Startup Growth Technology Development
Funds early-stage Korean startups across regional, women-led, and commercialization tracks for technology development.
The Startup Growth Technology Development programme — commonly known by its Korean name 창업성장기술개발사업 and branded as Stepping Stone (디딤돌) — is administered by TIPA (Korea Technology and Information Promotion Agency for SMEs) under the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS). It is one of the ten core R&D grant programmes TIPA executes from the 2026 MSS SME R&D budget of KRW 2.2 trillion, a record allocat…
Funds R&D by early-stage Korean startups through Stepping Stone first-attempt support and Leap commercialisation tracks — to develop and bring technology products to market.
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