101 Top South Korean Internet Companies and Startups

October 14, 2021

This article showcases our top picks for the best South Korean based Internet companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Internet industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

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Top South Korean Internet Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Coupang

Coupang

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Coupang offers an e-commerce platform that is powered by innovative technology and operations.

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Naver

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Naver operates as a search engine and e-commerce platform providing fintech, digital content, and cloud services.

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N.THING

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N.THING is a Seoul-based agri-tech company leading innovation in the farm-to-table food value chain by combining IoT technology and data.

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Kakao Corp

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Kakao is a mobile lifestyle platform offering services ranging from messaging, news, advertising, gaming, e-commerce, and music.

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Spoon Radio

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Spoon operates as a real-time personal audio broadcasting platform.

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KT Corp

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KT Corporation is a Korean telecommunications company which provides services to residential and business users across South Korea.

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Kakao Mobility

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Kakao Mobility provides online taxi-hailing and parking services.

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Pearl Abyss

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Pearl Abyss is a game developer based in Korea currently developing, the Next-Gen MMORPG ‘Black Desert Online’.

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MegazoneCloud

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“We Are Digital Architects” – We empower customers with cloud-optimized technology, people and process.

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Platfarm Inc. (mojitok)

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Platfarm helps messaging services to monetize or/and increase user engagement with the visual communication solution.

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Ecube Labs

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Ecube Labs develops smart waste management solutions and remote monitoring tools.

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Dable

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Dable, Inc. is a Leading Content Discovery Platform & Personalized Recommendation Company in Asia-Pacific Region.

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Kmong

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Kmong is a Korean online talent market enabling individuals to sell and buy services in design, business, computing, music, and more.

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Coinone

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Coinone provides blockchain-related financial services including cryptocurrency exchange, asset management and trading matching engines.

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Energy X

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Energy X connects energy market participants from individual households to EPC contractors and investors via its online and mobile platform.

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LUXROBO

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LUXROBO develops educational robots, IoT platform, and modular robotics kit.

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Blocko

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Blocko offers a blockchain operating system and development platform.

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GTA

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GTA is a Telecommunications provider offering wireless,Internet and Digital Television services on Guam.

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Toss Lab

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Toss Lab is a SaaS enterprise software company that provides enterprise messaging and collaboration tools.

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FEELWAY

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FEELWAY is the 1st largest domestic luxury products market place in korea.

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Estmob

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Taking a easy, quick, and unlimited approach to file sharing.

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Iconloop

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Iconloop is a Blockchain company

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Picky

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Picky is a fast-growing mobile-first community that enables consumers to discover the best beauty, skincare brands, and products.

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Crowdworks

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Crowdworks solves the toughest problem in AI today: Delivering training data sets with next-level accuracy, quality assured.

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BxB

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BxB is building KRWb, a stable bridge from Korea to anywhere. It’s a globally accessible, 1:1 stable coin backed by the Korean Won.

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Wider Planet, Inc.

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The 1st largest local DSP(Demand Side Platform) and DMP(Data Management Platform) in Korea.

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VITCON

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VITCON offers products and services that make it easy for anyone to configure IoT.

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Bitsensing

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Bitsensing is a radar technology startup focused on developing smart city solutions to improve citizens’ quality of life.

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Makestar

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Makestar was born to suggest new communication method between Hallyu star and global fan.

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B2Link

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B2Link is an online B2B beauty platform that offers subscription services for branded products.

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Scatter Lab

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Scatter Lab is a text-based Korean sentiment analysis service which is available as a smartphone application.

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HFR

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Specialist on the Optical and Radio Networking.

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ZeroWeb

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ZeroWeb is a local network mobile platform developed for small to medium business people.

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Socialinus

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Socialinus Inc. is a Korean-based independent game development company focused on creating online games for social networks.

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StudioBside

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StudioBside is a mobile game developer based in Korea.

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SelectStar

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SelectStar is the finest Data Platform for your AI: Mobile Crowd-sourcing based High quality data with diversity guaranteed

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Coconut Silo

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Hyundai Motors’ in-house startup Coconut Silo provides a cross border logistics platform that gets customers their orders in 5 minutes.

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N3N

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N3N provides IoT visualization software for large enterprises to act on their workflows, processes and very own Internet of Things.

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Posture360

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SaaS & Mobile App platform that solves spinal problems through AI devices integrated into ergonomic products to relieve pain.

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42Maru

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42Maru builds a question answer system that finds a single, specific, correct answer based on Deep Learning

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Trevari

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Trevari is a online book club platform operator .

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Seculetter

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SecuLetter is a cutting-edge solution of SecuLetter is able to detect unknown attacks with hybrid approaches,static and dynamic analysis.

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Bagel Labs

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Bagel Labs creates a user-friendly and smart tape measuring device.

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Tumblbug

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Tumblbug is an online Korean crowdfunding site focused on art and cultural content.

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Chain Partners

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Global Blockchain Company Builder

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Popcorn5

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Popcorn5, Inc. is a business-to-business software platform.

