ENGLISH VERSION SPARKLABS DEMODAY 16 PROGRAM SCHEDULE

TIME SECTION

Pictures from 10:00 – 11:00 Media Q&A Session SparkLabs Demoday 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch 15 13:00 -13:30 Pre-Demoday Talk

13:30 – 13:55 Opening Video & Welcome Speech

13:55 – 15:10 Pitch Session

15:10 – 17:00 Panel Discussion

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Premier Startup Accelerator for Entrepreneurs

VISION Ryan Lee Founded by Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs EVP & Co-founder at SmartStudy All of our founders are entrepreneurs who have built companies in Korea and the U.S. We have endured the ups and downs of entrepreneurship, successes and failures, and have developed a strong desire to help out the next generation of Korea’s entrepreneurs. Ryan Lee is the co-founder and Executive Vice President of SmartStudy, the global SPARKLABS PROGRAM entertainment company behind the beloved children's , . With Mentorship-driven accelerator Sparklabs is providing a 3-month long program for seed to early-stage entrepreneurs who have a vision beyond extensive knowledge and experience in the digital content industry, Ryan specializes in Korea’s borders and who want to build global companies that can expand to the U.S., China, Japan, and developing business models, monetization strategies, and business relations. elsewhere. SparkLabs uniquely provides a world-class team of mentors to accelerate and guide each of our companies.

PROGRAM ELEMENTS • Average 10 startups chosen for each batch. Two batches per year • Investment of $50,000 (up to 6% of the company) • Over $1,000,000 in free perks (i.e. office space, hosting, access to Silicon Valley’s top law firm, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati) • Assignment of 3 to 5 world-class mentors.

ADDRESS Maru180 Building 2~3F, 180 Yeoksam-Ro, Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, Korea TELPHONE 02-2231-3014 EMAIL [email protected] WEBSITE www.sparklabs.co.kr PANEL SESSION PANEL SESSION < NFTs: Collectible Standard of the Future or a Passing Fad > < NFTs: Collectible Standard of the Future or a Passing Fad >

Mik Naayem Ethan Kim Co-founder and the Chief Business Officer at Dapper Labs Co-founder & Partner at Hashed

Mik Naayem is Cofounder and the Chief Business Officer of Dapper Labs, the creators Ethan is co-founder and partner at Hashed. Ethan started his career as a software of CryptoKitties, Flow, and NBA Top Shot. His focus is on building out Flow's ecosystem engineer since 2008 and worked in IT startup companies in South Korea. He is by directing business strategy and partnerships. Mik is committed to spreading especially interested in infrastructure level technology of blockchain and variety of blockchain education and creating delightful user experiences through partnerships applications using blockchain and decentralization including Metaverse with organizations like Ubisoft and , as well as with beloved such as UFC, Dr. Seuss, and, of course, the NBA. PANEL SESSION PANEL SESSION < NFTs: Collectible Standard of the Future or a Passing Fad > < NFTs: Collectible Standard of the Future or a Passing Fad >

Moderator Akash Nigam John Park Co-founder & CEO at Genies Director at SparkLabs

Akash Nigam is an American entrepreneur and investor born in Los Altos, California. In John Park spearheads the business development of SparkLabs and its portfolio 2017, Nigam founded Genies (previously Blend, 2013) and is currently its CEO and co- companies with special interest in consumer technology. founder. With its Avatar and Digital Goods SDK, Genies enables celebrities and brands Prior to joining, John was the CEO of Lifestyle Division at Al Ahli Holding Group (AAHG), to drive engagement and sell exclusive digital goods on their platforms. a UAE based multi billion dollar conglomerate with diverse business portfolio’s from entertainment, beauty, retail to real estate development. Before AAHG, John was at Memebox leading their business development effort.

He started his career at SK holdings C&C’s corporate strategic planning team where he focused on assessing technology and market adoption strategy. He is also an active startup advocate and angel investor with investments in blockchain, cloud and digital media.

John graduated with distinction from University of Wisconsin-Madison with degree in Business and Economics. He grew up in India. PANEL SESSION PANEL SESSION < Future of Accelerators and Early-Stage Investing > < Future of Accelerators and Early-Stage Investing >

