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00:32Let's look at what this means for startups and entrepreneurs in Korea.
00:37Korea's startup capital has been concentrated in the Seoul metropolitan area for years.
00:42The government is now routing mother fund money into 14 non-capital regions to change that.
00:48Two of those vehicles landed on the same day.
00:51Here's what the numbers show.
00:52John Buck's regional growth fund closed at $100 billion won, about $71 million, with $60 billion won from the state
01:00mother fund and 17 institutions participating, including Hyundai Motor Group.
01:06The Ministry of SMEs and startups plans $450 billion won this year and more than $2 trillion won, roughly $1
01:14.4 billion, of mother fund capital over five years across five selected regions.
01:21Changbuk will spend $707.2 billion won, about $505 million through 2030, including a $45 billion won startup park in
01:31Osong.
01:32Matter of fact, Changbuk's startup survival rate drops from 65.1% at year one to 35.5% at
01:40year five and 27.1% at year seven.
01:43The province will launch a $100 billion won startup fund and a $100.7 billion won regional growth mother fund,
01:51alongside a $300 billion won four-city chengcheng vehicle.
01:56Naver's cloud digital twin platform was adopted as Saudi Arabia's national standard after mapping 6,800 square kilometers and more
02:05than 920,000 buildings.
02:07So, what does this mean for founders weighing a move into Korea?
02:11Earlier, we said Korea is pushing more than a trillion won of public capital outside Seoul.
02:17Here's what that actually means for you.
02:19Non-capital regions now come with match public money, subsidized space, and a named sub-fund pipeline instead of a
02:25one-off grant.
02:26The survival curve is the counterweight because capital closes the seed gap, not the year five gap.
02:33Watch the Ministry of SMEs and startup sub-fund tender opening in September against Jianbuk's $180 billion won target.
02:42Watch the Ministry's startup city competition, worth $60 billion won in state funding, that Changbuk is bidding for.
02:49Watch the Industry Ministry's $310 billion won advanced textile program for 2028 to 2034, which drew more than 200 companies
02:58in its demand survey.
03:00That's today's AI Prism Founders.
03:03This episode was produced with AI Assistants based on Seoul Economic Daily reporting and reviewed by a human editor.
03:10AI Prism is a Juan Ifra award-winning series. We'll be back tomorrow.
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