# Startup & founder events in Seoul

Curated by [foundercal.com](https://foundercal.com/). Only events worth a founder's time: conferences, demo days, founder dinners, meetups and workshops. Generic networking filler is filtered out. Updated daily.

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20 upcoming events as of 31 August 2026.

## Gamma x Seoul Founders Meetup: Talk Your Way into the U.S.

- Date: Wednesday 2 September 2026, 18:00 (Asia/Seoul)
- Type: Meetup
- Organizer: [Gamma](https://foundercal.com/organizers/gamma)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/gamma-x-seoul-founders-meetup-talk-your-way-into-the-u-s-cmhrjyFIKtTOcu1
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7936?p=md

Gamma와 함께하는, 미국 진출을 준비하는 한국 창업자를 위한 토크 & 워크숍 (노트북 꼭 챙겨오세요!) Gamma, 전 세계 1억 명 넘게 쓰는 AI 프레젠테이션 툴입니다.최근 a16z 리드로 Series B를 마감하면서 기업가치 $2.1B 달러(약 3조 원), ARR $100M 달러(한화 1,400억 원)를 찍었습니다. 정말 흥미로운 점은, Gamma는 현재까지 투자 라운드를 돌며 피치덱을 파워포인트도 구글 슬라이드도 아닌 Gamma 프로덕트로 직접 만들어서 투자를 받았다는 점입니다. 호스트인 저희 Gambassador인…

## Info Session: Startup for Everyone 모두의 창업 Round 2

- Date: Thursday 3 September 2026, 10:30 (Asia/Seoul)
- Type: Workshop
- Venue: Global Startup Center, 165 Yeoksam-ro, Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea
- Organizer: [GLOBAL STARTUP CENTER](https://foundercal.com/organizers/global-startup-center)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/info-session-startup-for-everyone-round-2-4JxuOmYjMzvD1ep
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9742?p=md

Startup For Everyone project 2nd round is officially launching!​The Ministry of SMEs and Startups will give an information session in Global Startup Center (GSC) to help foreign entrepreneurs navigate the guidelines, understand the benefits, and successfully apply.📅 Event Details • Date & Time:…

## Try Everything 2026

- Date: 9 September 2026 – 10 September 2026
- Type: Conference
- Price: Free
- Venue: Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP), 281 Eulji-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul
- Organizer: [Seoul Metropolitan Government](https://foundercal.com/organizers/seoul-metropolitan-government)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/try-everything-2026-2026-09-09
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9048?p=md

Seoul's flagship startup festival, run by the city at DDP every September, and the week the Korean ecosystem opens itself to foreign founders. Two days of startup IR pitching, pre-booked 1:1 meetups with Korean VCs and corporate venture arms, an exhibition floor of Korean AI, robotics and…

## OPEN UP Seoul: Negotiation Tactics for Founders

- Date: Wednesday 9 September 2026, 17:00 (Asia/Seoul)
- Type: Workshop
- Venue: Korea Conference Center, 8 Gangnam-daero 53-gil, Seocho-gu, Seoul
- Organizer: [VentureSquare](https://foundercal.com/organizers/venturesquare)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/open-up-seoul-negotiation-tactics-for-founders-2026-09-09
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9169?p=md

VentureSquare's long-running OPEN UP seminar, this edition built entirely around one question: how does David actually move Goliath. The material is the negotiation a startup keeps losing, pricing to a large customer, terms with an investor, a partnership with a chaebol, where the other side holds…

## Seoul x Roche Diagnostics Startup Sprint Demo Day 2026

- Date: Thursday 10 September 2026, 10:00 (Asia/Seoul)
- Type: Demo Day
- Price: Free
- Venue: Seoul Bio Hub Global Center, 117-3 Hoegi-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul
- Organizer: [Seoul Bio Hub](https://foundercal.com/organizers/seoul-bio-hub)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/seoul-x-roche-diagnostics-startup-sprint-demo-day-2026-2026-09-10
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9046?p=md

Six diagnostics and medical-device startups pitch after a sprint run jointly with Roche Diagnostics, wrapped in a symposium on where in-vitro diagnostics and device innovation are heading. Seoul Bio Hub is the city's bio incubator beside KIST in Hoegi, and the room is hospital clinicians, Roche…

## Builders & Brews: Seoul Hack Edition 🇰🇷⚡️🚀

- Date: Friday 11 September 2026, 17:00 (Asia/Seoul)
- Type: Hackathon
- Venue: WOOMUL, 40 Seongji-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- Organizer: [Builders & Brews](https://foundercal.com/organizers/builders-and-brews)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/builders-and-brews-seoul-hack-edition-4JyKVLAJMNmSE6Q
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9474?p=md

