Top 40 Music VC (Venture Capital) Funds in South Korea in October 2023

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• AiderX — AiderX is a technology startup that creates AI assistants for everyone. We believe that AI should be available to everyone and that it has the potential to change the way we live and work. Our goal is to make AI simple, intuitive, and simple to use.
• MathFLAT — MathFLAT is a B2B mobile solution for mathematics education.
• PlayList — PlayList is a web drama production company that produces dramas and music content. The company's two flagship web drama series, Love Playlist and A-Teen have gained huge popularity amongst the 18-24 age segment. Playlist dramas have over 10 million subscribers and 1.3 billion views.

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• Pillyze — mobile health care startup
• InHandPlus — We are working to solve the issue of medical nonadherence, where patients don't follow their prescribed medical regimes. This is a common and costly problem, and can even result in serious consequences. Our proprietary smartwatch is able to tell what medicine users take, and when they take it. Our AI-based management platform then collects thedata and provides personalized healthcare services and insights.
• Test Valley — Test Valley sells smartphones, tablets, cameras, computers, and household appliances.

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• Storelink — Storelink is an open market optimization platform that analyzes and processes accurate online sales data.
• Maka Motors — MAKA is dedicated to building the best electric motorcycles for Indonesian riders.
• Epic Corporation — The Epic One platform services will be improved, and Epic Corporation will broaden its business sectors. First, the global bidding system in four significant Asian nations will be improved overall, coupled with an update to the AI function that determines the anticipated contract price, in order to maximize the transaction completion rate for thesale of luxury assets. Additionally, there is a plan to considerably broaden its brands and product categories, which currently include luxury watches, luggage, hypercars, and artwork.

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• Bionsight — We are pioneering a new era of AI to facilitate the long journey from a laboratory to the patients in drug discovery
• Maka Motors — MAKA is dedicated to building the best electric motorcycles for Indonesian riders.
• Saige Research — Saige Research specializes in artificial intelligence solutions for industrial inspection and quality control. The company provides a deep learning vision inspection platform optimized for the manufacturing industry to solve inspectors' difficulties and increase work efficiency; its technology provides power detection, speed detection, wideversatility, and development convenience.

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• DNsolution — DN Solution is startup company focusing on NFC(Near field Communication) feature of Android smartphone. we make various embeded pruducts which makes NFC easier.
• Cre Planet — Cre Planet creates technologies for analyzing advertising performance and provides staffing services.
• Wazzle Entertainment — Wazzle Entertainment is founded by IT experts and K-Pop stars' actual dance choreographers, and provides K-Pop dance lessons through smartphone devices.Wazzle Entertainment has been granted an exclusive use of official choreography copyrights from K-Pop choreographers for providing dance lessons to the world. We also have exclusivecontracts with champion street dance teams from around the globe to provide their lessons online. All lessons are being serviced through iOS, Android, Smart TV and Web streaming.Wazzle Entertainment has acquired access to the choreography rights of over 90% of K-Pop dances, and provide dance-related services on iOS, Android, Smart TV and Web streaming in more than 7 languages. We aim to be 'the Youtube of Dance' by providing video contents including K-pop dance, street dance lessons, star news, and dance studio segments.Wazzle Entertainment develops original content and lesson-video streaming solutions for dance-learning through apps, smart TV, web, including projects such as:-Original K-POP DanceRelease: iOS 1.0.1(July, 2013)http://youtube.com/OriginalKpopDanceLearn the hottest K-pop dances anytime and anywhere!Wherever you are, the place you're at instantly becomes a dance studio. With a smartphone, tablet or smart TV, you can easily learn K-pop dances on your own schedule – no searching for a studio and dance instructor, no need for expensive classes! 'Original K-POP Dance' provides one hour lessons with 15 clips, so users can repeat sections they want to practice. Anyone can dance and show off to their friends after learning even just some of the parts. Plus!- Mirror mode for easily keeping track of moves and directions- Suitable for learning group dances, with detailed instructions and breakdowns of each members' dance steps and movements

