POSCO
IDEA MARKET PLACE

"POSCO Idea Market Place" is an external startup discovery and support program, which was created for the initial discovery and growth support of promising startups, as well as for the discovery of new future businesses for the POSCO Group, the first such program by a large corporation.


We aim to utilize all of POSCO's capabilities to support the birth of venture companies that are even bigger than POSCO and to help them leap into global business leaders.

POSCO IMP
Benefits

POSCO IDEA MARKET PLACE offers comprehensive and systematic startup support to help our selected teams unlock their full potential.

Seed Investment of Up To 500M
(KRW)


Immediate seed investment of 100 million to 500 million KRW per company upon selection

TIPS program


Recommendation for R&D projects supported by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (up to 700 million KRW in government matching funds)

Global Expansion


Support for participation such as Startup World Cup, and Consumer Electronics Show (CES)

Collaboration with POSCO Group companies


The opportunity to partner with POSCO Biz and POSCO Venture Fund

Collaboration with
Seoul Business Agency (SBA)


Support for business commercialization resource & Proof of Concept (PoC) funding of up to 10M (KRW) & funds for global market expansion


Providing office space at the Seoul Startup Hub in Gongdeok and access to the POSCO Collaboration Zone workspace

Specialty consulting


Consultation in legal, accounting/tax, labor, patent, and other specialized fields

Support for connecting with
partners


Connecting your business with our partner companies such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Notion, Naver Cloud, Kmong, and others

POSCO
IDEA MARKET PLACE

"POSCO Idea Market Place" is an external startup discovery and support program, 

which was created for the initial discovery and growth support of promising startups, 

as well as for the discovery of new future businesses for the POSCO Group.


We aim to utilize all of POSCO's capabilities to support the birth of venture companies 

that are even bigger than POSCO and to help them leap into global business leaders.

POSCO IMP
BENEFITS

POSCO IDEA MARKET PLACE offers

comprehensive and systematic startup

support to help our selected teams

unlock their full potential.

Seed Investment of

Up To 500 M (KRW)


Immediate seed investment of 100 million to 500 million KRW per company upon selection

Global Expansion


Support for participation such as Startup World Cup, Consumer Electronics Show (CES)

Collaboration with Seoul Business Agency (SBA)


Support for business commercialization resource & Proof of Concept (PoC) funding of up to 5M (KRW) 


Providing office space at the Seoul Startup Hub in Gongdeok and access to the POSCO Collaboration Zone workspace


Support for connecting with partners 


Connecting your business with our partner companies such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Notion, Naver Cloud, Kmong, and others

TIPS program


Recommendation for R&D projects supported by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (up to 700 million KRW in government matching funds)

Collaboration with POSCO Group companies 


The opportunity to partner with POSCO Biz and POSCO Venture Fund

Specialty consulting 


Consultation in legal, accounting/tax, labor, patent, and other specialized fields

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Join the

POSCO IDEA MARKET PLACE

and turn your innovative ideas into reality!

The POSCO IDEA MARKET PLACE offers comprehensive startup support,

including seed investment, TIPS program recommendations for funding,

POSCO Group collaboration, and global expansion.

Join the 26th

POSCO IDEA MARKET PLACE

and turn your innovative ideas

into reality!

The POSCO IDEA MARKET PLACE offers comprehensive startup support, including seed investment, TIPS program recommendations for funding, POSCO Group collaboration, and global expansion.

POSTECH Holdings Co., Ltd (POSCO IMP Operator)

E-mail poscoimp@postechholdings.com


ⓒ Idea Market Place 2023

POSTECH Holdings Co., Ltd (POSCO IMP Operator)  E-mail poscoimp@postechholdings.com


ⓒ Idea Market Place 2023