Mobirix, C&2S Sungjin, NVT, iQuest, SoluM, Wider Planet…. These are companies that have already initiated or are promoting IPOs in the new year. Listing on the stock market through public offerings is considered a mirror-like excuse to reflect on which sectors the new growth sprouts are emerging as a new fundraising channel for the company, an asset management tool for investors, and the overall economy It’s just like a cryptogram. When I turn around, I don’t even remember the type of business, so it often becomes worthless. C&2S Sungjin, which was listed on the KOSDAQ market on the 28th, was established in 2003 and then went through Pyeongsan → C&2s → C&2s Easys, and put on its current name tag in 2015. Culture (culture), technology (technology), and together (with us) was named’C&2′. ‘Sungjin’ attached to the back is a company acquired and merged in 2015, and was a company possessing the original technology of air filter (air filter material). C&2S Sungjin manufactures air filters and special masks for air purifiers and vacuum cleaners. Mobirix, which entered the KOSDAQ at the same time as C&2S Sungjin, was established in 2007 and is a mobile game production and supply company. It made its name known through a game called’Brick Breaking Quest’. It is a mission derived from a compound word of mobile and the mathematical term matrix (array). Sunjin Beauty Sciences, which was listed on the KOSDAQ market the day before, is an example that can be reminiscent of the industry relatively easily thanks to the word’beauty’. Founded in 1988, the company makes ingredients used in sunscreen and color cosmetics. On the first day of listing, it started trading at 23,000 won, which is twice the public offering price, and ended at 29900 won, which rose to the daily price limit (30.00%). Finger, which is scheduled to be listed on the KOSDAQ on the 29th, is a fintech specialized company that develops and provides corporate-specific fund management systems and solutions based on IT technology. The company name implies that it is a digital era in which all information is processed at’fingertips’. NBT, the 1st listed on the stock market this year (KOSDAQ on the 21st), is named after’Next Big Thing’, meaning’to create new value outside the frame of the past’. It is widely known as’Cash Slide’, a media platform that uses the mobile phone lock screen as an advertising space. On its homepage, NBT said, “It does not give its members a’to do list’,” and cited the reason “because we believe that the results that will surprise the world are created in an autonomous environment.” SoluM’s mission, the first case of entering the KOSPI market this year (scheduled on February 2), originated from problem solving (solution) and power’module’ (power supply) for TV, the company’s flagship product. It is an electronic component manufacturing company that split from Samsung Electro-Mechanics in 2015. Along with power modules, it is focusing on electronic price indicators (ESL). It recorded a high competition rate of 1167.55 to 1 in demand forecast for institutions and 1147.76 to 1 in general subscription. It is also an example of applying the equal allocation method according to the public offering stock system, which was changed for the first time as a KOSPI listed company. In the demand forecast for institutions, i-Quest, which recorded the highest competition rate of 1504.02 to 1, is writing a mission that includes the meaning of “Quest” for all the “information” in the world. Founded in 1996, it develops and supplies enterprise resource planning (IRP) software such as’How much’. It will be listed on the KOSDAQ on the 5th of next month after receiving general subscription for two days until the 28th. Wider Planet, a big data and artificial intelligence (AI)-based marketing platform company, means “the closer we look, the more we create a’wider world’.” It is scheduled to be listed on the 3rd of next month (KOSDAQ). By Kim Young-bae, staff reporter [email protected]