is not simply an educational program that teaches startup success strategies.
It is a customized acceleration program for startup growth.
SparkLabs provides an optimized system to help all participating companies quickly find PMF (Product-Market-Fit)
and maximize their chances of securing follow-on funding.
Core Support for Growth
✔ Dedicated Team & Managing Partners, Mentors – Korea's only hands-on support
that thinks and executes with founders
✔ Proven SparkLabs Know-how – Customized program for explosive growth in a short period
✔ Strong Founder Network – Connections with lifelong colleagues beyond business growth
Experience the SparkLabs Batch Program, which contains over 13 years of coaching know-how
from more than 300 portfolio companies, so startups can leap from survival to growth!
Up to 300 million KRW investment
TIPS Program recommendation for up to 700 million KRW support
Active support for follow-on funding (Investor Day, Demo Day)
1:1 intensive PMF coaching per company Alumni sessions from past batches IR Mentoring per company Office Hours with partners Tech & UX·UI sessions Connection with external experts Individual pitching coaching
Customized government program recommendations per company
Press release distribution support, article planning & interview connections
SparkLabs internal finance team support => Post-investment management & AGM preparation support per company
Global expansion & network connections
Portfolio company benefit perks
along with our core team members, we prepare for PMF (Product-Market-Fit) exploration,
building an overwhelming growth foundation, and effective follow-on funding.
- ㆍTencent Korea International
Business Development,
Global Sales Director - ㆍPodoTree Business
Development & Marketing
Director - ㆍVertigowgames International
Business GM - ㆍNHN USA QA &
Localization GM - ㆍSK Contents Company
Business Development
- ㆍSoftware N3N Co-founder
& CEO - ㆍInnotive CEO
- ㆍNexonova CEO
- ㆍNexon Portal Web Services
GM
- ㆍVidquick Co-founder & CEO
- ㆍLunsford Group Managing
Director - ㆍGoingOn Network Co-founder
& VP of Product Development - ㆍAsian Investment Bank IRG
Director - ㆍMuckerLab LA Startup
Accelerator Mentor - ㆍSixThirty Fintech Accelerator
Mentor
- ㆍSparkLabs Batch Team
Executive Director - ㆍSpendit Chief Product Officer
- ㆍWithmy Founder
- ㆍApgujeong Min Dental Clinic
Management - ㆍDentist (Hawaii, Washington
DC)
Why do founders recommend the SparkLabs Batch Program?
Co-CEO Jimmy Kim, CEO of Nexon Group's game development studio Nexonova and N3N co-founder
Co-CEO Eugene Kim, the strategist who led global business at NHN, Tencent, and Vertigogames
Co-CEO Bernard Moon, Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur and business mentor
At the forefront of startup growth, SparkLabs, an accelerator helping founders succeed,
directly supports early-stage founders through four co-CEOs with the best experience and networks in their respective fields.
As a TIPS private operator for about 10 years, SparkLabs has high expertise and intensive know-how
in TIPS company recommendations as well as follow-on funding and strategic partnership acquisition,
and our team members help founders facing numerous crises quickly, like an internal team.
Apply now for the SparkLabs Batch Program that founders confidently recommend!
The path to startup growth is never easy. SparkLabs' partners are hands-on entrepreneurs with experience founding and growing startups themselves.
We will be with all founders who go through SparkLabs until they become unicorns beyond the initial growth stage, providing practical support and being a reliable partner throughout the long and challenging journey.
13 Years of History and Experience
Over the past 13 years, we have been with numerous early-stage startups through their growth, challenges, successes, and failures.
Based on the data, know-how, and insights accumulated in this process, we support startups in finding the PMF they must focus on and maximizing their follow-on funding rate.
For approximately 22 weeks, the dedicated SparkLabs Batch team provides 1:1 customized coaching tailored to each startup, helping them find PMF (Product-Market Fit).
Experience the SparkLabs Batch Program, a hands-on, customized acceleration program.
This is a stage to showcase the achievements at Demo Day, where only major domestic and international investors and stakeholders can attend.
We complete impactful storytelling with SparkLabs' powerful formula so that the achievements during the batch program can lead to follow-on funding, and provide professional coaching to offer opportunities for successful follow-on funding through Demo Day.
working closely with SparkLabs every week to create tangible results,
laying a strong foundation for follow-on funding.
SparkLabs is looking for startups with clear growth potential, not just possibilities,
and in the selection process, we focus on evaluating the following three key requirements.
- ㆍWithout a team, it will be difficult to find PMF during the Batch Program.
- ㆍWe look for teams that can create an MVP with minimal personnel, sell it to customers, and gather feedback.
- ㆍWe do not select solo founders with no team members.
- ㆍAny level or form of product is fine, whether Pre-totype, Prototype, or MVP.
- ㆍHowever, 'surveys' are not market testing.
- ㆍSometimes failed results are also good. Failure is also part of the learning process. If you're ready to proceed with the next experiment based on new insights, that's OK!
- ㆍWe do not select teams that have never tested their great idea even once.
- ㆍDuring the Batch Program, you should be able to focus solely on improving PMF without additional fundraising.
- ㆍWe do not select teams that need fundraising due to operational funding issues during the Batch Program.
| Investment Type | Investment Amount | Equity Acquired |
| Convertible Preferred Stock (CPS) or SAFE | 100M ~ 300M KRW | Minimum 6% |
* The above equity ratio and investment amount are flexibly adjusted depending on the investment size and company situation.
SparkLabs provides a systematic program for explosive growth of early-stage startups.
Additionally, you can receive various benefits such as continuous follow-on funding support
and TIPS program recommendations after the program ends.
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Phase 1. BootcampCurrent Status Analysis & Removing Growth Barriers -
Phase 2. Spark Your BusinessKPI Setting & Focused Leap
to the Next Level -
Phase 3. Traction DayKPI Validation &
IR Pitch Completion -
Phase 4. DemodayPrivate Demo Day — VC Meetings & IR Presentations
Application Submission
1.5 months
Submit application through website
Opens twice a year (first & second half)
Review
3 weeks
Document review and interview
Final Selection
1 week
Individual contact to accepted companies
Bootcamp
2 weeks
Pre-bootcamp for program preparation
Main Program
22 weeks
Company-specific customized sessions, alumni sessions,
office hours, IR mentoring, growth, IR pitch coaching, etc.
Demo Day
Preparation & Presentation
8 weeks
Participation in private Demo Day with top domestic
and international VCs
application submission and the program in View All FAQ.