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FuturePlay

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FuturePlay is a South Korean accelerator and early-stage investor that specializes in investing in deep tech startups.

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01.01.2013

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Founded in 2014, FuturePlay has invested in 55 deep tech startups, mainly in South Korea and the US, and is expanding its target regions to Southeast Asia. It also acts as an LP for tech-focused funds and is venture-backed by global enterprises such as CISCO, DeNA, LG, NHN, and SK Planet. FuturePlay has two acceleration programs, TechUP and TechUP+, which help entrepreneurs build exceptional startups in various industries, including beauty, energy, and food.
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Jung-hee Ryu is the Partner and CEO of FuturePlay. He previously worked at FoundationX as a Partner. Jung-hee Ryu attended the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.

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Jason is a serial entrepreneur and blockchain enthusiast. He received a Ph.D in EECS at KAIST in 2005. His research topics were P2P algorithms like DHT and distributed systems. In 2007, he founded NexR, the first big data and cloud computing tech startup in Korea, which was acquired by KT (Korea Telecom) 4 years later. After that, he co-founded FuturePlay and took the role of CTO. FuturePlay is a tech-centric accelerator and investor, focusing on tech startups in APAC. He invested in dozens of startups and gave them technical mentoring. He also taught an innovative business model and IT trends course in KAIST MBA as an adjunct professor for 7 years starting in 2007.

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