“INNOPOLIS Foundation, suggests a new paradigm of matching technical demand-supply”

Foundation hosts kick-off for demander-centered technique seeking platform business

□ INNPOLIS Foundation(President Seong-Gwang Yang, hereafter 'Foundation') hosted a kick-off for the "demander-centered technique seeking platform operation and consulting" business to suggest new paradigm of technical demand and supply on May 2nd.

ㅇ This business was planned to provide business solution through consulting to companies dealing with difficulty in seeking new promising business.

ㅇ The characteristics of this business is that it uses current technical demand DB to seek the demand, and provide a "platform" that connects technical supplier and mediator institutes(research institute, support institute, investment institute).

□ At the kick-off, president Seong-Gwang Yang of the foundation said "By grouping the demanding companies into technique, management condition and research capacity, we will provide systematic support policy”.

ㅇ CEO Yoon-Cheol Im of Technology and Value Inc. and CEO Cheong-Il Ha of Techran Inc. said "Most companies are reluctant to show the inner problems. We will try to contact companies frequently to understand actual needs of companies and build trust".

ㅇ KISTI participating as advisory institute said "We will cooperate at maximum level to connect fourth industrial revolution related promising item owned by KISTI to create synergy effect".

□ This business is composed of 3 steps ▲Seek(TT, Target-Tech) technical demander(company), ▲Specify needs(MT, Market-Tech) through consulting, ▲Match(BT, Business Tech) the require technique and business accurately.

o Especially, it specifies needs of company by separating into ▲‘R&D planning type' which requires introduction of external technique and ▲‘Investment, financing connection type’ which requires external investment.

ㅇ Later, the foundation plans to match necessary techniques to companies through round-table meeting participating stakeholders(technique possession institute, technique matching institute, investors etc.) and introduce customize business.

* Technical transfer commercialization business, investment support, research institution foundation, manufacture trail products etc.

□ Also, by connecting R&BD, network business run by the foundation, it aims to maximize the synergy effect.

ㅇ Meanwhile, the foundation plans to expand demand DB possession institutes and technical supply, mediation institue to expand the network of the platform.

□ This business targets entire companies including companies in 5 INNOPOLIS(Daedeok, Gwangju, Daegu, Busan, Chonbuk).

ㅇ Companies dealing with difficulty from technique seeking and commercialization can get more information about the business by contacting the INNOPOLIS Foundation Technical evaluation team(042-865-8934) until the end of May.