Patrick Riley Ravi Belani CEO at GAN Managing Director at Alchemist Accelerator

Patrick Riley is the CEO of GAN, where he oversees and supports an expansive and Ravi Belani is a Managing Director of the Alchemist Accelerator, which has accelerated curated network of independent accelerators, corporates, and investors by connecting over 300 startups and garnered over $1.2B in funding. Alchemist Accelerator is the startups to the resources they need to build powerful businesses. leading accelerator on the development of seed-stage startups that monetize from enterprises. Patrick began his career at the American Red Cross where he oversaw the COO’s office as its Chief of Staff. Patrick left the Red Cross to manage the sales and operations for a Ravi formerly spent six years as part of the investment team at Draper Fisher venture-backed healthcare technology company that recently exited. He then went on Jurvetson's headquarters, where he led investments and served on the boards to Techstars, leading business development, before joining GAN and co-founding their in companies such as Vizu (acquired by Nielsen) and Yield Software (acquired by venture investment arm. Autonomy). He was formerly a consultant at McKinsey and Company and is a lecturer at Stanford University. PANEL SESSION PANEL SESSION < Future of Accelerators and Early-Stage Investing > < Future of Accelerators and Early-Stage Investing >

Moderator Eugene Kim Casey Lau Managing Partner at SparkLabs Co-Host of RISE

Eugene Kim is a Managing Partner at SparkLabs Korea. He previously served as a Casey Lau is the co-host of RISE, Asia’s largest technology startup and innovation Director of Global Business Development at Tencent Korea and was responsible conference, powered by Web Summit. He is one of Hong Kong’s tech startup pioneers, for sourcing Korean game titles to China. Prior to Tencent, Eugene was Director of having launched one of the first Hong Kong-based web design studios and Asia’s first Business Development and Marketing at Podotree, an online educational app developer e-commerce sites. in Korea. He was responsible for their marketing and launch effort into the U.S. Previous to that, he was with Vertigo Games as the Group Manager of the Overseas Business Group. There, he led all overseas sales efforts and service support, and all business development and game engine licensing activities. PANEL SESSION PANEL SESSION < From Seed to IPO: Everything you need to know about Startup Fundraising > < From Seed to IPO: Everything you need to know about Startup Fundraising >

Steena Lee Bokki Lee Founder & CEO at Perfitt Founder & CEO at WantedLab

Steena (Sun Yong) Lee is the Founder and CEO of Perfitt. Formerly, Steena was a senior Bokkee Lee is the Founder and CEO of Wantedlab. Bokkee, an SNU grad, was at consultant at IBM Korea, where she specialized in global B2B marketing, IT strategy and Accenture for five years before founding Wanted. go-to-market execution. Wanted is a referral-based recruiting platform that matches job seekers and Perfitt leverages AI technology to find your correct shoe size. With the Perfitt app, companies. Currently, they offer their recruitment service to 10,000 companies in five customers can ensure they choose shoes that fit—without ever needing to visit the store countries, with more than 1 million job seekers and 8,000 companies on the platform. in person. When you sign up for the app, Perfitt mails you a paper kit. Take a picture of Wanted leverages users, who can recommend friends or colleagues for a job and get your foot on top of the paper and AI technology analyzes the length, width and height of rewarded for successful referrals, as well as AI technology based on 1.5 million cases your foot to find the shoe that perfectly fits. They also recommend the most appropriate of hiring data to match candidates with jobs and predict with over 80% accuracy which sneaker model and size, from the various brands registered in the app. candidates will be successful. Perfitt has grown significantly this year, as COVID-19 accelerated the expansion of Wanted is expanding their global presence, establishing offices in Japan, Hong Kong, the e-commerce market. App subscribers have increased by more than 150,000 and Singapore and Taiwan. With 20% of job seekers and companies coming from outside monthly transactions are up nearly 70%. Korea, overseas membership is steadily increasing. Perfitt has attracted $2.5 million in Series A investment from Sparklabs, TBT, Capstone Wanted is currently preparing for their IPO for the second half of this year. Wanted Partners, Shinhan Capital, and KODIT last December. Perfitt is preparing to incorporate has attracted various institutional investors, including Korea Development Bank, in the U.S., with further plans to improve their AI engine and expand into the North Stonebridge Ventures, KTB Network, Company K Partners, Kolon Investment and SL American market. Investment.

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Moderator Yoo Chang Hun John HanJoo Lee Founder & CEO at SSenStone CEO & Co-founder at Bespin Global & Co-founder at SparkLabs

