The next chapter of Korean content starts here! 🙌

18 Korean content technology startups are coming to Singapore through Launchpad x U-KNOCK, KOCCA's flagship global programs, powered by beSUCCESS and Plug and Play.

Working across Content, Gaming, Immersive, EdTech, AI, and Creative Technology, they're here to meet investors, corporates, studios, distributors, and platforms across Southeast Asia.

Join us to see what's next in Korean content!

⏰ Agenda

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

13:30 – 13:45 🎤 Opening & Welcome Remarks from KOCCA

13:45 – 14:30 🚀 Startup Showcase, Round 1

14:30 – 14:45 ☕ Intermission

14:45 – 15:30 🚀 Startup Showcase, Round 2

15:30 – 15:45 🤝 MOU & Partnership Ceremony

15:45 – 17:30 🥂 Networking & Biz Matching Food and drinks provided!

🚀 Presenting the 18 Launchpad x U-KNOCK Startups!

🧠 Enterprise AI

  • ʟᴀᴜɴᴄʜᴘᴀᴅ Blackhoods - AI-powered infrastructure platforms Curi AI for fast customer research through voice surveys and interviews, and WAME for global game discovery and community.

  • ᴜ-ᴋɴᴏᴄᴋ Emotionwave - Emotional AI infrastructure that detects and interprets human emotion for the global content industry.

  • ʟᴀᴜɴᴄʜᴘᴀᴅ HiStranger - Building a multimodal Emotion AI solution that reads biometric signals (EEG, PPG, facial expression, gaze, pupil) and converts them into emotion data AI can act on.

🎬 Content & IP

  • ᴜ-ᴋɴᴏᴄᴋ AIMZ Media - AI-native studio producing broadcast, government, and brand content, now building its own original animation IP.

  • ʟᴀᴜɴᴄʜᴘᴀᴅ EO Content Group - A proven Korea-based IP content studio using AI to turn original IP into global entertainment.

  • ʟᴀᴜɴᴄʜᴘᴀᴅ InkFlock - The operating system for global web novel IP, vertically integrating IP sourcing, AI localization, and global publishing, to remove the language barrier between author and reader.

  • ʟᴀᴜɴᴄʜᴘᴀᴅ MyStarChain - Blockchain-verified fan voting platform enabling fair competitions and global fandom engagement across Asia.

👩🏻‍💻 Creative & Workflow Technology

  • ʟᴀᴜɴᴄʜᴘᴀᴅ Darewalk - Developing Collabpie, an AI-native platform that automates creator marketing end-to-end, providing agency-grade campaigns at a fraction of the cost.

  • ʟᴀᴜɴᴄʜᴘᴀᴅ ELBA Corp. - YouViCo is an end-to-end AI video SaaS that takes a project from planning and feedback through multi-AI generation, editing, and publishing in one workspace.

  • ʟᴀᴜɴᴄʜᴘᴀᴅ Mixroom - A a cloud-based cross-platform music production studio (DAW) with AI assistance and real-time collaboration.

🎮 Games, XR & Immersive

  • ᴜ-ᴋɴᴏᴄᴋ Anchor Node - An AI-native game studio that produces launch-ready titles from game and content IP, faster and cheaper.

  • ᴜ-ᴋɴᴏᴄᴋ Bauer Lab - Builds physical immersive spaces for consumers, combining theme-park engineering with original IP.

  • ᴜ-ᴋɴᴏᴄᴋ Dobby Canvas - Builds AI-native interactive games from webnovel and webtoon IP on its own generative pipeline.

  • ᴜ-ᴋɴᴏᴄᴋ Hypercent - A global game studio creating original PC co-op horror titles for Steam through fast, data-driven development.

  • ᴜ-ᴋɴᴏᴄᴋ Sharebox - Builds physical multi-sensory XR spaces (projection, scent, wind, 3D sound) for retail popups, exhibitions, and public venues.

🧑🏻‍🏫 Learning & EdTech

  • ʟᴀᴜɴᴄʜᴘᴀᴅ Budit - EdTech company building personalized AI learning content for children, from first words to independent thinking.

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

  • ᴜ-ᴋɴᴏᴄᴋ HDM - Home edutainment built around Shadow Beam, a projection system that brings interactive, hands-on learning to kids.

🙋🏻‍♀️ Investor or strategic partner?

ʟᴀᴜɴᴄʜᴘᴀᴅ Request private 1:1 meetings on Business Matching Day on October 29th → [Registration Link]ᴜ-ᴋɴᴏᴄᴋ Request private 1:1 meetings on Business Matching Day on October 29th → Link to be shared!

⭐️ About the Partners

Organized by 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.with beSUCCESS (U-KNOCK)One 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 Play (Launchpad)The 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.