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KardiaChain

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KardiaChain is a blockchain platform for decentralized application.

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MEDIHERE

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A telehealth platform connecting patients whose mother tongue is not English with doctors who can speak their mother tongue.

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ulalaLAB

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ulalaLAB, South Korean startup company specializing in Industrial IoT, SaaS and Machine Learning technologies.

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Marketit

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Marketit is an Influencer Platform where Individuals could utilize their influencing value.

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Kong Liao

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Kong Liao is a web-based platform that offers daily quizzes.

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Mosiler

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Mosiler is to provide safe and comfortable service to your destination with your vehicle .

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Dadam Game

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Dadam Game is a Seoul-based gaming platform that provides its users with online games.

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Market Designers

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Market Designers is a matching platform designed to provide effective resource sharing and distribution.

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EVERY KIT

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World’s first plug & play IoT software education service.

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Venticake

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The developer of camera app ‘Retrica’ .

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I-ON Digital Corp

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I-ON Digital Corp is an enterprise software company based in South Korea.

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Mobil Factory

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Mobil Factory is a mobile video game developer.

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OWLOGUE

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OWLOGUE is a Seoul-based game studio that creates anime games.

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Alt – A

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Alt – A is developing a “next-generation connected convex mirror” as a smart traffic safety solution.

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Xquare

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Xquare provides a crowdfunding platform and a securitized marketplace focused on renewable energy across the globe.

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Carboneyed

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Carbon is the second most important element in the human body.

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SPACOSA Corp.

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Location platform based on Tracking service.

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Tenfingers

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Tenfingers offer date course curation service.

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Brave Company

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Brave Company is an internet publishing company.

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CashFi, Inc.

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CashFi is an internet company that specializes in the fields of the internet of things.

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DiGiFi Korea

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A global satellite communication company .

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RacoonSoft

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RacoonSoft is a group of creative minds whom craving for luxury enjoyment and fun.

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Haeyoom Media

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Haeyoom media is a Korean mathematics teaching service provider.

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Listly

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Listly is an innovative data extraction tool that strong algorithm instantly converts important data from Web page into a spreadsheet.

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Woman’s Talk

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Woman’s Talk, Korea’s is a first online mobile beauty home shopping.

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39 degrees C

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39 degrees C is a Mobile app development company.

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WayWearable

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WayWearable, a ‘beauty-appliance’ company based in Seoul, has created the first total personal skincare companion that fits in your purse.

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FraSen

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Lulleep is a comfortable mask that allows people have power nap, deep relaxation and deep sleep.

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NANOO COMPANY Inc.

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Nanoo Company offers an official website, community, and centralized support system for mobile game developers and publishers.

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MKI

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MKI is a Korean Corporate Education platform that operates as a knowledge academy.

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INNOCEED

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INNOCEED is a game development company based in Seoul, Korea.

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Veam

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Veam is a Seoul-based social networking company.

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NOONBORA

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NOONBORA are app developers for Google Play.

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Daliworks

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DaliWorks provides stable and scalable Internet cloud services.

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WishLink

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WishLink develops mobile shopping services such as Cacao Style, an advertising, brokerage and e-commerce platform for personal shopping.

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Webtoon

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LINE Webtoon – A New Way To Enjoy Comics on Mobile.

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HappyFactory

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HappyFactory provides mobile and web services for educational institutions and parents to communicate with one another through platforms.

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askstory

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AskStory’s mission is to create the most efficient and commercially optimized collective intelligence system.

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brideasmart

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Bridea Smart is a mobile game developer, making creative games with high end technology, in Korea.

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MBUZZER

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Temperature/Humidity monitoring service that utilizes IoT

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Soundl.ly

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Soundl.ly provides IoT manufactures & app developers with the most reliable data-over-audio technology for pairing devices instantly

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Playmaroo

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Playmaroo designs and develops video and online games.

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A33 Studio

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Mobile game developer A-33 Studio

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YES24.com

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YES24.com is an internet online bookstore.

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RESPACE

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RESPACE is a Korean company providing a shared space platform for people looking for extra spaces.

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NOSITH

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Nosith/patplex provides online patent search and marketing platform in patent transaction.

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J2C

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J2C provides iris recognition solutions with self-developed iris recognition devices and software.

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FNB People

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Korea’s only franchise operation & management app. FNB People is a perfect partner to successfully manage franchise stores.

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Ebates

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Ebates is an e-commerce discovery platform offering a smarter way to shop.

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Abroadin

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Abroadin provides New Hak that is a service of O2O platform for overseas studying in reasonable price.

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LiveRe

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Cizion is the maker of LiveRe, a social commenting solution for blogs and other websites.

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Finda

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Finda is an online financial comparison platform across various financial products.

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Slowhale

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Slowhale is provides Internet and wireless communication, and various communication services.

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8Cups

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Eightcups develops smart cups that motivates the user to keep hydrated.

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AfreecaTV

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AfreecaTV is a live streaming social media platform that anyone from anywhere can use to broadcast live.

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