Yoo Chang Hun, the founder and CEO of SSenStone, the next-generation HanJoo Lee is a Serial Entrepreneur and a startup investor. He is passionate about authentication security solution startup, and swIDch, SSenStone's global business Cloud, Startups and Global Entrepreneurship. He co-founded Hostway in 1998 and headquarter in the UK, started his career at Samsung Heavy Industries in 1996. successfully exited the Hostway US business by selling the majority stake to a private

equity firm in the US. In 2012, he co-founded SparkLabs along with 5 other co- SSenStone is his second startup. Based on 15 years of experience in ERM and cyber founders. SparkLabs is both an accelerator and a VC. security, he has successfully been growing businesses, even wining the Prime Minister's Award on behalf of security startups in 4 years. As a result, he succeeded in expanding business to the global market with about 180 global patents. His latest venture is Bespin Global co-founded in 2015. The company is a cloud managed service provider (MSP) operating in Korea, China and Dubai. It helps mid to SSenStone was selected as the number one baby unicorn with the highest score in the large enterprises adopt both private and public cloud services through professional 'Baby Unicorn 200 Promotion Project' by the Ministry of Small and Medium Venture services, managed services and OpsNow, a proprietary. Businesses held in 2020. It is also showing remarkable growth in the global market winning renowned awards including the “Authentication Solution of the Year” award in the 4th annual CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards, 2020 Cybertech category winner of EUROPAS 2020 Award, and 2020 Cybertech 100.

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Venture capital fund focused on early stage startups in Korea and Southeast Asia

ADDRESS Maru 180 Building 3F, 180 Yeoksam-Ro, Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, Korea EMAIL [email protected] WEBSITE www.sparklabsventures.com SPARKLABS DEMODAY 16 COMPANY PROFILE SPARKLABS DEMODAY 16 COMPANY PROFILE

MOONRIVER [ E-Commerce Data Platform ] CASTING [ Personalized communication platform btw fan-influencer ] Itemscout supports online marketplace operations by providing data-based solutions. Clients can Casting is a platform where users can personally communicate with influencers from various access data including search volumes of a specific product, prices of advertisement, intensity of fields and industries. Previously impossible, fans can personally communicate with influencers through our platform. Meanwhile, influencers can communicate with their audience while competition, and the popularity of each product to better understand consumer behavior and generating revenue at the same time. We currently have more than 50 A-Class influencers in preferences. Currently, the MAU is at 60,000, while the number of registered members is at our influencer pool. They share their daily life with their subscribers and with additional payment, 27,000 and paid subscribers at about 3,000. A margin calculator and shopping mall diagnosis will provide personalized video/photo/audio/DM requests. We plan on adding commerce-purchasing also be released, and an algorithm for predicting sales volume utilizing keyword search queries and content-production functions to our platform, in order to monopolize the one-person media will further enhance the platform. and social media influencer-networking space throughout Asia.

CHANGUPIN [ F&B Matching Platform ] KITCHEN IN THE LAB [ HMR B2C & B2B ]

Changupin is a platform supporting fair trade in the F&B Franchise market. Currently, Changupin Kitchen in the Lab is a startup that enables SPA brands in the food industry. It is the only food has reached 300 Franchise inquires, accumulating approximately twenty million dollars. Potential startup in Korea to solve planning-manufacturing-sales-advertising completely on its own. business owners can find the right brand based on market analytics and big data on Franchises. We strive to maximize the value positioning of Home Meal Replacements - currently the food Every Franchise signs a contract prior to using Changupin's service, not to violate fair trade industry trend - that are delicious, innovative, and low maintenance. We aim for a quick service commission, and approximately 300 Franchises are taking part in the service to support potential business owners in online consultation. Changupin is planning to provide better solutions for (product) launch. potential business owners through the provision of loans guranteed by Changupin's service and AI data modeling, to find the right brand according to individuals stata and needs. SPARKLABS DEMODAY 16 COMPANY PROFILE SPARKLABS DEMODAY 16 COMPANY PROFILE

RE:HARVEST [ Food upcycling ] BLABLA [ Audio-based social platform ]

RE:harvest produces and distributes B2B and B2C food products made from by-product flour Blabla is an audio-based live platform, targeting the MZ generation who communicates anytime/ alternatives. We are the very first company in Korea to specialize in food upcycling. Currently, anywhere/freely through audio chat. It is a personalized voice platform service that allows RE:harvest upcycles by-products from shikhye and beer. We utilize patent-pending technology creators specialized in voice and various voice original contents to be created, and search, to convert nutritious by-products into flour, creating B2C products (meal-replacement products). recommendation, and curation based on voice/chat data. We are also currently developing B2B food products such as pasta, pizza dough, and noodles. As of now, RE:harvest offers the ‘RE:nergy Bar’ and will continue to develop a wide spectrum of food products leveraging flour made from by-products.

