* The Venture Business Association held the '2022 Venture Entrepreneur's Night' event, during which they hosted an awards ceremony recognizing those who have contributed to the development of the venture
industry. Director Cho Sung-gu of SMK received a commendation from the Minister in the Workers category. / December 6, 2022
Venture Business Association Hosts 'Venture Entrepreneur's Night'
The Venture Business Association held the '2022 Venture Entrepreneur's Night' event at the EL Tower in Yangjae-dong, Seoul, on the 6th.
This year's slogan is "Global economic crisis, we will overcome again with entrepreneurship". About 230 venture entrepreneurs and related organizations attended the event, including Minister of Small and
Medium Venture Business Lee Young, Congressman Kim Jung-ho (Democratic Party of Korea), Congressman Sung Il-jong (People Power Party), Congressman Jung Tae-ho (Democratic Party of Korea),
Congressman Han Moo-kyung (People Power Party), Congressman Hong Seok-jun (People Power Party), Director Nam Min-woo of the Korea Youth Entrepreneurship Foundation, Kim Bung-hee, Chairman of
the Korea Women's Venture Association, Seok Yong-chan, Chairman of the Korea SME Management Innovation Association, and Park Hyun-joo, Chairman of the IT Women Entrepreneurs Association.
Venture entrepreneurs conducted a campaign and pledge event to spread the culture of entrepreneurship, with the intention of overcoming the crisis by joining forces as 'problem solvers of crisis recovery'. They
demonstrated their willingness to participate in the campaign by attaching their business cards to the declaration wall set up at the venue.
At the 'Venture Award of the Year' ceremony, △ Lee Dae-hwan, CEO of Luxrobo was selected as 'Entrepreneur' △ Ryu Jong-hyuk, CEO of Seoul Reap, Lee Jong-chun, CEO of Sunyang Food, and
Han Jun-sub, CEO of Gimision were selected as 'Learning Ventures' △ Lee Sang-ho, Head of Yeonsan Metal Research Institute, Choi Go-woon, Team Leader of Beautiful Sky, and Cho Sung-gu, CTO of SMK
were selected as 'Workers' and received a commendation from the Minister of Small and Medium Venture Businesses.
In addition, for the Venture Business Association Chairman's Award, △ Jung Young-hwa, former chairman of the Venture Business Association National Council (Merit Award) △Ubiquitous, Boim Technology,
View On (Outstanding Member Company) △ Lee Kwang-chang, team leader of the Small and Medium Business Bank, and Hong Hyun-kwon, representative of Zeta Plan Invest (Outstanding Partner) △
Kang Min-jae, representative director of Easy Wellness and three others (Learning Ventures) △ Kim Yu-jae, CEO of Power Player and five others (Startup Activation) were named.
Kang Sam-kwon, chairman of the Venture Business Association, said, "We will do our best to support the expansion of venture companies' global territories and the spread of innovative entrepreneurship,
growth and activation of competitive regional venture companies, and digital transition support."
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