한국어 안내 아래에 영문이 이어집니다. Korean first, English follows below. Builders & Brews Seoul, Bloom과 함께 엽니다 Nebius와 NVIDIA가 공동 주최하는 글로벌 온라인 해커톤, 그리고 Tavily와 함께 전 세계를 도는 Builders & Brews 투어의 서울 파트너로 Bloom이 함께합니다. 이날 모임은 단발 행사로 끝나는 자리가 아니라 글로벌 해커톤으로 이어지는 출발점입니다. 여기에서 팀을 만들고 프로토타입을 시작하면, 이후 10월 말까지 프로젝트를 이어가며…

## AI Tinkerers Seoul: Agents, Everywhere Global Hackathon

- Date: Saturday 12 September 2026, 10:00 (Asia/Seoul)
- Type: Hackathon
- Organizer: [AI Tinkerers Seoul](https://foundercal.com/organizers/ai-tinkerers-seoul)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ai-tinkerers-seoul-agents-everywhere-global-hackathon-2026-09-12
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9045?p=md

A one-day build day on agents that live outside the chat box, run by the Seoul chapter of AI Tinkerers as part of their global hackathon. The chapter launched in July 2026 and has been running monthly demo nights since, with a house rule of live demos and no pitching, so the room is engineers,…

## Founders Salon Seoul #17: Content, IP and Fandom

- Date: Saturday 12 September 2026, 14:00 (Asia/Seoul)
- Type: Meetup
- Venue: Gongdeok, Mapo-gu, Seoul
- Organizer: [Founders Salon](https://foundercal.com/organizers/founders-salon)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/founders-salon-seoul-17-content-ip-and-fandom-2026-09-12
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9043?p=md

A small Seoul salon built around co-founder matching. Founders and solo builders present what they are working on, then rotate through structured coffee chats instead of milling about with a drink. Edition 17 is themed on content, IP and fandom businesses, which is where Korea has a genuine global…

## KDB NextRound 917: Open Pitch Day

- Date: Friday 18 September 2026, 15:30 (Asia/Seoul)
- Type: Pitch
- Price: Free
- Venue: Korea Development Bank Headquarters, 14 Eunhaeng-ro, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul
- Organizer: [KDB NextRound](https://foundercal.com/organizers/kdb-nextround)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/kdb-nextround-917-open-pitch-day-2026-09-18
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9049?p=md

KDB NextRound is Korea's longest-running startup IR series. The Korea Development Bank has now hosted more than 900 rounds, usually two or three a week, each putting four vetted startups in front of a room of Korean VCs. Open Pitch Day takes walk-ins with no registration, so you can watch teams…

## Daytona HackSprint Seoul 해커톤

- Date: Saturday 19 September 2026, 13:00 (Asia/Seoul)
- Type: Hackathon
- Organizer: [AI Builders](https://foundercal.com/organizers/ai-builders)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/daytona-hacksprint-seoul-F0ei2a3Q6B3MGII
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9475?p=md

Daytona HackSprint 단순한 챗봇의 시대는 끝났습니다. 진정한 AI 애플리케이션은 실시간 데이터를 수집하고, 워크플로우를 자동화하며, 인프라를 관리하고, 프로덕션 환경에서 대규모로 배포되어야 합니다, 이 모든 것이 함께 작동해야 합니다. 실제 AI 시스템을 만들 준비가 되셨다면, 이 해커톤이 바로 당신을 위한 자리입니다. AI Builders가 타이틀 스폰서인 Daytona와 함께하는 실습 중심의 하루 종일 해커톤을 서울에서 개최합니다, 오늘날 에이전트 인프라를 구동하는 오픈소스 런타임으로 프로덕션 급 AI…

## Shipaton 2026: Seoul

- Date: Monday 21 September 2026, 16:00 (Asia/Seoul)
- Type: Hackathon
- Organizer: [Dev Korea](https://foundercal.com/organizers/dev-korea)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/shipaton-2026-seoul-F4HVuGzjuET06gE
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9476?p=md

(영어 뒤에 한국어 번역이 있습니다) Together with our friends at RevenueCat, we're hosting a Shipaton 2026 meetup in Seoul. Shipaton is RevenueCat's global hackathon for builders shipping real apps to real stores, with $700k+ in cash prizes, 9 categories, and a Times Square billboard for the winner. Submissions…

## Agentic Payments Onchain

- Date: Monday 28 September 2026, 18:00 (Asia/Seoul)
- Type: Meetup
- Organizer: Personal
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/agentic-payments-onchain-QU74WDor7gNaeYC
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9743?p=md

Agentic Payments Onchain 행사는 한국어로 진행됩니다.The event is going to be conducted in Korean. Ripple, t54, Tenity, Bloom이 함께하는 KBW 공식 사이드 이벤트입니다. 이런 분들을 환영합니다 • XRPL 및 온체인 AI 인프라에 관심 있는 빌더/개발자 • Agentic payment, x402, MPP, AP2, ACP 등 machine to machine 결제 표준에 관심 있는 분 • 자율 금융 에이전트(autonomous financial…

