Hello, This is the Seoul National University (SNU) Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
We are currently recruiting innovative startup companies in SNU to participate in the SNU BIG Scale-up (Startup Acceleration Program). We welcome applications from (preliminary) startups founded by SNU faculty, students, or alumni who possess innovative and promising commercialization models.
The SNU BIG Scale-up Program is an acceleration program designed to select and support SNU's most innovative startups of 2025.
The top 20 selected teams will be recognized as the “2025 SNU Rising Startups 20” and will receive comprehensive support, including diagnostics, mentoring, and specialized acceleration programs tailored to different tracks.
Key Benefits:
- Final 20 teams selected as the “2025 SNU Rising Startups 20” will receive intensive support.
- Acceleration programs aimed at scaling up growth will be implemented.
- Track-specific acceleration programs operated in collaboration with major domestic investment firms (5 tracks available).
- Direct investment opportunities for at least one company per track (5 or more companies to receive investment in total), with connections to TIPS (Deep Tech TIPS).
- A mentoring panel composed of field-specific specialists.
- Assignment of 1:1 dedicated mentors from investment firm evaluators participating in each track, offering customized and focused consulting/mentoring.
- Opportunity to participate in small-scale IR and Demo Day attended by 50+ major domestic investment firms.
- Networking and follow-up programs for alumni companies to support continued growth.
Mentoring Panel:
- Eunkang Song, CEO of Capstone Partners
- Yongkwan Lee, CEO of Bluepoint Partners
- Yoojin Kim, CEO of SparkLabs
- Taekkyung Lee, CEO of MashUp Ventures
- Sunghyun Jeon, CEO of CNT Tech
- Jongchul Hong, CEO of Infobank iAccel
- Ohhyung Kwon, CEO of FuturePlay
- Kijoon Kim, CEO of Kakao Ventures
- Sangseung Bae, CEO of New Paradigm Investment
- Kyunghee Choi, CEO of Sopoong Connect
Application Period:
- March 11, 2025 (Tuesday) – April 9, 2025 (Wednesday)
Eligibility:
- (Preliminary) startups founded by SNU faculty, students, or alumni, with fewer than seven years since establishment.
Selection Scale:
- 20 teams (participating in the BIG Scale-up main program).
Apply to the program: https://snubigscaleup.com/
Thank you for your interest, and we look forward to your participation!