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• Genesis lab — Genesis lab is a authentic machine to human communication to improve the way human and machine communicate.
• Datumo — Selectstar got your back!Obtaining the proper data has always been the top issue for many companies using AI. To solve this problem, Selectstar provides a platform that connects your company to the crowd-workers.It's MORE than just a connection! We passionately research crowd-workers and your project to develop cutting-edge technologiesfor the optimized mobile crowd-sourcing.Keep disrupting the world! Just for your project, we are here to maintain the quality, cost-efficiency, or any other burdens related to the data. SelectStar was founded in 2018 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
• ProxiHealthcare USA — ProxiHealthcare USA is a biotechnology research focused personal and environmental healthcare organization.

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• Paywork — PayWal is a payment platform that provides dedicated project teaming, task execution checks, and contract management services.
• Solvook — Solvook is a copyright licensing platform for educational materials intended to provide copyright clearance services.
• Paraform — Get paid to recruit for the most exciting startups on your own terms. Recruiting has never been so accessible.

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• Kinava — Kinava developing organic waste into renewable energy based on our own advanced technology through many experiments and research.
• Order Hero — Order Hero is an application for food service management.
• DNC Biotechnology — DNC Biotechnology is an R&D centre that researches and improves technology for medical devices.

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• Eastend — Eastend is an e-commerce company engaged in the fashion business.
• Pillyze — mobile health care startup
• Luten Technologies — Luten Technologies is a provider of AI portal services.

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• Umag — Umag is a music content company that provides brand channel, concerts, and advertisment services.
• Order Plus — Order Plus is a food service company that offers grocery supplies for restaurants.

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• Lotte Group — Lotte is a multinational food and shopping corporation that consists of over 60 business units in a variety of industries such as candy manufacturing, beverages, hotels, fast food, retail, financial services, heavy chemicals, electronics, IT, construction, publishing, and entertainment.Lotte Group produces, distributes, and sellsconfectioneries, ice creams, oil, carbonated drinks and liquor, hamburgers, and bakery products and pastries. It operates department, discount, convenience, apparel, and home appliances stores as well as a supermarket and a multiplex movie theater; and hotels and a resort.It manufactures synthetic resins and fibers, and by-products; TFT LCD products; digital equipment, copiers, printers, and other office machines; digital cameras and printers, and photographic materials; and aluminum products. Its financing business activities include credit, travel agency, insurance agency, and telemarketing; and lease, personal and corporate loans, and installment financing. The company also engages in software development and computer equipment; public institutions systems and IT; golf course; advertising agency; development, financial consulting, and management of shopping centers; baseball team; logistics management consulting; electronic financial services; integrated e-payment; future food, genetic engineering, and bio-engineering; educational training and consulting; economy and industry strategic analysis; and scholarship and social welfare foundation businesses.Lotte is the largest confectionery manufacturer in South Korea. It was first established in June 1948 in Tokyo, by Shin Kyuk-Ho. From Tokyo, Lotte expanded into South Korea with the establishment of Lotte Confectionary Co., Ltd in Seoul on April 3, 1967.
• Oasis Business — Oasis Business is an information services company that provides AI solutions to the finance, construction, and distribution industries.
• Luten Technologies — Luten Technologies is a provider of AI portal services.

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• Contoro Robotics — Contoro Robotics combines AI and human intelligence with teleoperation. The company centered around robot solutions aiming to make a worldwide impact through advanced robot methodology, be it telemanipulation, haptic feedback, and human interfaces.

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• Plugo — Indonesia's e-commerce platform for all businesses. Start, manage, and grow your business. Build your own online store website.
• Seoul Robotics — Welcome to Seoul Robotics! We build advanced Lidar perception software powered by deep learning.
• PeopleFund — Founded in 2015, PeopleFund is Korea's leading data-driven digital lender focused on consumer finance. Our mission is to give financial freedom to all consumers through more affordable loans and better investment opportunities. Leveraging its proprietary, data-driven credit model and eliminating inefficiencies with technology, PeopleFunddelivers better loan rates for borrowers while maintaining an industry low loss rate to benefit retail and institutional investors. PeopleFund is the first digital lender in Korea to surpass $1B in loan originations and has provided an innovative way to invest to nearly 400,000 retail investors. It is notably the first fintech platform to offer loan and investment products directly on KakaoTalk, Korea's equivalent of WhatsApp. To date, PeopleFund has completed its Series C round of funding with a total of $63.4M of equity capital raised. For more information, visit www.peoplefund.co.kr.

