development (R&D) on cutting-edge new materials in the ceramic field, but also executing such missions as testing & analysis & evaluation, corporate support, and policy support for the ceramic industry. KICET, as an organizing institute of the start-up leap package support project from 2019 to 2022 that was aimed at helping Korean start-ups grow, is supporting start-ups for successful leaps through new businesses by facilitating the innovative growth of the start-ups.
The start-up leap package support project is supervised by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) and aims at discovering and supporting the competent Korean start-ups.
Korea’s start-ups – which have high potential for growth within their business career of three to seven years – are entitled to accept such various benefits as financial aid,professional mentoring, supports of pioneering of domestic and overseas markets, etc.
Moreover, together with the support provided by commercialization capital including R&D support, such agency specialization programs as the technical supporters program, support of product upgrading, support of global competency enhancement, support of export, etc. are supported. KICET discovered and nurtured 22 start-ups as of 2021 and selected more than 20 start-ups last year and is fostering those enterprises now. A high-ranking staff member of KICET recently noted, “We will do our best to steadily discover and foster more companies in their start-up including three start-ups in 2022 – in order to ultimately nurture those start-ups as Korea’s representative enterprises in the near future.”
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