- Mayor Oh Se-hoon attends the opening ceremony of CES 2024 at the Seoul Pavilion, promoting business for innovative enterprises
- Participation by 81 Seoul-based startups at Eureka Park for expansion into overseas markets
The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) announced that Mayor Oh Se-hoon attended the opening ceremony of CES 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada on Tue, Jan. 9 at 11 AM local time. Mayor Oh Se-hoon took part in networking with global enterprises, startups, governments and IT experts from countries around the world while promoting Seoul-based enterprises and Seoul’s competitiveness as a smart city on the world stage.
At the Seoul Pavilion at CES 2024, the 670 m2 Eureka Park startup exhibition space featured 81 Seoul-based startups and 13 institutions, such as the Seoul Biohub and the Seoul AI Hub presenting their innovative technologies and products to global investors.
In particular, among the 81 participating enterprises in the Seoul Pavilion, 18 won the CES 2024 Innovation Award—Top Table (innovative individualized nutritional kit) and Lordsystem (mobile passport platform) were among the 1% of participating enterprises to receive the “Best of Innovation” Innovation Awards.
Mayor Oh Se-hoon said, “The Seoul Pavilion at CES 2024 showcased some of the best Seoul-based enterprises, among which 18 won the CES Innovation Award, which will assist their high-speed growth. I sincerely hope that the futures of the Korean enterprises that participated in CES are as bright as the Seoul Color (Sky Coral) that adorned this year’s Seoul Pavilion.
CES 2024 Innovation Award-winning enterprises (Seoul Pavilion)
| No. | Enterprise | Category | Technology | Image | Municipal support | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DNA Corporation | Healthcare | Genetic analysis technology-based solution |  | Startup Hub M+ residency (2021–) | “Honoree” (1 item) |
| 2 | Top Table, Inc. | Healthcare | Innovative Individualized Nutritional Kit (IINK) 4D food printing |  | Testbed Seoul (2022) Startup Hub M+ residency (2022–) | “Best of Innovation” & “Honoree” (2 items) |
| 3 | Solive Ventures | Healthcare | Sensory toy for children with autism |  | – | “Honoree” (2 items) |
| 4 | MetaImmuneTeach Inc | Healthcare | In vitro immunity diagnostic device |  | – | “Honoree” (1 item) |
| 5 | mpWAV Inc. | Healthcare | Hearing aid for smartphones and earphones |  | – | “Honoree” (1 item) |
| 6 | Lynk Solutec Inc. | Healthcare | Disposable endoscope cap |  | – | “Honoree” (2 items) |
| 7 | Phantomics | Healthcare | Heart MRI video analysis software treatment device |  | Hi-Seoul Enterprise (2023) | “Honoree” (1 item) |
| 8 | Barunbio Inc. | Healthcare | Micro-electro stimulus healthcare solution |  | R&D (2021, 2022) | “Honoree” (1 item) |
| 9 | PLCOSKIN Co., Ltd. | Healthcare | Advanced regenerative treatment device, structural regeneration platform |  | R&D (2022) Future Innovation Growth Fund (2023) | “Honoree” (1 item) |
| 10 | HUROTICS Inc. | Healthcare | Robotic suit for strengthening lower body muscle for rehabilitation purposes and professional athletes |  | – | “Honoree” (1 item) |
| 11 | Ruahlab Inc. | Healthcare | Wearable sleep monitoring system Apnea care device |  | – | “Honoree” (1 item) |
| 12 | Lordsystem Co. | Data/AI | Mobile passport ID authentication-based online-to-offline (O2O) tourism and financial platform |  | Testbed Seoul (2020) Hi-Seoul Enterprise (2023–) | “Best of Innovation” & “Honoree” (2 items) |
| 13 | Onoma AI | Data/AI | AI character-generating platform for webtoon creation |  | – | “Honoree” (1 item) |
| 14 | Nation-A Inc. | Data/AI | 3D character modeling and animation-generating solution |  | – | “Honoree” (2 items) |
| 15 | Mirrorroid Inc. | IoT | Removeable smart mirror beauty solution |  | R&D (2020) Overseas exhibition participant (2023) Startup Hub M+ residency (2022–) | “Honoree” (1 item) |
| 16 | PABLO AIR Co., Ltd. | Mobility | Drones for art show use, UAM traffic control system |  | Startup Hub M+ residency (2022–) Hi-Seoul Enterprise (2023–) | “Honoree” (1 item) |
| 17 | QSimPlus Co., Ltd | Quantum computing | Portable robotic specialized network for short-range quantum communication |  | – | “Honoree” (1 item) |
| 18 | SQK Inc. | Quantum computing | Next generation quantum computer equipped with quantum computing software accelerator |  | – | “Honoree” (1 item) |