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• Umag — Umag is a music content company that provides brand channel, concerts, and advertisment services.
• Ineeji — Ineeji is an industrial AI solutions company that provides AI prediction services based on the machine learning technology.
• Spark Biopharma — SPARK BioPharma Co., Ltd. was established in Seoul National University in January 2016 based on the unique drug molecule diversity technology, the image-based screening technology using the unique fluorescent skeleton probe, and the target protein identification technology in the initial drug development stage. We are currently exploring anddeveloping new drug candidates using these three core technologies, and we will continue to accelerate the development of new drugs and increase the success rate through strategic cooperation research with domestic and overseas research institutes and pharmaceutical institutions. '

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• Kitronyx — Kitronyx is an engineering company that provides pressure distribution measurement and force touch products/solutions to individuals, companies, universities and government agencies.Based on seasoned expertise in pressure mapping and multi-touch technologies, Kitronyx has assisted many clients to employ professional pressure sensingtechniques in their applications and manufacturing processes.Kitronyx offers pressure mapping products and integrated solution including sensor, electronics, firmware, and software in the form of hardware development kit (HDK) or design service.
• Aminolab — Aminolab specializes in the development of blood resource recycling technology, aimed at addressing concerns associated with the environmental impact of waste blood treatment. Aminolab identifies the environmental burden of waste blood processing worldwide and prepares for improvement.Since 2013, the company has developed amino acid extractiontechnology through hydrolysis of slaughter blood using natural enzymes, and completed the construction of a factory for mass production in April 2022.
• infoplus — InfoPlus provides financial software solutions and services that are developed in accordance with the most recent technological trends.

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• 3i — Imagine. Invent. Inspire. Based in Seoul, 3i designs, develops and delivers both hardware and software solutions that provide concrete answers to problems individuals and enterprises face when trying to record and transfer ideas and valuable experiences.
• NAVER Z — The official corporate website of NAVER Z Corporation
• S2W — S2W is a data intelligence company to solve the problems with technology for good.

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• Hozon — Hozon integrates hardware products and software services through innovative technology research and development, intelligent manufacturing, and multi-channel sales services. Through the development of electric, intelligence, and connectivity, they are committed to creating cost-effective Intelligent electric vehicles of high quality, providingusers with a simple, intuitive, and comfortable travel experience.
• Lanxin — Lanxin is a secure mobile work platform for government and enterprise.
• HanSight — HanSight is dedicated to changing the cyber security landscape based on their award-winning big data analytics platform and patented machine learning algorithms, by unifying SIEM, User & Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) and Network Traffic Analytics (NTA). Their mission is to empower organizations to detect and prevent to cyber breaches, fraudand insider threats that threaten their digital property and financial assets, in real time and with greater accuracy than ever before. With the vision "Data Driven Security", HanSight was founded in 2014 by seasoned entrepreneurs from Trend Micro, Microsoft and Oracle, with extensive experience in security analytics, big data technology and machine learning. They are backed by world-class ventures including IDG Capital, CASH Capital etc, and trusted by large-scale banks, telcos and government agencies. They are ranked #320 on Cybersecurity 500 list in 2017.

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• FastView — FastView provides content commerce services and online marketing services.
• Tello Talk — TelloTalk is a communications platform created for scalable Peer-to-Peer and Business-to-Customers interactions. It empowers businesses to compliment or transcend above their traditional SMS-based engagements with customers with fully customizable, teleco-independent multimedia messages with comprehensive delivery and receipt reports.It wasfounded in 2017 and is headquartered in Karachi, Pakistan.
• The Clozet — THE CLOZET is a fashion sharing service aiming to be Airbnb for fashion. THE CLOZET makes profit by connecting its individual customers with fashion items which are not used often and allows them to borrow the items from other users at reasonable prices. THE CLOZET also gives the concierge service such as delivery, cleaning, maintenance which canmake it the most seamless fashion sharing service.

