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Open Innovation Matching Program

For Korean startups and global companies

GP Open Innovation Matching Program is a program that helps promising startups in Korea participate in Open Innovation challenges that global companies worldwide provide to KOTRA.

Through this program, Korean startups are given the chance to cooperate with global companies to prove their technologies in the overseas market and global companies can find the best-fit startups for Open Innovation challenges.

If you are a Korean startup and you want to prove your technologies to global companies, or a global company looking for a startup that fits into Open Innovation challenges, please send us an email using the form below.

E-mail: youngkim@kotra.or.kr

Forms

- For Global company : GPOI Needs Information Form_Global company
- For Startup : GPOI Application Form_Startup

Global Companies

Shared their Open Innovation Challenges with KOTRA

Process

127 KOTRA
Overseas Offices

Discover the Open Innovation challenges of a global company.
KOTRA

Find startups and
send a long list
to the global company.
Global Company

Screen / choose
startups and
send a short list to KOTRA.
Global Company &
Finalist Startup

Launch joint projects or execute
a proof of concept (PoC).
Global Company

Finalize startups for
collaboration.
KOTRA

Hold a business meeting
between the global company
and shortlist startups.