KAIST창업원(StartUp)

2021 Fall – Calling for Startup Supporting Program “E*5 KAIST” Participants

KAIST Startup Support Office announces “E*5 KAIST 2021 Fall”, a student start-up support program that specifically and practically supports the process of business idea commercialization.

WHAT IS E*5 KAIST?

Providing systematic and practical support to develop startup ideas into actual business (Fund, Space, Mentoring)
Fostering startup teams through training, mentoring, coaching, evaluation, etc.

RECRUITMENT OVERVIEW

Purpose: Providing systematic and practical support to develop startup ideas into business
Support
- Details: Training and mentoring (Mentor-Mentee matching), Funding, Office Space, etc.
- Mentors: Korea’s leading venture capital investors and experts
  - BonAngels Venture Partners, Bluepoint Partners, CNT Tech, Kakao Ventures, FuturePlay
- Financial Support
  - 500,000 KRW for each selected team
  - Additional support for winners of each mission
  - Up to 15 million KRW for the final award team

APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY

Individuals or teams including at least one KAIST student (Undergraduate or Graduate) currently enrolled or on leave of absence

Ineligibility Criteria
- Team or individual including representatives of a company whose business license registration date exceeds one year from the program start date
- Previous participants of E*5 KAIST applying with the same business idea
- Previous award winners of E*5 KAIST (With the exception of Special Prize)

APPLICATION PERIOD & FUTURE DATES

Application Period: August 23 (Wed) ~ September 10, 2021 (Fri) 23:59
Submission site: Startup KAIST webpage (https://bit.ly/3CUf9KM)
Future Dates
- Application review: August 23 (Mon) ~ September 10 (Thu)
- Notice of application qualifiers (“Pre-E*5 Teams”): September 17 (Fri)
- Final notice of “E*5 KAIST Teams”: September 28 (Tue) ~ September 30 (Thu)

CONTACT US

KAIST Division of Startup Support, Yujin Kim
T. 042-350-6492, E. yu0696@kaist.ac.kr