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• DMS Chemical — DMS Chemical is a start-up headquartered in manufacturing that produces high-purity sodium silicate. Although sodium silicate has a wide range of applications and is in high demand, all low-quality raw materials in Korea are imported from China and used exclusively for industrial reasons such as steel, building, and paper manufacturing.
• Simply Care Bio — Simply Care Bio is a care food company that manufactures functional foods based on ingredient composition and amplification technology through water-solubilization of fatty acids and immunity-building technology through cell activation.
• TionLab Therapeutics — A company with long-acting injections and innovative drug delivery technology

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• Sonde Health — Sonde Health is a digital medicine company developing voice-based technologies to transform the way we monitor and diagnose our mental and physical health.
• Endorobotics — Endorobotics is a healthcare centre that offers endoscopic surgery services.
• Harbinger Health — Harbinger Health is a biotechnology company that develops a two-tier testing model for the detection of early cancer with a blood test. The company combines artificial intelligence with insights into the biology of the beginnings of cancer to identify cancer before it is visible or symptomatic with the aim of developing low-cost, multi-cancer bloodtests.

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• BKT — BKT is the creator of Tomorrow Water Process (TWP) that minimizes the environmental impacts maximizing the benefits from wastewater.
• d-Matrix — d-Matrix takes a clean-slate approach to AI compute efficiency, solving some of the most teething problems for the largest datacenter customers in the world.
• GGWP — We provide game developers the tools to create more positive experience for their players

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• GEXVal — GEXVal is to help patients and families fighting against orphan and intractable diseases
• Clesson — Clesson is a music edtech company.
• April Bio — April Bio is a drug development company that develops antibodies and long-acting biologics.

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• Indent — Indent is a provider of a video review service platform that helps sellers increase their sales by producing purchase reviews from actual buyers.
• KTX Finance — KTX Finance is an online trading platform. It provides permissionless, decentralized on-chain trade of perpetuals.
• Puzzle Monsters — Puzzle Monsters is a game production company.

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• Aviatrix — Aviatrix secure cloud networking software is purpose-built for your business, delivering enterprise-grade networking with security, agility, and cost-optimization in mind.
• Cape Analytics — CAPE Analytics uses AI and geospatial imagery to help property insurers and investors better understand the built environment.
• Ascus Biosciences — Ascus Biosciences develops computational and genomics-based technology platform to discover and develop next-generation microbial products. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

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• RAWG — RAWG.io is a video game discovery platform that converts your skills into goods and services.
• Donut Lab — Donut Punks is a MOBA game that offers a unique blend of fun, action, and strategy. It is designed for players who want to team up and take on the challenge of fighting against hordes of zombies in a thrilling online environment.
• Polystream — Polystream is completely rethinking and realising new ways of how to use the visual cloud, from server to client, from network to edge as we build the 3D Internet. Powered by our breakthrough command streaming technology, you can now instantly engage, grow, and monetise audiences of all shapes and sizes wherever they are in the world; whether it’splayers, streamers, or viewers. Our synchronous spectator engine Fantom enables cloud native games and experiences to be cost-effectively streamed with unrivalled reach, and unprecedented scale.

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• Brandi — Brandi is a vertical commerce company that creates B2C and B2B platforms for fashion and beauty shopping. The company specializes in the fields of apps, app marketing, and online shopping platform. Brandi was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea.
• Wallapop — Wallapop is a hyper-local mobile marketplace for buying and selling secondhand goods, primarily accessible via a mobile app. It uses a geo-localized technology that connects a community of 15 million users by offering an easy and convenient way to buy and sell items that are no longer used. The platform, which has found a second home for more than180 million items, provides people with access to unique goods at great prices while extending the life of fully functional products. Since its inception, Wallapop has been committed to continuous innovation in the online classifieds industry and second-hand market and aspires to use technology to contribute to sustainability. The company is backed by investors Korelya Capital, NAVER, Accel, Insight Venture Partners, 14W, and Northzone. It was founded in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain by Agustin Gomez, Miguel Vicente, and Gerard Olive in 2013.
• Line — LINE develops calling and messaging applications for mobile phones in Japan and internationally. It offers LINE, a smartphone application that allows users to make free calls and messaging with other users regardless of which mobile network provider they are using.The company also offers NAVER, a search communication service; NAVER Matome, auser-participatory curation platform; Livedoor, a portal site; livedoor Blog, a blogging service; and livedoor News that provides information gathered from various news sources, as well as a range of advertising products. In addition, it operates LINE GAME, a platform that lets LINE users to play games.

