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Busan Metropolitan City Links Its Funds with Investment in Local Companies: “2025 Second BoogiTech” to Be Held

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that it will host the “2025 Second BoogiTech Investment Show” (hereinafter, “the event”) today (December 4) at 2 p.m. at the Eurasia Platform located at Busan Station.

The event is hosted by the City and organized by the Busan Startup Investment Agency. It aims to facilitate investment by connecting fund operators established by the City and investment firms in the Seoul metropolitan area with promising local companies. The first event was held in September in conjunction with the Asian startup expo “FLY ASIA,” and today marks the second edition.

In particular, 25 organizations—including local investment firms such as the Busan Regional University Consortium Technology Holdings and BNK Venture Capital, as well as leading investment firms from the Seoul metropolitan area—will participate. The event is expected to uncover hidden promising companies in Busan and lead to real investment opportunities.

< Overview of the “2025 Second BoogiTech Investment Show” >
◦ (Date/Location) December 4, 2025 (Thu), 14:00–17:30 / Eurasia Platform, Room 109
◦ (Participants) Fund operators formed by Busan Metropolitan City, local promising companies, etc. (approx. 70 attendees)
◦ (Main Programs) Sharing of outstanding Pre-IPO cases, investment IR sessions, consultations, and networking

The event will proceed in the following order: sharing of outstanding Pre-IPO cases, investment IR sessions, investment consultations, and networking.

Pre-IPO: An investment round that takes place immediately before a company proceeds with its initial public offering (IPO).

[Sharing of Outstanding Pre-IPO Cases]
A session will be held in which “Social Bean,” selected for the “2025 IPO Support Program” jointly promoted by the City and the Busan Startup Investment Agency, shares its entrepreneurial journey and growth and investment case.

[Investment IR Sessions]
Ten promising local companies seeking investment will be selected to present their IR pitches to approximately 20 screening professionals from fund operators formed by the City and operators in the Seoul metropolitan area.

[Investment Consultations]
In a separate space (Room 114) within the Eurasia Platform, one-on-one investment consultations will be held, matching companies with investment firms based on advance demand surveys. The consultations are expected to lead to substantive investment linkages.

Meanwhile, the City has continuously expanded its Busan-style funds. In particular, through the establishment of the Future Growth Venture Fund last year and the Innovation Scale-up Venture Fund this year, the City anticipates that approximately KRW 500 billion will be directed to local investments. Starting next year, the City plans to further scale up the “BoogiTech Investment Show” and foster it into a flagship “investor–local company investment matching program” through regular on- and offline events.

Lee Jin-su, Director of Financial Startup Policy for the City, stated, “By the end of this year, Busan Metropolitan City’s funds will comprise 70 funds totaling KRW 1.5 trillion. We will continue to pursue various investment-linkage initiatives such as BoogiTech so that local companies can receive tangible investment benefits.”