GD Ventures Forms Strategic Partnership with Tech Startup Consulting Firm 'Team Cookie'

‘ZD Ventures (ZDVC)’ announced on the 13th that it has signed a strategic partnership with ‘Team Cookie,’ a tech startup specialized consulting firm, aiming to revitalize the domestic and international startup founding ecosystem.

Since its establishment in 2023, ZD Ventures has been focusing investments on early-stage startups created by innovative young founders, building a culture and ecosystem for mutual growth. Led by CEO Ha-kyung Kim, ZD Ventures was co-founded by four partners including In-sung Baek, Kyu-sik Jung, and Do-won Kim. They formed the ‘ZDimension High Potential Fund No.1,’ with founders and investors who have experienced investment exits at major domestic startups participating as LPs (limited partners).

(From left) Kim Ha-kyung, CEO of GD Ventures, and Ryu Tae-jun, CEO of Team Cookie, are holding a business agreement ceremony to revitalize the domestic and international startup ecosystem. Provided by GD Ventures

ZD Ventures plans to actively cooperate for the sustainable development of the startup ecosystem, starting with this business agreement with Team Cookie. Both parties agreed to conduct comprehensive collaboration including human exchanges such as ▲joint business cooperation to support innovative startup growth ▲research and development cooperation on the overall ecosystem including discovering and nurturing promising domestic and international startups ▲support for overseas startups entering Korea ▲exchange activities of global networks and technical information held by both organizations.

Team Cookie, established in 2022, is a tech startup specialized consulting firm. Based in Korea, the United States, and Singapore, it supports tech companies and the overall startup ecosystem by sector. Its major partners include AI and Web3 gaming, security companies, legal tech, edutech, entertech, HR tech, fintech, healthcare, subculture startups, marketing solutions, short-form MCNs, retail commerce platforms, and venture capital (VC).

CEO Ha-kyung Kim said, “Team Cookie is a consulting firm that professionally supports innovative companies and leads innovation and growth in the startup ecosystem, so we expect great synergy with ZD Ventures. Especially, since they have a global communication network overseas, we will actively cooperate with ZD Ventures’ key projects this year, such as global expansion and expanding overseas networks, to help expand the domestic startup ecosystem.”

Team Cookie CEO Tae-jun Ryu said, “It is an honor to help expand the innovative ecosystem by supporting the global expansion of young Korean founding teams and the entry of overseas tech startups into Korea together with ZD Ventures. Going forward, we will assist tech startups that have innovative technologies but have struggled with effective brand marketing including storytelling, by helping successful positioning for investment attraction, recruitment branding, and product promotion.”

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