Bluepoint Hosts Venture Studio Seminar... Reveals Open Innovation Insights

by Kim Daehyun

Published 06 May.2026 09:00(KST)

Deep tech accelerator Bluepoint Partners announced on May 6 that it hosted the "Venture Studio Insight: Startup Connecting" seminar, sharing practical insights with open innovation (OI) managers within companies. Beyond simply providing financial support, practical OI models that combine the infrastructure of mid-sized and large corporations with the innovative technologies of startups are gaining attention as new forms of collaboration.

The event, held on the 28th of last month at Pimmak House in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, was attended by new business managers from more than 20 companies, including LG Electronics, LG Display, KB Financial Group, Samsung SDS, and Celltrion. Bluepoint has been operating OI programs with a variety of partners such as Hansol Holdings, GS Energy, and HD Hyundai Electric, building a pool of over 2,000 startups.

Lee Sungho, Senior Investment Manager at Bluepoint, presented five key execution elements necessary for OI design during the seminar: a clear definition of the problem, a dedicated organization, a collaboration infrastructure, specification of requirements, and pre-setting the level of technological difficulty. He emphasized, "OI is not a game of discovering startups, but a game of transforming the organization first."

On the 28th of last month, open innovation (OI) managers within companies are seen conversing with each other at the Bluepoint "Venture Studio Insight: Startup Connecting" seminar held at Pimek House in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. Bluepoint

Following this, Ham Seulbeom, Senior Investment Manager at Bluepoint, introduced problem fit, collaboration fit, and execution fit as criteria for selecting startups. He specifically cited the case of Tilda Co., Ltd., which was selected for the second cohort of Hansol V Frontiers in 2021 and progressed from a three-year PoC (proof of concept) to an actual contract, highlighting that OI is not a short-term event but a process of building sustained relationships.

During the panel discussion, the topic of "strategic clarity" within companies came to the fore. There was a consensus that clearly defining the company's specific needs and narrowing the scope of collaboration is the top priority to reduce trial and error.

Bluepoint plans to further develop and release, in the second half of the year, the enterprise asset-based commercialization and OI-linked fund programs introduced at this event. Lee Inseong, Group Leader at Bluepoint, stated, "Going forward, we will prepare OI structures in the form of alliances between companies, moving beyond simple one-to-one matching."