2025 Changseongpae Youth Startup Academy Class 15

Through Class 15 of the Jeollanam-do Youth Startup Academy, we operated an accelerating program for 29 startups, achieving revenue growth, 108 jobs created, and approximately KRW 800 million in investment raised. (1) Program Overview IGEN Inc. participated as the operator of the 2025 Jeollanam-do Youth Startup Academy Class 15, delivering a comprehensive program of education, coaching, networking, and commercialization to support promising startups in the Jeonnam region. Built on Technology Management (MoT), the program offered practice-oriented curricula covering BM, IR, R&D, performance marketing, and AI utilization, while providing investment linkage, marketing, global expansion, and commercialization coaching tailored to each company’s growth stage to strengthen competitiveness and drive results. Through collaboration with regional innovation and specialized institutions, IGEN also contributed to activating the local startup ecosystem and building a foundation for sustainable growth. (2) Program Results Through Class 15, IGEN operated education, coaching, and commercialization programs for 29 startups. Key operating results included: ▲ budget execution rate of 29/29 (perfect score) ▲ education completion rate of 23/29 ▲ 12 collaboration projects among participants ▲ overall average attendance rate of 76%. S-CoP, customized specialty education, and policy-linkage programs received high average satisfaction scores of 4.7–4.93. The program also delivered 24 S-CoP sessions, 11 customized specialty education sessions (38 hours), and specialized coaching for 232 participants, supporting practice-oriented accelerating. On company performance, total revenue grew from approximately KRW 3.67 billion to approximately KRW 8.08 billion, with many companies recording growth rates of 200–600% or higher. Notably, Nosshi Farmer’s Shop achieved 94,279% growth, Meong-i-roum 6,146%, Mirae Technology Academy 630%, and Ji Food Co., Ltd. 602%. The program also created 108 jobs, and three companies successfully raised a combined KRW 810 million in investment, laying the groundwork for business expansion.