KoreaCrunch

In May 2006, I made Korean Web 2.0 Logo type gathering Web 2.0 startup service in Korea from 2005 to 2006. After that, I updated some of web services in my blog, but most of them in 2007 and 2008 weren't done my blank time. I searched new web services except big portals and gathered them again. Over 70 sites were made from 2007 to 2008. Compared with Silicon Valley, it's very small. I'll make a brief introduction for most of new services with above logos. You can see first logotype in May 2006 too.

I want to introduce some of English based web service made by brilliant Korean young startup. If new startup is appeared, I'll do again with numbers. FaceWorthy FaceWorthy is a social discovery network that allows you to upload photos and gain recognition. Show your best through photos and get people to vote for you. If you collect lots of votes, you get to access special features, and may even earn money. It is not designed for shy people but here for people who are passionate about expressing themselves and communicating with others. It is for people who have healthy desire to show who ...

I was at Future of Web Apps Conference in the last week, Miami Beach. It gave the chance to hear various technical workshops and latest web application technologies and examples from famous startups such as Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Pownce and WorePress. It was very good time for me. Also I attended BarCamp Miami and presented "Why not Web 2.0 in Korea?" that explains no boom-up status of Web 2.0 in Korea and why you check out Korea continually. | View | Upload your own Some people already knows Naver and Cyworld, but there is no famous successful startups although Korea has ...

The Japanese Softbank Ventures's Korean subsidiary media lab has operated an incubator to nuture young companies — offering them a small seed round of capital and helping through various steps of a so-called Litmus program since August, 2007. It’s the latest in a number of incubators that have popped up with a similar structure — reflecting a convergence around a best-practices approach, perhaps. There’s Y-Combinator, Seedcamp, and Techstars. Litmus is similar to these, only has more distinct steps in the move toward launch. When Litmus team receives a business plan, they review the b-plan thoroughly to assess potential and feasibility (hence ...