N15 Partners and the UAE Embassy in Seoul kick off their partnership with the Eco-Bridge Project

N15 Partners has hosted a ‘Competition Event’ as part of the ‘Eco Bridge Project’ with the Embassy of United Arab Emirates in Seoul to source suitable Korean Startups trying to expand their business towards the global market, targeting the United Arab Emirates on 22nd of December.

Eco Bridge Program is a Global Accelerating Program hosted by N15 Partners, focusing on finding start-ups looking for business opportunities in the Emirates, the business mecca for MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region, and assist their global market expansion with regional partners with expertise, assisting soft landing at the foreign market. 

Seven companies have passed the 2-step verification to sort out adequate startups, document review, and face-to-face interview and below is the list of the companies.

1. “Dream Farm”: Vertical Smart Farm Solution Provider
2. “Deep fine” : Metaverse Platform through XR Glass
3. “Vestella Lab” : Indoor/Underground autonomous parking solution
4. “Weplo” : Cost efficient unman UAM/EV inspection solution
5. “Net Stream” : Web base metaverse exhibition solution for museums and events
6. “Double Me” :  Metaverse Solution Linking VR with real life, allowing real time interaction
7. “Pi Quant” : Air, Water Quality monitoring solution through spectroscopy

H.E. UAE Ambassador Abdulla Saif AL Nuaimi, UAE Embassy Head of Economy Saleh Al Shariqi attended the Competition Event and Hamad AL Shamsi from Sharjah FDI Office, Nour AL Hammadi and Alina Mamayeva from Abu Dhabi Holdings as UAE business experts and relevant entity representatives. Also, four venture capitals specialized in foreign direct investment and global funding, Silver Lake Investment, T Investment, LB Investment, and Mirae-Asset Capital, have joined the event to assess companies’ localized business plans and expansion strategies. H.E. Abdullah Saif AL Nuaimi addressed the event and stated, “It is necessary to support global startups with competitive technologies to expand their business to the Emirates for industrial diversification and to lead the upcoming Industry 4.0 revolution.” 

CEO Jeah Huh has repeatedly insisted it is crucial to work alongside startups with brilliant ideas and technologies and assist their global expansion towards the MENA region, thus improving their sustainable growth by opening business opportunities in new markets. N15 Partners is an accelerator certified by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, founded in 2015. They specialize in boosting early-stage startups, accelerating, and creating synergy between conglomerates and startups, finding solutions for conglomerates with startups’ creativeness, Open-Innovation, and helping every entrepreneur to fulfill their dreams of creating a better world. 

N15 Partners have hosted ‘Startup Autobahn’ with Mercedes-Benz AG, providing 15 domestic startups a platform to cooperate with innovative solutions through PoC partnering with conglomerates, including SK Telecom, Hanwha Systems and LG Electronics. As well as helped Korean Startups to expand their business to Singapore through KISEAD (Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development)’s 2022 Global Accelerating Program (Global Market Expansion Program 2022). Also, they have hosted Peru ODA Innovative Entrepreneurship Program, helping Peruvian startups to expand and settle in Korea.