INFINIQ at TechAD Europe 2023 The topic of data privacy has gained significant attention, particularly in Europe. This has resulted in major European companies being hit with hefty fines for failing to adhere to privacy regulation, GDPR. The growing concern for data privacy has caused many to take actions and data anonymization solutions have emerged as an apparent answer to the issue. In a recent announcement at the Tech.AD Europe 2023 in Germany, the AI data specialist, INFINIQ, revealed that it has acquired Good Software (GS) certification grade 1 for its anonymization solution. The GS cert
Tovdata, a personal data protection solution company, announced the formal launch of Plip, a web-based B2B privacy policy documentation tool. Plip, which recently ended its open beta testing period, offers a privacy notice and consent notice document creation and management for startups and companies. It allows easy creation and management of documents such as privacy policies, privacy notices, and consent forms for collecting and using personal information. In addition, it also supports consent forms to give specific and unambiguous information to obtain explicit consents for processing perso
Muhayu, a practical AI technology company that specializes in natural language processing, announced on the 22nd that it has partnered with the job platform Job Korea to offer a self-introduction AI analysis service. Muhayu's service, called 'Prism', will help check for plagiarism in recruitment documents by providing an AI-based evaluation of self-introduction statements. Muhayu has developed and operates Copykiller, a plagiarism checking service that utilizes AI's natural language processing technology. Copykiller is currently used by more than 3025 organizations, including public institutio
Global beauty company Wishcompany announced that its mental wellness brand ‘Mind Nook’ content gained popularity and surpassed a million subscribers. With over 7.2 million subscribers worldwide, Wishcompany has aimed at offering more than just beauty products, producing a variety of content to differentiate itself from others in the industry. Its first effort, Mind Nook, focuses on wellness-themed content designed for global viewers, such as meditation content based on professional theories, ASMR, and more, in line with the growing demand for healing and healthy inspiration. Mind Nook launched
©https://www.gridwiz.com/ Gridwiz, a leading clean energy service provider in Korea, announced that the Skyblue service, Asia’s first commercial e-mobility energy service, now has over 10,000 electric vehicle chargers registered. In December 2020, Gridwiz launched the Skyblue service and became the first company in Asia to commercialize a service that utilizes EVs and EV chargers to participate in the energy market and contribute to the stable operation of the power grid. Gridwiz has been integrating both private and public chargers into the Skyblue platform, and the number of enrollments exce
Photo: left: Yuk Jae-woo COO, right: CEO Lee Ho-min Make4U, the operator of online manufacturing service Your Factory Shop, announced that it has raised seed funding from Bone Angels. The amount of the investment is undisclosed. "Your Factory's service operation method is a good fit, and 'Make4U's CEO Lee Ho-min's understanding of the manufacturing industry is high, so we decided to invest," said Bone Angels. During the open beta test period, 80,000 visitors came to Your Factory to find a manufacturer, out of which KRW 4.6 billion in quotes were generated and KRW 3.2 billion in deals were sign
Doodlin announced on the 8th that it will help recruiters efficiently recruit by linking Genesis Lab's AI video interview solution 'ViewinterHR' to its corporate recruitment management solution 'Greeting'. With this integration, corporate members who are using Greeting and View Inter HR can manage recruitment management such as resume management, interview schedule adjustment, and notification of recruitment results, as well as AI interview screening operations that are recently used by many companies. Recruiters can request to set up an AI video interview without accessing ViewerHR by clickin
AI Fashion startup Looko’s digital closet platform, “Acloset”, has been selected as a Google Play Featured app and will be recommended at the top of the Google Play store's main screen from February 24th to March 2nd. This recognition is awarded to apps that have a user rating of 4.0 or higher and have passed a thorough assessment of their design, technology, and functionality. Acloset allows users to take pictures of their clothes and manage their digital closets from anywhere. With AIbased outfit recommendations, OOTD calendars, and style analysis features, users can enjoy a smart fashion li
Photo : Brant Hwang, CEO of Checker (4th from left), and Jae Man Ahn, CEO of Vesle AI (3rd from left). VESSL AI, an MLOps platform, has entered into a strategic alliance with CHEQUER, an advanced data governance and service organization control solution provider. This collaboration aims to bring enhanced data security to the field of artificial intelligence. This strategic alliance between VESSL AI and CHEQUER marks a new era of secure and compliant AI/ML development and will ensure that the deployment of AI/ML models is done securely and in compliance with regulatory authorities such as ISMS,
Doodlin, a leading enterprise recruitment management solution, today announced that it has secured a follow-on investment of KRW 10.6 billion from Murex Partners and others. This comes 14 months after raising KRW 4.3 billion in Series A funding in 2021. The investment was led by Murex Partners with new participation from Atinum Investments and follow-on investment from existing investors Altos Ventures, FuturePlay, Schmidt, and Primer. This brings the total amount of funding raised to KRW 15.9 billion. Doodlin is the provider of Greeting, an applicant tracking system 'ATS(Applicant Tracking Sy
MGRV, a real estate impact developer that operates the community-based residential service 'Living House Mangrove', announced on February 1 that it has closed a KRW 12.5 billion Series B bridge investment, bringing its total Series B funding to KRW 27.5 billion. The investment follows the company's KRW 15 billion Series B funding in 2021, bringing its total investment to KRW 32.5 billion. The bridge investment was led by TS Investment, with participation from H.B. Investment, E.S. Investor, Seoju Ventures, Simone Asset Management, and Shinhan Asset Management. In an investment market where cor
Pluglink, an electric vehicle (EV) charging platform, announced on the 7th that it signed an investment agreement with KDB KIAMCO, the largest alternative asset manager in Korea, for a total of KRW 15 billion for EV charger assets. Pluglink, acknowledged for its specialty in finance, introduced alternative investments in EV charger assets for the first time in Korea. Pluglink will provide total charging services for more than 7,400 EV chargers through this investment. By signing the investment agreement with KDB KIAMCO, Pluglink raised the investment worth of KRW 17 billion in cumulative asset
ORANG&ORANG Business Package Program, Grenoble, France, with companies/institutions from Daejeon City Established in 2014, ORANG&ORANG, a global business development company, is recruiting 2023 members to cope together in the ‘living with Covid-19’ era. ORANG&ORANG, which provides integrated services related to project planning and business development, has launched a membership service since 2015, leading effective global networking and partnerships with domestic and foreign companies and institutions. ORANG&ORANG currently has about 80 members at home and abroad, and in 2023,
ORANG&ORANG, Hailey Yang CEO To celebrate Tech Seoul's launch, we set off to meet more CEOs representing Korean startups. Firstly we interviewed Hailey Yang, CEO of ORANG&ORANG. The interview was carried out in writing. Good morning, Ms., Hailey Yang. Thank you for taking the time to meet with us today. An interview with Hailey Yang, CEO, Orang & Orang, that supports Korean businesses entering the global market, will be a very interesting and informative moment for Tech Seoul readers. Q. Please introduce your company ORANG&ORANG ORANG&ORANG is a business development and pro
ERANGTEK signed a memorandum of understanding with India‘s VVDN Technologies for development and production cooperation on the 6th at CES 2023 (From left) Puneet Agarwal, CEO of VVDN, Lee Jae Bok, ERANGTEK CEO. ERANGTEK Co., Ltd.announced that it will enter the Indian 5G market in earnest with 5G Multiplexer Cavity Filter by signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with India’s VVDN Technologies for development and production cooperation at CES 2023, the world’s largest consumer electronics and information technology exhibition in Las Vegas on the 6th (local time). When ERANGTEK’s 5G Multip