<Anchor> As the
corona crisis has prolonged, domestic startups that require investment are struggling.
Reporters Labor Gyu report on startups struggling to get overseas investment.
<Reporter> If
you open your upper lip and hold your phone camera, AI analyzes the likelihood of tooth decay or gum disease.
This is a dental self-diagnosis app made by a startup in Busan with Dental University Hospital.
Corona was faced with a search for overseas expansion to gather oral data from around the world and use it for telemedicine.
[Go Tae-yeon /'Oral Self-Diagnosis App' Startup CEO: Meeting is the most important thing. It is important to come and go as a document, but there will be nuances that can be felt there while looking at the face, talking and talking.] For the
time being, I have no choice but to use the video conference app.
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Video connection with Taiwanese buyers arranged by KOTRA.
[To be able to turn left and right like this... .]
The representative of this startup, who went directly to the demonstration of a massage device, lay down on a cramped sofa despite his face to show performance.
[CEO Shin Woo-Yeul/Health Goods Startup: After the second new product came out, we were planning to pioneer the overseas market in earnest, but this year, if this is an overseas exhibition or this part was canceled, we were forced to find an alternative.]
It is not only because of the size of the market that startups desperately tap the overseas market.
Domestic venture investments, which increased by double digits every year, fell for the first time in the first quarter of last year, and startups are losing money.
[Daehee Kim/ Head of Business Planning Dept., Korea Venture Capital Association: (Investor and Startup) The face-to-face process is very important. In fact, because you can get a lot of information there… (Because of the corona) The parts I met in person were a little less. We expect to actively invest in companies that have been reviewed since the second half of the year.] The
government will announce next month's plan to limit the number of venture capital firms to large-scale holding companies to promote venture investment.
(Video editing: Park player, CG: Kyuyeon Kim, VJ: Min-gu Jung)
Dry start-up in Corona… Promotional exhibition thrown all over the body
2020-06-20T12:45:48.137Z
As the corona crisis has prolonged, domestic startups that require investment are struggling. Reporters Labor Gyu report on startups struggling to get overseas investment. When you open your upper lip and hold your phone camera, AI analyzes the likelihood of tooth decay or gum disease.
Source: sbskr