## Korea Blockchain Week 2026

- Date: 29 September 2026 – 1 October 2026
- Type: Conference
- Venue: Walkerhill Hotels & Resorts, 177 Walkerhill-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul
- Organizer: [FACTBLOCK](https://foundercal.com/organizers/factblock)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/korea-blockchain-week-2026-2026-09-29
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/2943?p=md

Asia's premier crypto event and the gravitational center of the regional Web3 calendar, where the world's most influential token founders, funds and exchanges converge on Seoul. The three days open with the invitation-only Upbit institutional forum before the main conference fans out into a…

## CONNECT by Cointelegraph: Seoul Edition

- Date: Tuesday 29 September 2026, 12:00 (Asia/Seoul)
- Type: Meetup
- Organizer: Personal
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/connect-by-cointelegraph-seoul-edition-HSyy3FwAufu321U
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9568?p=md

Hosted during Korea Blockchain Week, CONNECT by Cointelegraph is a highly curated, community-driven event that brings together leading Web3 founders, builders, investors, and innovators shaping the future of the decentralized ecosystem. Designed to foster meaningful connections and high-value…

## Founder Friends Seoul

- Date: Tuesday 29 September 2026, 18:00 (Asia/Seoul)
- Type: Meetup
- Organizer: [Hustle Fund Events](https://foundercal.com/organizers/hustle-fund-events)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/founder-friends-seoul-s4LdvBpqPYFbreb
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9781?p=md

Let's hang! Join the founder community in Seoul to connect with other founders and hear war stories from a founder who went through the wringer and came out the other side. Meet Ian Park, Venture Partner at Hustle Fund Join Ian Park, Venture Partner at Hustle Fund, as he sits down with Shiyan Koh,…

## Solana Summit Korea 2026

- Date: Wednesday 30 September 2026, 10:00 (Asia/Seoul)
- Type: Conference
- Venue: Yeoui-daero, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul
- Organizer: [Superteam Korea](https://foundercal.com/organizers/superteam-korea)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/solana-summit-korea-2026-2026-09-30
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9050?p=md

The one Korea Blockchain Week satellite that is a working conference rather than a party. Superteam Korea, the Solana Foundation's Korean builder network, puts stablecoin issuance, real-world assets and security token offerings in front of the people who run Korean capital markets, in Yeouido where…

## zerobase tech week II.

- Date: Saturday 10 October 2026, 13:00 (Asia/Seoul)
- Type: Conference
- Venue: SJ.KUNSTHALLE, 5 Eonju-ro 148-gil, Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea
- Organizer: Personal
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/zerobase-tech-week-ii-8PBKjxvGq1df4nx
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/2498?p=md

​🇰🇷 alright tech week part II 🇰🇷 last one was good, but this one is better. ​we just invited the whole silicon valley gang to seoul, south korea. ​we’re flying the most cracked a16z + yc founders & vc's from silicon valley to seoul for zerobase tech week 2026. ​tech week is a conference for…

## Seoul Fintech Week 2026

- Date: 26 October 2026 – 28 October 2026
- Type: Conference
- Venue: Conrad Seoul, 10 Gukjegeumyung-ro, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul
- Organizer: [Seoul Metropolitan Government](https://foundercal.com/organizers/seoul-metropolitan-government)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/seoul-fintech-week-2026-2026-10-26
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9044?p=md

Seoul's own fintech week, three days around Conrad Seoul in Yeouido, the district where every Korean bank and securities house keeps its head office. The centrepiece is the 27 October demo day, where 18 fintech startups picked with IBK Industrial Bank and Naver Cloud pitch domestic and overseas…

## Korea Fintech Week 2026

- Date: 25 November 2026 – 27 November 2026
- Type: Conference
- Venue: aT Center, 27 Gangnam-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul
- Organizer: [Financial Services Commission](https://foundercal.com/organizers/financial-services-commission)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/korea-fintech-week-2026-2026-11-25
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9047?p=md

The Korean financial regulator's annual fintech gathering, in its eighth year, and the one room where the Financial Services Commission, the banks and fintech founders all turn up at once. The 2026 edition runs 35 programmes at the aT Center in Yangjae, including 1:1 investor meetups for fintech…

## COMEUP 2026

- Date: 9 December 2026 – 11 December 2026
- Type: Conference
- Venue: COEX, 513 Yeongdong-daero, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
- Organizer: [Ministry of SMEs and Startups](https://foundercal.com/organizers/ministry-of-smes-and-startups)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/comeup-2026-2026-12-09
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/2940?p=md

Korea's flagship year-end startup festival, billed as "the world's most startup-led event": the entire program is curated and run by founders and startup communities rather than a corporate organizer. Three days at COEX pair the COMEUPSTARS pitch competition for breakout early-stage teams with…