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Busan Hosts BUGITECH Investment Show to Help Promising Local Companies Scale Up

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Busan Metropolitan City, led by Mayor Chun Jae-soo, will host the 4th BUGITECH Investment Show of 2026 at 1:30 p.m. today, October 7, at BEXCO Exhibition Center 1.

BUGITECH is Busan Metropolitan City’s flagship investment-matching program designed to connect promising Busan companies with investment firms in the region and the Seoul metropolitan area, expand opportunities for companies to attract investment, and facilitate follow-on investment.

The event will be held in conjunction with 2026 FLY ASIA and is expected to bring together approximately 70 participants, including managers of funds backed by Busan Metropolitan City, investment firms from the Seoul metropolitan area, and representatives of local companies.

With a growing number of companies in Busan requiring follow-on investment after receiving early-stage funding, this event will focus on supporting companies at the scale-up stage, including those seeking Series B investment.

Series B refers to a follow-on investment stage in which a company with a proven business model raises capital to expand its operations based on a valuation typically in the tens of billions of won.

Six growth-stage companies, including Risol, which offers a brain-health wellness device, and Newrizon, which develops electrostatic nanofilters, will deliver investor relations presentations. Investment consultations will also be held for 15 companies that have already been matched with investment firms based on demand identified in advance.

The six companies participating in the investor relations presentations are Risol, Newrizon, Chainlogis, SLM, IN, and Acromet.

In particular, 26 major domestic investment firms, including fund managers for funds established by Busan Metropolitan City, SBI Investment, and Kolon Investment, will participate in the investment show and seek to connect promising local companies with investment opportunities to support their scale-up.

The event will also feature, in sequence, a presentation by the Southeast Regional Investment Center of Korea Venture Investment Corporation on regional venture investment trends and fund management status, followed by reverse pitching sessions by three fund managers backed by Busan Metropolitan City.

First, the Southeast Regional Investment Center of Korea Venture Investment Corporation, which manages the Korea Fund of Funds, will share regional investment trends and present the management status of funds of funds established by Busan Metropolitan City.

These funds are the Busan Regional Innovation (New Deal) Venture Fund, the Busan Future Growth Venture Fund, and the Busan Innovation Scale-up Venture Fund.

This will be followed by reverse pitching from three firms—Enlight Ventures, represented by Park Moon-soo; Big Move Ventures, represented by Choi Hyung-seop; and NOW IB Capital, represented by Lee Seung-won. Each firm will directly introduce participating companies to its key investment sectors, investment strategies, and managed funds.

Meanwhile, in addition to the BUGITECH Investment Show, which is held regularly four times a year, Busan Metropolitan City holds the BUGITECH Investment Roadshow every month to expand its network with investment firms in the Seoul metropolitan area.

To date, these programs have provided investor relations presentation and consultation opportunities between a cumulative 166 companies and 271 investment firms, resulting in approximately KRW 9 billion in investment secured by four companies.

Lee Dong-yeop, Director General for Finance and Startup Policy at Busan Metropolitan City, said, “The BUGITECH Investment Show serves as a practical channel directly connecting local companies with investors. We will continue to expand opportunities for local companies and investors to meet through the BUGITECH Investment Show and foster an environment in which local companies can attract investment and grow in Busan.”