UNIST hosts investor roadshow in Ulsan for 12 deep-tech startups and 30 reviewers
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology brought 12 regional startups together with 30 investment reviewers, so firms need not travel to the Seoul area to seek funding.
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) held the "2026 Southeast Region Deep Tech Scale-up Investment Roadshow" on the 12th at Gyeongdong Hall on its Ulsan campus, according to biz.heraldcorp.com. biz.heraldcorp.com
biz.heraldcorp.combiz.heraldcorp.comOpen source ↗ Twelve deep-tech startups from Busan, Ulsan and South Gyeongsang took part, together with 30 reviewers from venture capital firms, securities companies and other investment institutions. The event was arranged so that regional companies could meet investors directly and have their business potential and technology assessed without travelling to the Seoul metropolitan area.
Participants and format
Each company gave a nine-minute presentation of its core technology and business plan, followed by eight minutes of questions and answers. The startups are preparing follow-on funding at stages from Pre-A to Series A and above. Since October they had completed four preparatory sessions covering investment pitches and refinement of business plans.
The investors comprised 23 venture capital and securities firms, 3 corporate venture capital units, 2 policy finance institutions and 2 technology holding companies. Reviewers wrote letters of intent for investment review for each company.
Technologies and follow-up
In software, Greeneta presented industrial 3D data generation, and Epuworld showed extended-reality content. In medicine, Glaud offered a dental prosthetics solution and Vidalsonic an endoscopy technology for early cancer detection. biz.heraldcorp.com
biz.heraldcorp.combiz.heraldcorp.comOpen source ↗ In materials and nuclear power, Innoplaztec presented a carbon nanotube conductive additive for batteries, Twinwiz a liquid antibacterial and antifungal additive, Kopa an underfill material for semiconductor packaging, and MUtron a nuclear plant maintenance robot with automated welding. Miratech presented a smart trailer platform and Vivalavida a social community business model for middle-aged and older users.
Based on the letters of intent, UNIST will arrange one-on-one meetings between companies and reviewers through December. It plans to monitor the status of investment reviews until June next year. UNIST president Park Jong-rae said the role of a regional science institute is to build conditions in which deep-tech firms need not leave for the Seoul area to raise funds. In August UNIST reorganized its industry-academia cooperation foundation into the startup institute Venture Foundry, and UNIST Technology Holding registered this year as a venture investment company in the Southeast region.
