Bangalore: South Korea’s biggest startup/tech conference beLAUNCH is organizing an Indian edition to enable startups from India interested in entering the Korean/East Asian market. beLAUNCH is the flagship event of South Korea’s leading startup-tech media platform beSUCCESS.

Interested startups can apply using the online application form. The winning startup will win a place in the 20 presenting startups at beLAUNCH 2013 in Seoul on May 1st and 2nd, 2013 and also an opportunity to exhibit their product/service in a startup booth at the conference, for free. Applications are open till 20 March 2013 11:59PM Korea Time.

beLAUNCH India edition is a great platform for Indian startups to expand and increase awareness in Korea/East Asia. It also presents a good opportunity to interact with investors and telecom majors from Korea, Japan, China and the U.S attending beLAUNCH. If you are an Indian startup looking for partners/distributors in Korea, beLAUNCH is the place to be!

beLAUNCH 2013 will have many components designed to facilitate learning, sharing and partnerships, such as a  Hackathon, Startup Battle, Startup Booths, workshops and VIP networking parties. Many high profile Silicon Valley and Korean CEOs and entrepreneurs have already been confirmed as speakers at the event, which will bring together over 100 top global VCs and investors.  Startups from across the globe will be vying for recognition and investment in the beLAUNCH Startup Battle. More than 3,000 attendees from Korea and the global startup community will be attending the event to hear from global thought leaders and industry professionals, to network and explore what the Korean tech community has to offer.

For the first time beLAUNCH will also be co-hosting a 24 hour Hackathon in the run-up to the conference. Winners of this event will be featured on the main stage alongside many other startups vying for investment deals through the Startup Battle.

“We had many startups from India, Japan, Russia, China and the U.S take part in beLAUNCH 2012 and we are enabling more overseas startups to leverage the beLAUNCH platform and expand their business. We are actively building strategic relationships and holding satellite events outside Korea to achieve this”, added Nathan Millard, Global Director of beSUCCESS.

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