00:12다음 영상에서 만나요
00:30Platforms are winning
00:31It's Thursday, July 30th
00:34Let's look at what this means for startups and entrepreneurs in Korea
00:39Global capital is rotating toward defense tech, robotics infrastructure, and consumer platforms that have already proven demand
00:47Shinhan Investments move into a German drone and autonomy startup shows Korean institutional capital reaching further into deep tech abroad
00:57Naver's new no-code robot tool, meanwhile, is a bet on becoming the operating layer other companies build on, not
01:04just a single product
01:06Here's what the numbers show
01:08Quantum Systems raised $1.2 billion in its Series D, lifting its valuation to about $8 billion, eight times higher
01:17than a year ago, with Shinhan Investment contributing roughly $14.5 million as the only Korean participant
01:25Naver Labs Europe filed a trademark for ARC Brain Flow, a no-code tool letting non-developers configure robot services
01:34across its ARC operating system
01:36Europe's cosmetics exports from Korea hit $1.596 billion in the first half, edging out North America's $1.57 billion
01:46for the first time
01:48Dalba Global also invested $14.6 billion won, about $10.6 million, for a 33.6% stake in perfume
01:57brand Kuoka, with rights to expand to 90% within three years
02:02So, what does this mean for founders? Earlier, we said platforms are winning
02:07That's the pattern across a defense tech mega-round, a robot OS land grab, and a beauty brand buying category
02:14expansion instead of building it
02:17Capital is rewarding companies that let others build on top of them, whether that's an operating system, a distribution network,
02:24or a licensing structure
02:26If you're raising now, the pitch that resonates is platform leverage, not just product traction
02:32That's today's AI Prism, founders
02:36This episode was produced with AI assistance based on Seoul Economic Daily reporting and reviewed by a human editor
02:43AI Prism is a Juan Ifra award-winning series
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