KOTEC Introduces New Guarantee Products for Comprehensive, Full-Cycle Support Across the Entire Cultural Industry

New "Cultural Industry Specialized Guarantee" and "Arts Industry Guarantee" Introduced
Comprehensive Support System Established

Korea Technology Finance Corporation (KOTEC) announced on May 12 that it has introduced new guarantee products for the cultural industry to strengthen comprehensive, full-cycle financial support across the entire sector.

This launch follows the amendment of the Basic Act on the Promotion of Cultural Industries and aims to expand the scope of guarantee support from planning to production, completion, and distribution stages. It also seeks to build a comprehensive support system that includes foundational arts areas such as visual arts and performing arts.

Based on funding from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, KOTEC is moving away from its previous single-product system centered on the "Cultural Industry Completion Guarantee." The corporation is newly introducing the "Cultural Industry Specialized Guarantee" to support the content planning stage, and the "Arts Industry Guarantee" to support foundational arts sectors. Through these changes, KOTEC plans to establish a guarantee system that covers all sectors and stages of the cultural industry.

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The eligible beneficiaries are content companies recommended by the Korea Creative Content Agency for the "Cultural Industry Specialized Guarantee" and arts enterprises recommended by the Arts Management Support Center for the "Arts Industry Guarantee." KOTEC intends to enhance the professionalism and effectiveness of beneficiary selection by collaborating with related organizations.

Kim Joungho, Chairman of KOTEC, stated, "With the introduction of this full-cycle guarantee system, promising cultural industry companies can now receive seamless financial support from planning through completion. KOTEC will continue to lower the financial barriers for companies in the arts and culture sectors and fully support the ongoing global growth of K-Culture."

Meanwhile, KOTEC's flagship guarantee product, the "Cultural Industry Completion Guarantee," has supplied guarantees totaling approximately 1.5 trillion won since its introduction in 2009, contributing significantly to the growth of the K-content industry. With this new product launch, KOTEC plans to actively respond to the government’s K-Culture industrialization policy and further expand its support for the entire cultural industry as a specialized cultural content financial institution.

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