韩国出台新举措扶持初创企业

Group 1 - The South Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups has selected eight agencies, including the Korea Agricultural Technology Promotion Agency, for the "2025 Global Acceleration Support Project" to help strong startups expand into overseas markets, with an expectation to select 140 startups for participation [1] - The Korea Agricultural Technology Promotion Agency will support food and green biotechnology startups entering the Singapore market, while the Korea Land and Geospatial Informatix Corporation will assist startups in the land and transportation sector to enter Germany and Finland [1] - The South Korean government has implemented various measures to support startup development, including a plan to establish a "Korea Startup Fund" with a scale of 20 trillion KRW (approximately 14.3 billion USD) by the end of 2027, increasing the venture capital scale from 125 trillion KRW in 2022 to 142 trillion KRW by 2027 [1] Group 2 - The South Korean government’s support policies for startups encompass 19 areas, including pre-entrepreneurship, early-stage entrepreneurship, and international cooperation projects, with funding support of 63 billion KRW for approximately 960 pre-entrepreneurs in 2024 [2] - DAIM Research, established in 2020, has seen its revenue grow nearly threefold over the past three years, reaching 1.5 billion KRW last year, with government support playing a crucial role in its development and market recognition [2] - The Ministry of SMEs and Startups reported that 60% of small and medium-sized enterprises in South Korea are startups less than seven years old, indicating steady growth in both the number and sales of startups over the past three years [3]