person

Noh Yong-seok

First vice minister of SMEs and Startups, who framed the licence as making the K-Global Venture Fund a core platform for Asian venture investment.

Current clusters

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Korea hands its venture agenda to a two-term lawmaker on day 61 of the vacancy

Lee So-young's nomination begins the work of putting a confirmed minister back over Korea's SME and startups brief, whose venture-capital and overseas-expansion tasks have so far been stated without a number attached.

Publishers:en.sedaily.com

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption15
Hype gap+20
Incentives60

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MAS hands Korea's state fund-of-funds a licence to raise money as a Singapore local

Korea Venture Investment can now stand up a Variable Capital Company and raise sub-funds in Singapore, which means the state programme will diligence GPs as an MAS-licensed local rather than as a visiting Seoul allocator.

Publishers:en.sedaily.com

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption22