(From left) Spark Lab CEO Kim Yu-jin, Han Se Yes 24 Holdings Vice Chairman Kim Seok Hwan, Han Se Yes 24 Partners Lee Se Ho
Spark Lab and Hanse Yes 24 Partners will support discovery and fostering of excellent startups.
Hanse Yes 24 Partners is an accelerator established by Hanse Yes 24 Holdings Group earlier this year to actively invest in excellent startups that combine innovation and growth. Hanse Yes 24 Holdings Group, which has been continuously interested in the startup ecosystem and support for early startups, was launched with the aim of more professional investment, fulfilling social responsibilities, and securing the group’s new growth engine.
SparkLab is a global accelerator established in 2012 and has been operating a total of 16 programs and discovering and fostering more than 140 excellent startups to attract follow-up investment and advance into overseas markets. Representative portfolios include Mimibox (MBX), Genoplan, Blocko, Wanted Lab, and Ensing, with an average follow-up investment rate of 78.5 percent.
The gist of this agreement is to discover and jointly invest in startups with female entrepreneurs with high growth potential, and to activate mentoring, follow-up investment linkage, and promotion support so that these companies can leap forward. To this end, the two companies plan to start a full-fledged collaboration with companies participating in the Spark Lab’s 17th accelerator program, which will start recruiting on the 22nd.
In particular, we plan to provide mentoring and business networks to start-ups that have a business relationship with Hanse Yes 24 Holdings’ affiliates, such as contents, e-commerce, platform, blockchain, fashion, etc. .
SparkLab CEO Kim Yu-jin said, “Recently, female entrepreneurs are making remarkable progress all over the world, ranging from fashion and e-commerce to deep tech areas such as artificial intelligence and big data.” “Pulfit, Closet Share, Instant Tattoo, etc. “We will gather the know-how of SparkLab, which has been discovering high-capacity female startups, and the know-how of Hanse Yes 24 Holdings Group, which has a representative brand loved by the public in the fields of books, contents, and fashion, to provide various support.
Seok-Hwan Kim, Vice Chairman of Hanse Yes24 Holdings, said, “We are pleased to have the opportunity to collaborate with SparkLab, which has contributed to the initial investment ecosystem for a long time.” He expressed his aspirations.