Tech In Seoul

Why would someone from a small town in Wisconsin, USA come to Seoul, South Korea to build an AI/EduTech startup?

Tech In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Jacob Jacquet, Founder and CEO at REZI.

REZI offers an AI-Powered ATS Resume Builder Solution that makes it much easier for job seekers to not only create their resume but also fill it with the best content. Learn more about REZI and its mission in this episode!

Link: https://www.rezi.ai

About La French Tech Seoul:

La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate     and government organizations working together to build bridges in     the tech ecosystem between France and Korea.

Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com

[This episode was recorded on June 25th, 2021]

Tech  In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Archer Chiang, Founder and CEO at GIFTPACK.

GIFTPACK offers a "AI-powered solution that simplifies the corporate gifting process and amplifies the impact of personalized gifts".

In this episode, Archer tells us about GIFTPACK and how Artificial Intelligence is helping to choose relevant gifts for customers and employees, deliver the gifts easily and gather and share some useful feedback to GIFTPACK customers. 

Link: https://giftpack.ai

About La French Tech Seoul:

La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate    and government organizations working together to build bridges in    the tech ecosystem between France and Korea.

Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com

[This episode was recorded on June 21st, 2021]

Tech  In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Kay Kim, Business Development & Marketing - Overseas Partnerships Manager at NuriBio.

NuriBio specializes in research and development of gene analysis, primarily focusing in detection of mutations caused by diseases such as cancer.

In this episode, Kay introduces NuriBio. He also shares with us his experience and the challenges he has to overcome to promote his startup's new technology around the world.

Link: http://nuribio.com

About La French Tech Seoul:

La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate   and government organizations working together to build bridges in   the tech ecosystem between France and Korea.

Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com/

[This episode was recorded on June 4th, 2021]

Tech  In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Joanne J. Lee, Co-Founder and CEO at MediHeroes

MediHeroes is a global B2B Medical Platform that aims to bring buyers, sellers, end-users of medical products & services onto a single transparent platform.

In this episode, Joanne shares with us her vision and her ambition with MediHeroes.

Link: https://mediheroes.com

About La French Tech Seoul:

La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate  and government organizations working together to build bridges in  the tech ecosystem between France and Korea.

Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com/

[This episode was recorded on June 3rd, 2021]

Tech  In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Brian Kim,  Co-Founder at KIM VENTUROUS, a Korea-based Venture Capital company.

KIM VENTUROUS is a new VC focusing on early stage Korean Startups. KIM VENTUROUS is also a registered Accelerator under the Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups..

In this episode, Brian tells us about their ambitions within the Korean startup ecosystem.

Link:

KIM VENTUROUS: http://kimventurous.com/

About La French Tech Seoul:

La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate and government organizations working together to build bridges in the tech ecosystem between France and Korea.

Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com/

[This episode was recorded on May 21st, 2021]

Tech In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Robert Grey, Product Owner - Wildfire Detection AI at Alchera Inc.

Alchera is a leading Korean Startup in AI, Machine Learning, Facial Recognition, but also, and that is a first, Fire Detection.

In this episode, Robert tells us how Alchera started, how it developed a Fire Detection service (the service he is in charge of) and what's next for Alchera in Korea and globally.

Links:

Alchera: https://alcherainc.com/en/

Fire detection: https://fire.aiir.ai/

About La French Tech Seoul:

La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate       and government organizations working together to build bridges in    the    tech ecosystem between France and Korea.

Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com/

[This episode was recorded on May 20th, 2021]

Tech In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Youngjin Jang, Co-Founder and Vice President at YellowKnife (VELOGA).

VELOGA is developing several platforms and apps with an ambition to improve the future user experience of mobility (car, bike, e-bike, etc.). Their first product is a bicycle riding assistant speedometer application (VELOGA BICYCLE) that can provide various user experiences by changing the skin.

Links:

YellowKnife: http://yellowknife.io/

Kotra: https://www.kotra.or.kr/foreign/main/KHEMUI010M.html?LOCALE=en

About La French Tech Seoul:

La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate      and government organizations working together to build bridges in   the    tech ecosystem between France and Korea.

Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com/

[This episode was recorded on May 18th, 2021]

INNOVATIVE KOREA is a program with an ambition to help all foreigners to start a business in Korea.

Run by Samer Samhoun and Nihat Kahlilzade, 2 'ex-foreigners' now holding Korean passports, INNOVATIVE KOREA is open to all foreigners with a valid visa in Korea. 

The program offers multiple perks, the biggest one being, for the winner of the final pitch contest, to receive a valid startup visa. 

In this episode, Samer tells us everything we need to know about this program, but also why he and his co-founder decided to launch the program, and how the Korea government is supporting them.

We also talk about visas, about the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Korea, and about getting the Korean citizenship.

Link:

INNOVATIVE KOREA: https://www.innovativekorea.com/

About La French Tech Seoul:

La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate      and government organizations working together to build bridges in   the    tech ecosystem between France and Korea.

Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com/

[This episode was recorded on May 10th, 2021]

Tech In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Lin (Lynn) Hwang, Co-Founder and CEO at DamoGo.

At first DamoGo was an app with an ambition to reduce food waste in Korean and Indonesia. But the founding team has pivoted to a BtoB model and is now 100% focusing on the Indonesian marketing, while trying to raise its Seeds Series.

In this episode, Lynn explains us why he launched this startup in the first place, why his co-founder and him decided to pivot and why they chose Indonesia as their main market. 

DamoGo will also be pitching at Tech For Good, an online event by La French Tech Seoul. 

Links:

DamoGo: http://damogoapp.com/

Tech For Good: https://www.eventbrite.fr/e/tech4good-summit-2021-korea-france-and-beyond-registration-147910816233

About La French Tech Seoul:

La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate     and government organizations working together to build bridges in  the    tech ecosystem between France and Korea.

Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com/

[This episode was recorded on May 4th, 2021]

Tech In Seoul, in partnership with La French Tech Seoul, meets Jordan Monnet, Co-Founder and CEO at nr2.

nr2 is a search engine which identifies high-growth start-ups in China and South Korea.

In this episode, Jordan tells us why he decided to launch nr2 and why in China and Korea. He also shares with us his vision for his company and how he and his team plan to make Chinese and Korean startups more visible to the outside world. 

Links:

https://www.nr2.io/

About La French Tech Seoul:

La French Tech Seoul is a community of startups, investors, corporate    and government organizations working together to build bridges in the    tech ecosystem between France and Korea.

Website: https://lafrenchtechseoul.com/

[This episode was recorded on April 30th, 2021]