Block Odyssey, a company specialized in blockchain solutions, has announced the official launch of 'TRACKS,' an NFT platform based on soccer player performance data, in collaboration with Fit Together, a sports data analysis company. TRACKX is one of the NFT businesses that Block Odyssey and Fit Together collaborate on. It is a service that converts performance data of soccer players collected during actual K-League games into digital sports trading NFT cards and offers them exclusively through Trax's platform. Users who purchase a club-specific NFT player card on the TRACKX platform will be a
Korean AI FinTech company, Quantit, has announced that it has secured a KRW 30 billion ($26.2 million) Series A investment from Smilegate Holdings. The company aims to commercialize asset management services based on big data and digital technology. Quantit completed its Series A round with the additional investment from Smilegate Holdings, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary and plans to become a global top-tier entertainment group in the next 20 years, as well as to foster the global financial sector. Quantit will collaborate with Smilegate to achieve innovation in digital technology-b
MediBloc announced on the 7th that it has completely renewed the medical information mobile service 'Medipass'. Medipass, a simple insurance claim service operated by MediBlock, is an integrated medical information mobile service that has been used by more than 600,000 patients of 14 large hospitals since its launch in 2017. Through this renewal, Medipass has completely revamped its BI, completely revamped the app screen design, implemented a health information management service dashboard, added family management functions, issued certificates, and built a personalized service environment for
Lifegoeson Corp, which operates a non-face-to-face mobile laundry service "LaundryGo," announced on the 8th that it will expand its service area in LaundryGo, focusing on new cities in the southwest and northeast of the Seoul metropolitan area. LaundryGo has expanded its service centering on new towns such as Dasan New Town and Byeollae New Town in Namyangju, Galmae New Town in Guri, and Homaesil District in Suwon. In addition, the service was launched for the first time in Ansan City, and customers were able to use it in the Sangnok-gu area. These areas, where service requests have been flood
Personal eyewear startup 'breezm' announced on Feb. 3 that it has secured a Series A investment of KRW 5.4 billion. The investment was led by existing investor Seoul Techno Holdings (Seoul National University Holdings), with new investors including Industrial Bank of Korea and Translink Investment. This brings the cumulative investment to Krw 10 billion. 'breezm' uses innovative technologies such as 3D printing, 3D scanning, and AI style recommendations to create personalized eyewear. Since its inception in 2017, the company has been offering 1:1 personal consultations between professional opt
Startup accelerator Kimgisa LAB announced on February 1 that it is recruiting for the 5th Generation program, Kimgisa LAB, which provides investment support for the growth of promising and passionate startups. The selected startups will receive a variety of benefits, including an investment of up to KRW 300 million or more, close mentoring from Kimgisa for three months, special lectures by successful domestic and foreign founders and networking with industry experts, a private demo day with investors, a TIPS program, and opportunities to attract follow-on investment. Startups within three year
Mayacrew.inc, the influencer marketing platform superchart.com, has announced the launch of a new feature for NAVER bloggers: automatic blog post generation using ChatGPT. By integrating ChatGPT into the Super Members app, which is already popular among NAVER bloggers, users can create high-quality blog posts in minutes. With ChatGPT's advanced language processing capabilities, app users can expect accurate and well-written content that aligns with their brand voice and messaging. June Ho Oh, CEO of Mayacrew.inc, said, "We are very excited to bring this innovative feature to our users. With Ch
The Korean promising ag-tech startup, AG-Uni, is starting its first global business in the United States. When people thought that agriculture as only a matter of making a living, AG-Uni looked furthermore. In the future, agriculture could be a cure for cancer, meant for vegetarians, and a very important way to protect the planet's environment. AG-Uni started the business with the idea to connect the world and humanity closer through agriculture. AG-Uni wants to "simplify complex supply chains" and realize "system production and custom manufacturing" with the technology and network necessary f
LionRocket, an AI startup aiming to shift the paradigm in the content market through generative AI, brings on board Hongmo Je as Chief Research Officer. Hongmo Je, LionRocket’s new CRO, graduated from POSTECH with a master’s degree in computer science & engineering and completed a doctorate in machine learning based computer vision. He has been making noticeable achievements in the field of AI-based computer vision throughout his 20-year career. As an early member of Olaworks, a computer vision startup, he was the head of AI research team from 2009. After Olaworks was acquired by Intel in
PMx, a start-up specializing in medical AI, participated in the Radiological Society of North America 2022 (RSNA 2022) in Chicago, USA, to demonstrate its medical AI solutions and to present a research abstract. Marking its 108th anniversary, RSNA 2022 is the world's largest radiology society and technology exhibition held every year since 1915, with more than 500,000 radiologists and industry officials participating to share the latest academic achievements and industry information. RSNA 2022 is expected to attract the largest crowd since COVID-19. PMx will exhibit product introduction and pr
SOSLAB announced the release of its next-generation 3D solid-state LiDAR ‘ML-X’ for automotive lamps at the CES 2023 to be held in Las Vegas from January 5 to 8. SOSLAB recently unveiled the ML-X, its new product that minimized size while enhancing range performance and resolution by over double compared to its previous version. ML-X tripled angular resolution (0.5° to 0.208° @ FOV 120°), and is drastically reduced in its overall size and weight to 9.5x5.0x10.2 (cm3) and 860g, respectively, by adopting an exclusive SOC (system on chip) for laser control in the transmission unit. In addition, t
INFINIQ is introducing its data anonymization solution to visitors at Autonomous Vehicle Expo 2022 in San Jose. INFINIQ, the leading AI data company in South Korea, has introduced a data anonymization solution that automatically detects and anonymizes all identifiable faces and license plates in videos and images captured. It can blur out or use Deepfake technology to anonymize personal information in real-time with over 99% accuracy on a large scale. The solution can be installed into the built-in logging system of a data logging vehicle or in various other ways including on-premises, cloud,
An e-commerce beauty community, Wishtrend operated by global beauty content company Wishcompany (CEO Soungho Park) announced that it has successfully completed its 6-month run of the first term of Teman Wishtrend, the first local ambassador program in Indonesia. “Teman Wishtrend” is an ambassador program that was designed to improve accessibility for customers in places that the global e-commerce company, Wishtrend, cannot directly ship to. A total of 620 local micro-influencers signed up for this program, and 51 were selected as “Teman” to partake in various activities. In the first welcome k
The GICELL presents preclinical data of T.O.P. NK at SITC in Boston, MA, USA. (Photo provided by GICELL) GICELL announced the data from the preclinical studies on T.O.P. NK (Tumor targeting, Optimally Primed NK), an allogeneic NK cell therapy which had been presented at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) held in Boston, MA, US. The SITC is one of the world's top three cancer societies and has been known as the largest conference in the field of immuno-oncology. The company presented the preclinical study results as a poster titled “Highly potent Tumor-targeting Optimally Primed Nat