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• NRISE — NRISE is develops MOCI and WIPPY services. NRISE research and develops social media services to bring people the joy of communication.
• Goodoc — Goodoc (굿닥) is a Korean smartphone application that helps users with a variety of medical services. The app allows users to access reliable information on doctors, hospitals, and other medical services. It also provides users with information on doctors' fees, hospital fees, contact numbers, and more.
• Sangwha — Sangwha is an immersive content production company.

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• Parylene — Parylene is a provider of protective coating application solutions
• CytoNiche — CytoNiche focuses on the development of 3D micro-organization engineering technology. The core technology is derived from the transformation of Tsinghua University's achievements. Based on its original research technology, Huasheng Bio has launched a series of related products and services, including customized, large-scale, automated andintelligent stem cell culture. Amplification process; 3D stem cell micro-tissue regeneration treatment of new drugs and 3D cell high-throughput drug screening products.
• Next Generation Gene Therapeutics — Next Generation Gene Therapeutics is a healthcare company that engages in the research and development of gene therapy. Its unique propriety technology of "one target and two bullets" can provide effective treatment for a variety of genetic diseases that currently have few therapeutic methods in the world.NGGT was founded in March 2020by senior scientists and entrepreneurs in the field of gene therapy. It is committed to becoming the world's leading gene therapy company with international influence. The company has successful experience in the whole industry chain, concerning the early development of gene therapy products, the large-scale production of viral vectors, the construction of quality standards, international multi-center clinical research, and the application for the marketing of gene therapy products.

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• Novelty Nobility — Novelty Nobility Inc. is a private biotech company. They are currently focused on the research of novel angiogenesis targets and develop antibody-based therapeutics in ophthalmology and oncology, where angiogenesis plays a key pathogenic role.In ophthalmology, Novelty Nobility first discovered a novel angiogenesis target, Stem Cell Factor(SCF)and c-KIT, which was initially known for its engagement with proliferation and survival of primitive hematopoietic stem cells for a couple of past decades. We believe that anti-SCF/c-KIT could effectively address the unmet medical needs, mostly caused by inherent limitations of anti-VEGFs, in terms of treatment efficacy and long-term safety. Our target discovery is widely and strongly patent-protected in US/KOR and the lead pipeline, NN2101(a full-human monoclonal antibody), is currently under preclinical development.
• Content Technologies — Content Technologies is a content IP-based company builder.

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• Petnow Inc. — Petnow offers AI-driven pet biometric ID for dogs and cats on mobile phones. Register & identify pets by scanning their unique nose or face.
• MiNDCAFE — MiNDCAFE is an online psychological counseling platform.
• Content Technologies — Content Technologies is a content IP-based company builder.

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• Dot Inc — Dot Inc. has developed a state-of-the-art, innovative, braille cell that is 95% smaller and 90% cheaper than the standard piezo-electric cells. The Dot Cell has brought revolutionary changes to the world through advancements in electromagnetic actuator technology. The Dot Watch is the first fully-Braille smartwatch in the world. We believeeveryone has the right to move freely and connect with the world, regardless of circumstances. Dot Inc., through its mission, will reduce the information gap through tactile literacy all around the world.
• Jente — Jente provides a B2B service that connects boutiques with domestic companies. The company's online platform offers distinct products that become trendsetters as a result of rapidly discovering and sourcing new brands, allowing clients to quickly bring new products from boutiques.
• Phantom AI — Phantom AI is democratizing the use of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) to reduce accidents, save lives and make driving more enjoyable, while delivering tomorrow’s self-driving technology. The company provides a comprehensive autonomous driving platform featuring computer vision, sensor fusion and control capabilities.Phantom AI hascreated the most accurate and highest-performing AI solutions available today that meet car manufacturer requirements, at a much lower price than existing solutions. Delivered through a modular, software-based vehicle stack, OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers can select the components they wish to integrate and customize the configuration for unparalleled flexibility.

