A curated cohort of Korean startups is coming to Singapore, through KOCCA's flagship Launchpad and U-Knock programs, powered by beSUCCESS and Plug and Play.

These founders represent the next wave of innovation across Media, Gaming, EdTech, Entertainment, AI, and Creative Technologies. They're here to connect with investors, corporates, studios, publishers, and platforms, and to explore the funding, pilots, and partnerships that will scale them across Southeast Asia.

🇰🇷 Presenting Startups

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🎬 Content & IP

  • EO Content Group — A proven Korean content studio turning original IP into global entertainment, powered by AI.

  • InkFlock — The operating system for global web novel IP. Undoing Babel: stories with no language barrier between author and reader.

👩🏻‍💻 Creative & Workflow Technology

  • ELBA Corp. — End-to-end AI video workflow SaaS. Planning, feedback, multi-AI generation, editing, and publishing in one context-driven workspace.

  • Mixroom — A cross-platform DAW for music production, with AI assistance and real-time collaboration.

  • Darewalk — AI agents that run global creator marketing for you. Agency-grade campaigns at SaaS speed and cost.

📊 Audience & Consumer Intelligence

  • MyStarChain — Blockchain-verified fan voting that powers fair competitions and global fandoms across Asia.

  • HiStranger — The empathy layer for AI, converting EEG, PPG, facial expression, gaze, and pupil dynamics into actionable emotion insights.

  • Blackhoods Inc. — AI infrastructure for customer growth. Curi AI turns conversations into customer intelligence; WAME grows global gaming and digital communities.

🧑🏻‍🏫 Learning & EdTech

  • DeepSkill — An AI tutor that builds critical thinking through Socratic dialogue on real business decisions.

  • Budit — AI-powered, personalized learning content for children, from first words to independent thinking.

⏰ Agenda

13:00 – 13:30 🎟️ Check-in & Welcome Networking

13:30 – 13:40 🎤 Opening & Welcome Remarks from KOCCA

13:40 – 14:25 🚀 Startup Showcase, Round 1

14:25 – 14:35 ☕ Intermission

14:35 – 15:20 🚀 Startup Showcase, Round 2

15:20 – 15:30 🤝 MOU & Partnership Ceremony

15:30 – 17:30 🥂 Networking & Biz Matching Food and drinks provided!

⭐️ About the Partners

Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA)The Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) is a South Korean government agency dedicated to fostering the growth and global expansion of Korea’s creative content industry.KOCCA supports companies across broadcasting, game, music, animation, comics, IP, digital content, and emerging technologies. It provides comprehensive support, ranging from planning and production to business growth, investment, and overseas market entry.Through its global partnerships and networks, KOCCA connects innovative Korean content companies with new markets and opportunities worldwide.

beSUCCESSOne of Korea's longest-standing startup media and ecosystem partners. For over a decade it has helped Korean founders expand abroad through PR, acceleration, and investor matching, with partners across the US, Singapore, Japan, Dubai, and the UK.

Plug and PlayThe leading global innovation platform and early-stage investor, headquartered in Silicon Valley, connecting startups with Fortune 500 corporations across 20+ industries. Its APAC office was the company's first outside the US, giving founders direct access to partners and investors across the region.