MCM is a German brand of leather products founded in 1976 in Munich, Germany. The brand's MCM logo, named Visetos, appears on many of its products. MCM sells its products through wholesale accounts, franchises and directly-operated stores. The company designed expensive leather suitcases and handbags which became popular during the 1980s. In 2005, the worldwide rights to the MCM brand were acquired by Sungjoo Group, a South Korean retail business founded by Sung-Joo Kim. MCM was re-launched in 2006 with a new flagship store in Berlin and appointed German designer Michael Michalsky as MCM’s creative director. MCM thereafter re-opened stores in New York, Paris, London, Singapore, Tokyo and China among others. MCM has collaborated with many contemporary artists and designers such as Craig Redman, Craig & Karl, Joy Gryson, and most lately will.I.am. MCM products are sold in department stores (e.g. Bloomingdale’s, Saks Fifth Avenue, Harrods, Selfridges, Galeries Lafayette, Printemps and Lotte). Today, MCM products are primarily available through wholesale accounts, franchise partnerships and directly-operated stores. These boutiques are found in upscale shopping districts, inside luxury department stores or at major international airports. Sungjoo Group is privately held and grows as a solid fashion conglomerate with brands such as MCM and Marks & Spencer in Korea.

KingsBay Capital is an early stage venture capital firm. KingsBay Capital focuses on Korea-US cross-border ventures in the area of information technology, healthcare, and alternative energy. KingsBay Capital has its presence in Seoul, San Francisco, and its back-office in Bellevue.

In association with Korea University Business School ("KUBS") Startup Institute, Technology Entrepreneurship & Commercialization ("TEC") for undergraduate students and Venture Capital & Practice ("VCP") for MBA candidates are created to give a balanced perspective to a future entrepreneur and nurture dialogue among students so that they can get better prepared for venture-backed tech entrepreneurship and early stage financing. Acting as a "clinical" professor, this class would put strong emphasis on training practical skills as opposed to discussing theoretical matters. There will be practical advice following upon both individual’s and team’s work progress, which has no right or wrong answer, in order to help students think more strategically in the shoes of entrepreneur and create healthy feedback loop.

Young Global Leaders are brilliant scientists. emerging entrepreneurs. tech investors and activist members of parliament. Each year, World Economic Forum of Davos selects the most innovative, enterprising and socially-conscious men and women under the age of 40 who are pushing their boundaries and rethinking the world around them. Young Global Leaders are ready to tackle the world’s most complex and pressing needs. YGLs are invited to join a community and a five-year leadership journey that will help them break down silos, bridge cultures and use their collective skills to get things done for positive impact across private, public and civil society organizations. Each year, thousands of candidates from all around the world are proposed through a qualified nomination process and assessed according to rigorous selection criteria that are set by the World Economic Forum. Candidates are selected based on their proven track records of professional accomplishments, breadth of expertise, commitment to society and ability to overcome adversity among other criteria. Current and former Young Global Leaders include the heads of States and Fortune 500 companies, winners of Nobel Prizes and Academy Awards,UN ambassadors and social entrepreneurs. Notable Young Global Leaders include: David Cameron, British prime minister, Larry Page. co-founder and CEO of Google, Jack Ma, founder and chairman of Alibaba, Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo, Chelsea Clinton, vice chair of the Clinton Foundation, Emmanuel Macron, French President and Ashton Kutcher, an American actor.

Salzburg Global Seminar was founded in 1947 with the mission to challenge current and future leaders to shape a better world. Uniquely situated at Schloss Leopoldskron, in Salzburg, Austria (also known as the von Trapp Villa in the movie, The Sound of Music). It has hosted more than 500 sessions, consisting of more than 30,000 fellows from 169 countries including global leaders such as Kofi Annan, Jim Yong Kim and Hillary Clinton. Affiliation: The Salzburg Global Seminar – Korea Foundation Fellowship; Corporate Governance Forum-EESG; The Salzburg Global Finance Forum

Union School of Theology is a Reformed Christian educational institution in Bryntirion in Bridgend, South Wales. The school was established in 1936 and formerly called the Wales Evangelical School of Theology ("WEST"). The School is part of the wider Christian ministry of the Union Global, which also involves church planting and the production of theological resources. The Union School of Theology offers from a full-time residential BA Hons degree in Theology, Master of Theology (MTh), both full or part-time and research degrees all the way up to a PhD level in a collaborative partnership with VU University Amsterdam. The Union School is led by Michael Reeves, a president and professor of theology specialized in the areas of systematic, historical theology, preaching and spiritual formation. President Reeves used to be the Head of Theology for UCCF (Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship) and served as an associate minister at All Souls Church, Langham Place, London.

SPI, a Sungjoo Group company, is dedicated to design and manufacture fashion leather goods on behalf of MCM, a German luxury brand.

