Tech in South Korea
Our South Korea technology news round-up for October 2021 is drawn from Startup News Asia’s daily feeds. This month’s articles cover items across technologies, issues, startups and more including: vertical farming solutions; Korean education-tech in Japan; the Mellonvus metaverse; StartupCON and digital content; and more.
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- South Korea: An overview of the country’s metaverse developments, following the government’s launch of K-Metaverse Alliance now boasting over 200 company members
- South Korea: Qfora Alliance to launch Mellonvus, a ‘metaverse-based’ online-offline-XR shopping mall, combining Gangnam store with online experiences
- South Korea: NThing raises $21M with sustainable, modular container-based vertical farming, focusing currently on Abu Dhabi
- South Korea’s Aniai from the Born2Global Centre selected as 1 of 10 companies to participate in Q3 intake of Microsoft for Startups with AI-backed robotic kitchen tech
- South Korea: A brief intro to 10 startups that took part in 2021 StartupCON, a recent event focusing on digital content-focused innovations
- South Korea’s Riiid AI-based education tech firm acquires Langoo, Japanese distributor of its service, moving into Japan’s $2.6BN remote learning market
- South Korea: Opposition People Power Party preparing proposal for 12-month delay to implementation of crypto tax legislation in bid to soften impact
- South Korea: Sketchsoft gains $3.2M led by SoftBank Ventures Asia with software allowing artists and designers to easily work in 3D
- South Korea: Kakao Pay, country’s largest online payment service, raises massive $1.3BN in IPO
Tech news, Asia: Other editions
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