Kyungnam Information University Partners with Leading Accelerator in Southeastern Region

Startup Support Collaboration and Real Investment with Series Ventures

Building a Technology Startup Ecosystem Linking Faculty and Student Entrepreneurship with Investment

Kyungnam Information University (President Kim Taesang) is launching initiatives to expand the local startup ecosystem and promote technology-based entrepreneurship.

On May 12, Kyungnam Information University announced that it had recently signed a business agreement with the accelerator Series Ventures to "broaden the university startup ecosystem and strengthen cooperation in startup support."

This agreement was established to support the entrepreneurial activities of faculty members and students with outstanding technological capabilities within the university, and to foster technology-based startups in connection with the Regional Growth Talent Development System (ANCHOR) project.

The two organizations agreed to collaborate on discovering outstanding startup teams and supporting their early-stage growth, advancing business models (BM), jointly conducting entrepreneurship lectures and mentoring programs, and hosting IR demo days and investment presentations. In addition, they plan to cooperate in developing regional growth-oriented technology startup models based on the ANCHOR project.

Kyungnam Information University explained that investment professionals from Series Ventures will participate in discovering promising startup teams and mentoring, and will also support early-stage startups in attracting investment.

Kim Taesang, President of Kyungnam Information University, said, "We expect this will lay the foundation for research achievements at the university to translate into real-world startups," adding, "We will strive to build a startup ecosystem linked to the local industry."

Park Junsang, CEO of Series Ventures, commented, "By combining the university's technological resources and investment capabilities, we aim to foster representative startups in the southeastern region."

Kyungnam Information University plans to use this agreement as an opportunity to host startup competitions, seminars, and further expand entrepreneurship programs within the university.