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 Received the Encouragement Award for the ‘Defense Innovation Cluster Startup Support Project Mock IR Pitching Day’ 

This event, held for the second time this year following last year, was prepared to expand the base of defense industry companies, which are recently attracting attention as a key industry in Gyeongnam, to strengthen the competitiveness of defense start-ups, and to strengthen IR capabilities in preparation for attracting investment.

The event jointly held with the Changwon Industry Promotion Agency was attended by Baek Jeong-han, director of the Changwon Industrial Promotion Agency, Heo Young-mu, director of the Defense Innovation Cluster Project, Han Moon-ki, director of Naval Logistics Command, Moon Byeong-jae, director of the Army Comprehensive Maintenance Center, and Oh Byeong-hoo, president of the Korea Military Supplies Export Association. .

In particular, investment companies such as Venture Port Gyeongnam Branch, JS Working Group, Excel Investment, and BI Ventures were also present and showed high interest.

A total of 11 defense start-up companies participated in the pitching day, and the evaluation was conducted based on the same criteria as the competition for practical investment, such as the start-up companies' technology, marketability, business feasibility, and internal capability. Gyeongnam Changwon Industry-University Convergence Institute, Chief Advisory Officer Han Moon-ki, Army Comprehensive Maintenance Center Director Moon Byeong-jae, and Korea Military Supplies Export Association President Oh Byeong-hoo also presented problems and growth directions through the evaluation of defense industry startups.

As a result of the screening, Eray Co., Ltd., which announced the high-power X-ray high-voltage power supply for defense that can output multi-output, won the grand prize and won a prize of 3 million won. OneBase, Inc., Excellence Award, and Neo Health Technology, Inc., were each selected as the grand prize for the grand prize.

The Convergence One provides various services such as △Additional points when applying for new defense business start-up projects △Defense start-up space support △Dedicated consultant designation △Customized intensive coaching △Defense-specialized education △Defense startup analysis and customized accelerating. We plan to strengthen our capabilities with support.

Park Seong-gil, president of Changwon Industry-University Convergence Institute, said, “I hope that this event will serve as an opportunity for participating companies to enhance their ability to attract investment and to lay a foothold for company listing. - We will actively cooperate so that it can develop into a cluster base for growth.”

 2022-08-24  NEWSIS