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• Violet — Violet is a new music application for cover music. Anyone can easily upload their own music videos, and people can enjoy it even in background. Discover talented amateur singers and be the next top singer with Violet!
• Awexome Ray — Awexome Ray is a company that manufactures next-generation X-ray generator.

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• ALUX — ALUX is a content creation company that specializes in video and coding education content.
• HAEGIN — HAEGIN is a game development company.
• Epic League — Epic League is a company specializing in Online RPG and blockchain ecosystem.

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• Artue — Explore a diverse collection of artwork by new and emerging artists on Artue.io. Buy and sell original paintings, sculptures, photography, and more.
• B GARAGE — B GARAGE is an autonomous drone and service company for warehouse inventory management. B GARAGE is an homage to Willow Garage, a widely respected robotics research company that developed an open-source robotics software platform.
• ZUZU Hospitality — ZUZU Hospitality is chain for independent hotels, delivering revenue growth through distribution and revenue management.As such, we are the indisputable primary partner to hoteliers in driving revenue. Acting as their hotel operating system, we power their back office revenue generation business operations, allowing them to focus on being greathoteliers.

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• 13o3 — 13o3 is a boutique investment firm specializing in providing tailored solutions to complex and sophisticated business challenges for discerning clientele, mainly high-profile individuals. Launched in 2013 and founded by Asfand Yar Saeed, the company operates under the
• Locofy — Locofy provides a service that converts designs into code. Locofy.ai aims to take away the menial work of engineers without adding complexity i.e. automating 50% or more of the current workflow starting with frontend code, allowing teams to convert their designs to code and an interactive and responsive live prototype (that runs on code), withoutwriting a single line of code.
• Yisheng — Yisheng is a digital service platform for door-to-door car washing.

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• GXC — The Company that aims to change the global gaming ecosystem for the better
• Globaleur — Thousands of travelers from around the world rely on Globaleur for travel. Leverage Globaleur's software and APIs that include dynamic destination data and AI-powered developer tools to change the way we travel the world.
• Content Technologies — Content Technologies is a content IP-based company builder.

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• MarraBio — MarraBio Ltd. is a spin out company from Newcastle University using engineered bacterial protein polymers to provide bioactivity to cells at the industrial scale in the cultivated meat sector and beyond.
• Power Roll — Power Roll has reinvented solar to generate energy anywhere and everywhere, using any surface.
• Laverock Therapeutics — Laverock Therapeutics is developing a gene silencing platform for the creation of programmable, allogeneic cell therapies.

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• Clesson — Clesson is a music edtech company.

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• USIMSA — USIMSA is a mobile sim company that offers eSIM-based overseas roaming service.
• JNPMEDI — JNPMEDI has been putting effort on bringing disruption on healthcare industry via integrating digital technologies to clinical research & trial operations.
• Wishket — Wishket (위시켓) is a Korean outsourcing platform for companies and freelancers to post projects, outsource work, or search for jobs online. Through its website, Wishket enables companies to find suitable freelancers for development work in a secure and cost effective manner. Companies can sign up and simply post projects and wait for responsesfrom freelancers. Wishket also enables freelancers to find new projects and opportunities.

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• Hyku — Hyku Biosciences is developing the next generation of covalent medicines by targeting histidine, tyrosine and lysine binding pockets in disease-causing proteins.
• Wonderwall — Wonderwall is an online art learning platform.
• Passionate Powerhouse — Passionate Power as a full-fledged multi-content IP in the future by designing and producing games, cartoons, movies, franchise items, and so on in constant partnership with domestic and overseas partners.