Ensol Biosciences is a big data expert for pharmaceutical drug discovery. Ensol develops innovative new drugs for a disease without therapeutic alternatives such as degenerative disc, arthritis, TNBC, Alzheimer’s disease and type 1 diabetes. Ensol Biosciences applies its proprietary bio big data analysis capacity for drug efficacy, mechanism, toxicity and side effect test to develop a new drug that has a high commercial potential. Ensol currently works on various drug discovery projects on its own and move them into clinical trials. Ensol Biosciences is a publicly traded company on KONEX, a frontier stock exchange for innovative new ventures in Korea.

METES (meaning Harvest in Latin) is a new education institute based in Bridgend, Wales. METES is a brainchild of the Sungjoo Foundation x Union School of Theology whereas its original idea was conceived more than a decade ago. METES addresses digital re-skilling and up-skilling issues in the Metaverse age as the industry sees a huge shortage of Metaverse project leader, creator, and entrepreneur. METES envisions to nurture and train a new Luther, new Calvin, or new Zwingli as the emergence of Metaverse or Web 3 would bring forth as great impact as the invention of Gutenberg’s mechanized printing press did, that amplified Reformation and accelerated industrial,socio-economic, and cultural revolution of Europe and the world. Combining best attributes of École 42, YCombinator, and pastoral collegiate system of the Oxbridge model, METES will train future leaders in the Metaverse age to be equipped with problem-finding, self-directed learning, and collaboration skills so that they can lead new reformation, restoration, and revelation in the market place and ministry for the betterment of the society.

Meta Z Inc. is established with the mission to create a safe venue to mint and trade redeemable NFTs along with collectable items, limited editions of fashion goods, and art work. Jointly working with serial entrepreneurs and startup SWAT team from MXN, meta[z] will push the boundary of the confluence of fashion, art, and entertainment in the metaverse age.

DreamPlus is a new initiative led by one of young heirs at Hanwha Group, a leading industrial conglomerate in Korea. DreamPlus has established trust-worthy alliance network with 11 leading Asian start-up accelerators. With this platform, DreamPlus is bridging between hot entrepreneurial talents and emerging market opportunities across regions and continents. Underlying start-up companies in alliance network has grown up over 400 companies in Korea, China, Japan, South East Asia, and rest of Asia. DreamPlus also runs a seed investment program that fuels growth. Given established business network of Hanwha Group in various industries also brings in valuable high-profile business contacts and new revenue opportunities to start-up companies that we closely work together. Hanwha Group is a leading industrial conglomerate in Korea. Hanwha's primary business include solar energy, life insurance, chemical, construction, finance service, luxury retail, and leisure & hospitality. Hanwha has a over 51 domestic affiliates and 113 global network partners in Europe, Americas, China, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Hanwha is a FORTUNE Global 500 company and 9th largest business conglomerate in Korea. Hanwha marked $35B in revenue in 2013.

KT also known as Korea Telecom is a South Korean integrated wired/wireless telecommunication service provider. KT is the oldest and largest landline/wireless carrier which generates $26B annual turnover. Strategic Investment Group acts under the capacity of corporate development and corporate venturing arm of KT. Global VC&PE Program is a new program launched in 2008 investing into VC&PE funds as a limited partner. The program has now grown up to the size of half billion USD. 400 companies and projects were funded by 20+ general partners relationship throughout the world.

Megalos Asteria & Co. is a privately owned angel investment & business development advisory firm headquartered in San Francisco. Megalos Asteria & Co. has advised a number of new business ventures on strategic planning, manager selection, and fund-raising.

CJ E&M (formerly CJ Internet and now NetMarble) is the largest entertainment conglomerate in Korea. Its online game division that was used to be CJ Internet, is a market leader in online game publishing and micro-payment based social gaming. It currently publishes over 60 games and also serves international market. Its proprietary online game portal, NetMarble, has more than 2/3 of Korean population subscribed. CJ E&M is publicly traded and majority of shares owned by CJ Group, a large conglomerates in food and entertainment.

Daesung Private Equity (formerly BINEXT Capital) is a leading venture capital and private equity manager headquartered in Seoul, Korea. It is publicly traded entity with 30 years of excellent track-record of investing in over 250 ventures and brought 40 business public.

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Dialpad Communications (acquired by Yahoo!) provided Internet protocol-based telecommunications services in the United States and Canada. As first one of its kind, it offered personal computer-to-phone product, a monthly subscription for calls to the United States from various other countries worldwide. Dialpad Communications also offered a prepaid service that allowed calls between various countries worldwide, as well as offers voice over Internet protocol-based calling card, which can be accessed from any phone in the United States. The company was founded in 1999 as a sister company of Serome Technology outgrown from Korea.