Gibo Selected as 'No.1 IP-Value Promising Small Business' by SafeTix
Reflecting Future Value of Robot Safety Intelligence Technology
Support for High-Value Guarantees
The Korea Technology Finance Corporation (Chairman Kim Jong-ho, hereinafter referred to as Kibo) announced on the 20th that it has selected SafeTix as the first 'IP-Value Strong Small and Medium Enterprise' and will support an excellent IP Value Plus guarantee of more than 1 billion KRW, reflecting the future value of robot safety intelligence technology.
The Value Plus guarantee is a specialized guarantee product in which Kibo's Central Technology Evaluation Institute discovers high value-added advanced technology intellectual property (IP) through networks with universities and public research institutes, calculates the technology value amount, and supports commercialization funds linked to the guarantee within the value amount. The Central Technology Evaluation Institute issues a certificate of selection as an 'IP-Value Strong Small and Medium Enterprise' to companies selected as excellent IP through high-level technology value evaluation.
Jaepil Lee, Director of the Korea Technology Finance Corporation (third from the right), and Heonseop Shin, CEO of SafeTix (fourth from the right), are posing for a commemorative photo.
View original imageSafeTix, founded by CEO Shin Heon-seop, a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, specializes in collaborative robot safety intelligence technology and has secured simulation technology applying robot structural and mechanical information data and artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms. SafeTix was previously unable to receive high-value support through existing guarantee products, but through the recommendation of the KAIST Global Technology Commercialization Center, the lead institution for the Ministry of SMEs and Startups' 'Super-gap Startup 1000+' robot technology commercialization, it was evaluated by Kibo for the future value inherent in advanced strategic technology and was able to receive a high-value Value Plus guarantee.
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Along with supporting commercialization funds, Kibo plans to contribute to the commercialization of SafeTix's IP technology by providing various preferential benefits such as ▲guarantee fee reduction ▲free pre-diagnosis evaluation for technology special listing ▲priority review for Kibo guarantee-linked investment. Director Lee Jae-pil of Kibo said, "Taking the Value Plus guarantee support as an opportunity, Kibo will expand IP finance support so that excellent IP companies can scale up as strong small and medium enterprises," adding, "We will continue to develop various products and lead as an IP finance pioneer institution to enhance the technological competitiveness of small and medium enterprises and realize a complete venture ecosystem."
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