 participants per session from 21 institutions, and it concluded successfully with positive feedback such as “The high-level lectures by experts helped improve understanding of tech industry trends.”