The growth of IMM Investment, a major Seoul-based alternative asset manager, tracks the dramatic rise of Korea's start-up scene.
Korea’s corporate venture capital (CVC) firms and the government will club together to create a 8 trillion-won ($6.2 billion) venture fund for local startups by 2025.
Start-ups remains vigilant about the potential fallout from Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) failure and are wary of weakening investment sentiment.
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced plans to create a more diverse investment environment for venture capital (VC) Friday, with an aim to increase funds invested by 8 trillion won ($5.6 billion) per year and establish a public-backed...
Start-ups, which Korea hoped would show the way to a prosperous future, are in a slump. Direct investments by venture capital firms and so-called angel investors are down, and so are IPOs.
The webtoon market is a promising one — or at least in the eyes of a young Korean investment company. NPX Capital is an alternative investment management firm founded in 2016 by Samuel Hwang, a 39-year-old start-up expert who established ...
Funds raised by venture capital in Korea totaled 9.2 trillion won ($7.7 billion) last year, exceeding 9 trillion won for the first time. According to the Ministry of SMEs and Startups on Monday, total investment raised by venture partnerships and ...
The government announced a legislative reform plan that will ease conditions that restrict the creation of corporate venture capital, which has not been possible under laws that prevent non-financial companies from owning financial companies
Private equity investments and the number of private equity funds (PEF) hit all-time highs last year, after the government eased regulations in 2015, according to the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS).
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