SNPLAB [ Personal Data Marketplace ] TELLA [ Edu-tech Sevice ]

SNP Lab is one-device personal data platform that allows individuals to store their data on their Tella is an on-demand English education service where learners receive chat and real-time smartphones and sell data usage rights to those who request it. The service, my:D, enables corrections by professional native English tutors on KakaoTalk. By analyzing the learners’ English secure access to personal data without collecting personal information. chat data with 's natural language processing technology, it diagnoses the customer’s English usage patterns and proficiency and provide customized learning content. SPARKLABS DEMODAY 16 COMPANY PROFILE SPARKLABS DEMODAY 16 COMPANY PROFILE

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VILLAGE BABY [ Contents and Curation Commerce ] EQUILIBRIUM WORLD

Village Baby is a platform that manages and provides pregancy, childbirth, birth-preparation, and Equilibrium World is an AI SaaS platform that enables companies and investors to track childcare content based on data insights. It started a subscription service for maternity supplies. sustainability workflows, targets, and portfolios through cloud-based automation—making the Uers can subscribe/buy childcare supplies in package boxes curated under the theme of ‘pain move to sustainability faster, smarter and more cost effective points’ according to pregnant months, such as morning sickness in early stage pregnancy and laundry items in late stage pregnancy. It also launched the BabyBilly application with data-based maternity care providing item reviews, lowest price, and comparison with other products, along with fetal/mother/father information that is refined and provided on a weekly base.

BESPIN GLOBAL

Bespin Global is a cloud focused managed service provider that helps digital transformation of mid to large enterprises by adopting private and public cloud services through professional services, managed services and OpsNow, a proprietary multi-cloud management platform. Bespin Global is the only MSP in North East Asia positioned as a Leader in 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud Infrastructure Professional and Managed Services and has been recognized for four consecutive years since March 2017. PROGRAM Entrepreneurs Growing Entrepreneurs SparkLabs Cultiv8 is a unique world class accelerator and research facility co-founded by the SparkLabs Group, Asia's leading Tech Accelerator group, and the NSW Department of Primary We are a new type of seed-stage fund. We believe business is now truly global. Exceptional entrepreneurs that are building strong, category - defining companies at highly advantageous Industries (DPI), together with a number of leading farms and large corporate partners. valuations can be found anywhere. We are a team highly experienced in finding such talent and helping our entrepreneurs to develop, grow, network, and scale into other markets throughout the world. PROGRAM ELEMENTS • Exposure to 150+ global network of mentors through Asia's largest Accelerator group, and 50+ Our Investment Thesis : The Future is Data specialist mentors from all aspects of the food and agricultural value chains We are looking to invest in companies that: • DPI's research labs with 650+ scientists and engineers • Are generating valuable data around usage patterns, customer behavior, company information • 25 research stations on over 13,000 hectares of agricultural trial sites across four climatic regions • Have innovative & disruptive business models built around strong products (temperate, sub-tropical, coastal and alpine) • Have high engagement with their customer base (consumer or enterprise) • A top-tier network of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors and executives • Have a highly talented, driven team that can clearly articulate their vision and do whatever it takes to succeed

“SparkLabs' passion for Memebox inspired us to go global and expand to Silicon Valley. Their support was felt every step of the way as we launched the Silicon Valley office and graduated from Y Combinator. Since their involvement we've successfully closed both a Series A and B funding round, within a year. It has been a rewarding experience having SparkLabs Global Ventures as our investor and partner as we continue to share our products with the global audience.” Dino Ha, Co-founder & Co-CEO of Memebox (YC W14) “The partners at SparkLabs are amazing people and have been a motivating force since the early days of Petnet. They are forward thinking in the way they think about the internet of things and how it will shape they way people shop for consumables. They have an expansive global network of executives, advisors, and investors who are ready to help in any form necessary. SparkLabs is an essential team member for companies who are looking to expand their brand globally.” Carlos Herrera, Co-founder & CEO of Petnet WEBSITE: www.sparklabscultiv8.com Hosted By

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PROGRAM SparkLabs Taipei, is an accelerator based in Taiwan that help entrepreneurs go global. The mentorship-driven program targets startups in IoT (Internet of Things), artificial intelligence, machine learning, fintech, e-commerce, digital healthcare, cybersecurity, VR/AR, mobile application, industrial automation, and other verticals.

The accelerator program is based in Taipei but recruits globally. We support international teams to build its R&D team and expand their business to the Taiwanese market. Sparklabs Taipei partners with top-tier manufacturers, 2 local and international banks, accounting and law firms, etc. We are looking for founders who are eager to make the world a better place.

PROGRAM ELEMENTS • Average 8 startups chosen for each batch. Two batches per year. • Investment of $40,000 (up to 6% of the company) • Over $1,000,000 in free perks (i.e. office space, hosting, access to Citibank, CTBC, Deloitte, Google, KPMG, Wistron, etc.) • Assignment of 4 to 6 world-class mentors.

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