Singapore-based VC firm Antler dispatches in South Korea 

Antler, a worldwide beginning phase investment firm, declared its dispatch in South Korea. The organization is hoping to put resources into 100 new companies more than a long time from its new office. 

Settled in Seoul, Antler's Korean tasks will be driven by new accomplice Jiho Kang, who helped to establish administration commercial center Soomro. The organization will start putting resources into nearby new companies ahead of schedule one year from now, as per an assertion. 

Established in Singapore, Antler has put resources into more than 300 innovative new companies across 16 areas around the world. The VC firm has assembled its model around drawing in with organizers from a beginning phase and has helped construct organizations with a scope of tech items, administrations, and stages in more than 30 ventures. 

Antler is set to dispatch its debut South Korea partner in mid-2022. The program will run for a half year determined to help organizers construct the right groups. The VC firm will then, at that point put resources into high-possible thoughts from the accomplice, assisting groups with scaling their organizations. 

As indicated by Kang, the Covid-19 pandemic has introduced new freedoms for new companies in Korea. 

"[Korea] is an incredibly thick nation, where you can genuinely go anyplace in the country inside four hours by high-velocity rail. Thusly individuals are accustomed to working together face to face," he said. "The pandemic has forestalled this, which is prompting many energizing things occurring in the product as-a-administration, distant work, far off wellbeing, and conveyance related areas." 

Korea is additionally seeing proceeded with an interruption in more customary organizations, for example, in the lawful, money, and energy areas, the new accomplice added. 

Before joining Antler, Kang held influential positions in tech goliath SK Planet and online business unicorn Coupang. He was additionally the principal Korean to be have been acknowledged in the 500 Startups gas pedal program in 2010.