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The TC Meetup + Pitch-off is heading to Seoul, SK on October 27
Get ready for the TC Meetup + Pitch-off in Seoul, because we’ll be there soon. On October 27, the TC team will descend on South Korea to hold one of…
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TechCrunch is headed to Seoul, South Korea and we can’t wait to see what kind of gadgets and services are coming out of one of the biggest technology hubs in…
Samsung and SK Telecom to launch world’s first nationwide network for the Internet of Things in South Korea
Samsung Electronics said today that it will partner with SK Telecom to build a LoRaWAN network for the Internet of Things that will cover all of South Korea. The two…
Korean On-Demand Cleaning Startup WaHome Scores $1M In Seed Funding
WaHome, a Seoul-based on-demand home cleaning service, has landed $1 million in seed funding, which it will use to hire more engineers, build features for its Android and iOS apps,…
Lessons from Seoul’s Two Sharing Economies
As a Fulbright grantee, I spent part of the last year researching the sharing economy in Seoul. One of my main findings? Korea actually has two. The first is small-scale,…
Leading Seoul Accelerator SparkLabs Presents Its Fifth Startup Batch
With its high smartphone penetration rate, extremely speedy broadband, and government support, South Korea’s startup ecosystem is one of the most notable in Asia. SparkLabs, one of Seoul’s top accelerators…
Inspired By Bauhaus Design, ShapeKit Lets Kids Create Gorgeous Animations
Being a child is awesome because every little thing is an adventure. Rolling over, sitting up, eating solids, making letters, telling time–life is one milestone after another. As a jaded…
And The Winners Of TechCrunch’s First Meetup In Seoul Are…
Last Thursday we held our first TechCrunch meetup in Seoul, Korea, in association with Campus Seoul from Google.
Here’s The Agenda For The TechCrunch Meetup In Seoul On April 16
This Thursday, TechCrunch is staging our first Pitch-off and Meet-Up in Seoul, South Korea, in collaboration with Google Campus. With just over 48 hours to go, we wanted to give…
Meet The Startups That Will Pitch At The TechCrunch Meetup in Seoul
The TechCrunch Meetup in Seoul presented by Campus Seoul is set for April 16 at the aA Design Museum and we’re thrilled to announce the startups vying for your attention…
Daum Kakao Debuts Uber Rival KakaoTaxi In South Korea
Daum Kakao, the maker of South Korea’s most popular messaging app, launched KakaoTaxi in Korea today. The new service is a potentially strong competitor to Uber and is the beginning…
TechCrunch Meetup + Pitch-Off is Coming To Seoul Next Month
TechCrunch is thrilled to be heading to South Korea in a few short weeks, and we want to see all you Seoul techies there! On April 16, several TechCrunch writers…
With $29M In Funding, Memebox Brings Korean Beauty Products To The World
For many people around the world, their exposure to Korean pop culture is still limited to the aural and visual wonders of Psy’s “Gangnam Style” video. In much of Asia,…
Ridibooks, which claims to be South Korea’s largest e-book vendor, announced that it has raised a $8 million Series B to improve its user experience and reach new customers. Investors…
Global Hackathon Seoul Will Be The First Event Of Its Kind Sponsored By The City’s Government
Seoul’s city government hopes to get more people interested in its startup scene by sponsoring Global Hackathon Seoul, which will take place from July 29 to August 1, 2015. According…
Korean E-commerce Leader Coupang Raises $300M Led By BlackRock
Seoul-based Coupang, an online retailer, announced today that it has raised an impressive $300 million in new funding led by BlackRock Private Equity Partners, with participation from Wellington Management Company,…
Goldman Sachs Invests $36M In Korean Food Delivery App Baedal Minjok
Seoul-based startup Woowa Brothers, which operates food delivery app Baedal Minjok, has announced that it has raised a 40 billion won (about $36 million) round led by Goldman Sachs. The…
Google To Open Campus For Startups In Seoul
Google will open a new space for entrepreneurs in Seoul, the company announced today. Called a Campus, it will include co-working spaces, programs like Campus for Moms, CampusEDU, and office…
AppCam Lets Android App Developers Capture Videos Of User Activity For A/B Testing
Freshly launched, AppCam is an SDK that allows Android developers to capture videos of user activity in their apps. The startup says AppCam is the first such service developed especially…
KakaoTalk Launches Its First Desktop Client For Mac
KakaoTalk has launched its first desktop client for Mac, which is currently available in Korean and English. The release, which can potentially help South Korea’s top messaging service score more…
Peer-To-Peer File Sharing Service Send Anywhere Raises $1M Seed Round
Like Dropbox, Box, and Google Drive, ESTmob’s Send Anywhere offers file sharing–but with a key difference. Instead of first saving files to cloud storage, Send Anywhere enables users to share…
With $3M Total In Funding, Shakr Makes Video Ads Affordable For Small Businesses
Shakr Media announced today that has raised a total of $3 million in funding to expand its tech platform, which enables small companies to automatically create video clips from snippets…
SparkLabs Korea Presents Third Demo Day, Launches Hardware Accelerator In Seoul
SparkLabs Korea launched just 18 months ago, but the Seoul-based accelerator already has a strong track record. Its third Demo Day today featured companies that develop wearable technology, medical devices,…
Seoul-Based Accelerator SparkLabs’ Latest Class Includes Wearable Tech And Mobile Game Makers
SparkLabs has unveiled the latest group of startups participating in its Seoul-based accelerator program. The current batch includes locally-based companies, as well as teams from Tokyo, San Francisco and Chicago.…
SparkLabs Presents Its Second Demo Day In Seoul With Eight Startups
SparkLabs, the accelerator that brings Silicon Valley mentorship to Seoul’s young startup ecosystem, presented its second Demo Day today. It also added 12 new people to its roster of over…
Uber has begun testing its taxi calling app in Seoul, the startup’s second stop in Asia.
SK Telecom will begin building out Wave 2 of the WiBro network in Seoul after successfully sending HD video across the network in real time. Under optimal conditions this new…
CrunchExclusive: Hands on with the Samsung G800 [UPDATED with video]
Turn down the audio. They’re just talking about the new Halloween movie Is it possible to go a day without Samsung announcing a world’s first? Not likely. During my recent…
This banner is splashed across every LG building in Gumi. If you’ve been to Seoul or if you haven’t then let me tell you how big Samsung’s presence is in…
During my stay in Korea, I was privy to visit one of Samsung’s manufacturing plants in Gumi, which is referred to as the Gumi complex (the largest mobile phone manufacturer…