1415T2g1 South Korea/Project Teams/Team 8/Companies
IS427: Technopreneurship Study Mission South korea
| About Us | Our Companies | Our Reflection |
Progress Updates
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 21st Jan 2015 | Sent first email and received reply , expressed interest in meeting us, however C-level execs not around. |
| 23rd Jan 2015 | Replied to CEO |
| 30th Jan 2015 | Introduced to Nextrans CEO, facilitate arrangement of meeting |
| 06 Feb 2015 | Received email from Eddy Hong, Nextrans CEO. |
| 11th Feb 2015 | Replied to Eddy, stating issues with location. Status is likely to be Rejected |
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 23rd Feb 2015 | Introduced by Willis Wee of TechInAsia, sent email to reply to James Jung |
| 9th Mar 2015 | Sent 2nd reminder email, received a reply stating size office is too small |
| 10th Mar 2015 | Send reply asking for alternative location, status set to Pending |
Companies
beSUCCESS
SPIKA
Introduction
- Started in 2009
- Located at the outskirts of Seoul
- focused on cloud and sharing services using its proprietary direct sharing technology
- Has been featured in TechInAsia , beSuccess
- 17 employees
- Created middle ware products for Samsung, pantech etc
Categories
- Service Providers, Services, Cloud Computing
Funding Received
- $840000 in 1 Round from 2 Investors
- From GREE Ventures and B Dash Ventures
| Picture | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|
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Nicole Hosun Kim | CEO |
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Evan Heungju Kim | CTO |
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Hongmin Park | CMO |
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Kevin Cho | CDO |
ShareON is an easy and powerful application that is great for sharing photos and videos with friends or family. No slow uploads to the cloud, only direct connections with friends. Use ShareON to access your media files on different devices, without any complicated settings.
Use ShareON on-the-go to stream media files to a Smart TV or Wi-Fi speakers, or access all media no matter which device it is kept on!
- Personal cloud file sharing app
- Works with mobile, PCs and smart TVs
- Share pictures, movies , music and files
- Does not require a 3rd party cloud server
- Free
- Available in iOS, Android, Windows
ShareOn on Mobile
- has garnered interest from Silicon Valley, under the 500 Startups accelerator program
- ShareOn is possible due to increasing internet bandwidth speeds, high penetration of tablets and smartphones in developed countries.
- it allows for fast sharing of very large files between devices, without requiring any download or lag
- thus their value point is different from obvious competitors such as Dropbox or other cloud apps.
Some learning points include:
- How growth of a startup happens from inception stage to seed and finally exit
- The speed and agility needed to get the product ready for the market
- How startups leverage on media to promote its products and branding
- Challenges in prioritizing resources for different problems/opportunities
- How technology startups are much easier to scale and globalise.
Other Materials
Introduction Video on beLaunch
Introduction Video on beGlobal
beSuccess Presentation
References
beGLobal Conference
beSuccess Company Page
Information on beSuccess
Team Members of beSuccess
Other information on beSuccess
Spika website
ShareOn Website
Crunchbase - Spika
Crunchbase - ShareOn
TechInAsia - ShareOn
