Challenge! K-Startup
Provides National startup competition to pre-entrepreneurs and early-stage founders, supporting long-term sustainable commercialization and growth.
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Challenge! K-Startup is a nationwide Korean startup competition run through KISED and the Ministry of SMEs and Startups. It recognizes prospective entrepreneurs and startup CEOs within three years of founding across all industries, with an emphasis on national visibility rather than a single sector or technology track.
The program offers roughly KRW 1.4 billion in total prize money across 20 fina…
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