SparkLabs Opens Applications for 22nd Accelerator Program Cohort
Seed Stage Investment
18 Weeks of Intensive Coaching
Startup accelerator SparkLabs announced on the 20th that it is recruiting companies to participate in the 22nd 'Batch Program'. Since 2012, SparkLabs has been operating the Batch Program twice a year, providing seed-stage investment and intensive 18-week coaching to early-stage startups to help them achieve rapid growth and attract follow-up investments. Its portfolio includes a cumulative total of 280 companies such as WantedLab, Senstone, Ballan, DoubleMe, Blocko, H2O Hospitality, and Urbanbase.
Selected companies will receive investment of over 100 million KRW from SparkLabs and work closely for 18 weeks with SparkLabs partners, mentors, and Batch team specialists to focus on finding PMF (Product-Market Fit).
The SparkLabs Batch Program concludes with a private demo day for prominent domestic and international investors, followed by various support programs to help secure follow-up investments.
The 22nd SparkLabs Batch Program features coaches including CEO Kim Yujin, who has led the program for the past 10 years; CEO Kim Homin, former CEO of Nexon Nova, the game development studio of Nexon Group; CEO Lee Hanju, founder of cloud delivery platform company Bespin Global; key SparkLabs partners; and startup PMF expert Executive Director Lee Eui-jung.
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Kim Yujin, CEO of SparkLabs, said, "SparkLabs actively supports early-stage startups to achieve rapid results through business know-how, follow-up investment attraction, and a global network for partnership building. As this is a great opportunity to internalize SparkLabs' core values, we hope many early founders will show interest and apply."
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