The Program

The Shinhan Square Bridge HQ program is a 2 week global market entry bootcamp, aimed at helping the 10 startups plan and prepare for thier US market entry. The program consisted of customer discovery and market validation workshops, as well as company visits, pitching sessions, 1:1 support through office hours and a Startup Showcase to exhibit all of the companies hard work to the local ecosystem

The Scaleups

AcrossB

acrossB is an IT based cross border e-commerce logistics company. We focus on the brands that want to expand their D2C market from local to global without any overseas presence.
We have 2 service offerings, the first is D2C international shipping and the second is Fulfilment service in Korea and USA, and all the services delivered with the total logistic platform “Workpad”

BlueSignum

To make your day better, BlueSignum provides a variety of personalized mental health services based on AI.
We dream of a future where everyone can get the best mental health guide anywhere, anytime, in easy and entertaining ways.

Alfred

Alfred makes eco-friendly pet products to solve environmental and social problems. To realize our vision, our first step is making upcycling cat litter.
ETICAT is a premium cat litter made from upcycling coffee grounds. It is a new innovative litter in the market.

40fy

Founded by psychiatrist, 40FY aims to provide accessible/affordable/customized mental care for all.
Currently services MINDLiNG, a personalized/ customized digital mental care app/web service without human intervention.

Smore

Smore is a no-code survey builder software and a solution for low completion rate of online surveys.
With Smore, companies can interact with their customers with a gamified and engaging form that gets answered and cover full funnel of customer experience with an in-app analytics dashboard.

Clika

CLIKA wants to bring Tiny Artificial Intelligence everywhere. We offer a fully automated AI model optimization and compression solution that helps companies save money and makes their models deployable on any device.

LD Carbon

LD Carbon produces pyrolysis oil(P-oil) and recovered Carbon Black(rCB) from pyrolyzing end-of-life tires(ELTs). P-oil and rCB 2030E market size will be $2.0B and $1.5B respectively. There are currently 7 global players including LD Carbon within the market. There is a very high entry barrier due to end customers’ technological quality assurance process that lasts 5+ years, making it challenging for new entrants to enter the market.
ELTs are acquired at zero cost, so cost of good sold is almost zero, yielding a very high EBIT margin, which exceeds 60%(EBITDA c. 67%).

Letitu

There is a huge shortage of school counselors with the ratio of 455:1, students are talking to counselors only 20 minutes during their high school period. The Pond service is an AI/data based school counselor for successful college admission and career exploration. Our ultimate goal is to democratize the higher education.

PLANA

PLANA has been founded a year and half ago. PLANA is developing Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) which takeoff and lands vertically and cruises just as conventional jets with hybrid powertrain system.

Verses, Inc.

Verses is a music tech startup. Verses re-defined music in the age of Metaverse into AI. Now, music fans are able to interact directly with musicians, explore the music-themed virtual world, and control everything. Verses’ Meta music system is the first product to realize the needs of this era.