Startup Company Dispatched by KNU Wins in Two Categories at International Startup Competition
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South Korea's representative startup 'Pluviophile' wins in two categories, including 2nd Place in the Global Finals, at the CBC World Championships held in Denmark.
A startup company dispatched by Kyungpook National University has won two awards at an international startup competition.
It was announced on July 5th that the South Korean startup Pluviophile (CEO Kwon Seo-hyun), dispatched by the KNU Kim Won-gil Startup School to the Creative Business Cup (CBC) World Championships held in Copenhagen, Denmark, won in two categories, the CBC Global Finals and the CBC Women Entrepreneurs Award.
Pluviophile is a startup company that developed Dr. Doji, an AI sleep doctor. The startup won the Grand Prize at the domestic CBC KOREA Competition held last year, and thus qualified to participate in the CBC World Championships this year as Korea's representative.
The CBC is an international entrepreneurship competition hosted by the Danish Center for Cultural and Experience Economy (CKO). Startups are selected from around the world to compete based on their creative ideas and business feasibility. The competition has been held annually since 2010 in Copenhagen, Denmark. A total of 29,000 euros are awarded, including 7,000 euros for First Place and 3,000 euros for Second Place, and participating startups are also provided with opportunities to promote themselves to investors. CBC partners with more than 70 countries around the world to select startups representing each country. KNU’s Kim Won-gil Startup School is the CBC Korean partner and thus holds the right to select the Korean national team.
The KNU Kim Won-gil Startup School hosts the domestic CBC KOREA Competition together with Korea Gas Corporation, Beiner Co., Ltd., and the Daegu Creative Economy Innovation Center, who select representative Korean startups across various fields to actively support in their advancement to the CBC World Championships.
KNU Professor Emeritus Lee Jang-woo, the president of Kim Won-gil Startup School, noted, “Winning two categories at the CBC World Championships is a first for Korea, and it represents world recognition of the startup’s potential for growth as a preliminary unicorn company. In particular, such corporate recognition is expected to increase significantly, and opportunities to attract foreign investment are expected to expand. We will continue to actively support domestic startup companies toward advancement into global markets.”
A startup company dispatched by Kyungpook National University has won two awards at an international startup competition.
It was announced on July 5th that the South Korean startup Pluviophile (CEO Kwon Seo-hyun), dispatched by the KNU Kim Won-gil Startup School to the Creative Business Cup (CBC) World Championships held in Copenhagen, Denmark, won in two categories, the CBC Global Finals and the CBC Women Entrepreneurs Award.
Pluviophile is a startup company that developed Dr. Doji, an AI sleep doctor. The startup won the Grand Prize at the domestic CBC KOREA Competition held last year, and thus qualified to participate in the CBC World Championships this year as Korea's representative.
The CBC is an international entrepreneurship competition hosted by the Danish Center for Cultural and Experience Economy (CKO). Startups are selected from around the world to compete based on their creative ideas and business feasibility. The competition has been held annually since 2010 in Copenhagen, Denmark. A total of 29,000 euros are awarded, including 7,000 euros for First Place and 3,000 euros for Second Place, and participating startups are also provided with opportunities to promote themselves to investors. CBC partners with more than 70 countries around the world to select startups representing each country. KNU’s Kim Won-gil Startup School is the CBC Korean partner and thus holds the right to select the Korean national team.
The KNU Kim Won-gil Startup School hosts the domestic CBC KOREA Competition together with Korea Gas Corporation, Beiner Co., Ltd., and the Daegu Creative Economy Innovation Center, who select representative Korean startups across various fields to actively support in their advancement to the CBC World Championships.
KNU Professor Emeritus Lee Jang-woo, the president of Kim Won-gil Startup School, noted, “Winning two categories at the CBC World Championships is a first for Korea, and it represents world recognition of the startup’s potential for growth as a preliminary unicorn company. In particular, such corporate recognition is expected to increase significantly, and opportunities to attract foreign investment are expected to expand. We will continue to actively support domestic startup companies toward advancement into global markets.”