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Foodtech Summit

The Swiss-Korean Innovation Week 2021 includes a virtual summit for Swiss foodtech startups which is sponsored by CJ CheilJedang, a global food company headquartered in Korea.
Our partners Lighting Up Ventures are providing coaching for five Swiss Foodtech Startups who will participate in the Virtual Summit and in follow-up meetings with CJ. Lighting Up Ventures will focus on helping the startups understand the Korean business environment and help them improve their attractiveness to CJ, as well as to other global food companies they may want to do business with in the future.

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Some of our services

During the Swiss-Korean Innovation Week and other special events, we encourage startups to join our activities and explore the vibrant Korean ecosystem.

Ecosystem Mapping
Market Validation
Meet Manufacturers/Distributors

In cooperation with SBH and other partners
R&D Partner Matching
Demo Showcase
Understanding Business Culture

In cooperation with SBH and other partners

Past activities

Testimonials

Korea is a great entry market in Asia: It has a high quality health care system with large hospitals that can run complex clinical trials and recruit a lot of patients in a short time. Participating to the Swiss-Korean Innovation Week 2019, we networked mostly with investors and hospitals. As a result, a Korean investor invested in hemotune last year, of course further strengthening the relationship to Korea.

Lukas Langenegger CEO, hemotune

I attended the 2020 Swiss-Korean Innovation Week and it was absolutely worth the time. South Korea is the world leader in innovation, is similar to Switzerland in economics, demographics and in many different aspects, therefore, represents the perfect adjactend market to expend to, outside of Switzerland. However, entering the market requires knowledge of the red tape, visa procedure, local culture, etc, which is best covered by a Korean counterpart. S&T Office Seoul was great at not only providing the necessary knowledge and advices on how to enter the Korean market, but also cultivated quality contacts with local businesses in a very trustworthy environment.

Stefan Kuruc CEO, Help'n'Trade