Monday, November 14, 2011

Korea-Maryland Bio Expo 2011 (cont.)

On the night of November 1st, a dinner was held to commence the expo.

Korea-Maryland sign at the dinner

On the left here is Mr. Jeong-Gu Kang, Executive Director of R&D Mangement at Unhwa. Unhwa is a plant stem cell and cosmetics company. Mr. Kang is based in Maryland. On the right is Hyun-Jung Kim, who is a Manager of the Investment Promotion Division of the Seoul Government.

Here I am with Mr. Jong-Woo Kim of the Seoul Business Agency. Mr. Kim is the Director of the Hi-Tech Industry Promotion Team. He deals with new investment hubs like DMC and the Magok District.

Korea-Maryland Bio Expo 2011



I arrived in Baltimore on October 31st to represent several biotech companies at the Korea-Maryland Bio Expo 2011. The expo was held from November 1-4 at the Baltimore Convention Center. During the expo, I talked to many different companies and individuals about Magellan/Venture Port and the companies we were representing at the expo.

The three main companies we introduced at the expo were:

1) Crystal Genomics-CrystalGenomics is a leading structural chemoproteiomics-based drug discovery and development company headquartered in Seoul, Korea with a US presence (CG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) in Emeryville, California for multi-national clinical management.

2) Eyegene-EyeGene, Inc., a proteomics and biopharmaceutical bio-venture company, develops therapeutics, diagnostics, and technology in eye-related diseases and cancer. Its products include DRM, a product for the diagnostic of early-stage of diabetic retinopathy; Zycan, an immune stimulator, and anti-cancer and therapeutic cancer vaccine; EG-Mirotin, a therapeutics of ocular angiogenesis; and EGS, a scarless wound repair agent. EyeGene, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

3) MTIG-The company developed its own technology to produce complicated structure products using titanium and the technology to mass produce them.
Our company intends to construct a strong management foundation as a professional titanium company as the advance guard in these times of competition for resources and to fulfill its tasks and roles.

U.S.A Trip

In late October, I was asked to visit the U.S. to represent Magellan Investment and Technology and Venture Port. Our trip included two parts: attending a Biotech Expo in Baltimore, Maryland and meeting with venture capitalists in Silicon Valley.



During the trip, I represented 19 different companies. I had met the CEO's or members of several of these companies before, and several of them had attended my seminar. Here is the list:





1㈜럭스퍼트
LuxPort
-광증폭기/트랜시버

2㈜로직플랜트
Logic Plant
-유무선통신 및 네트워크 관련 소프트웨어

3㈜룩센테크놀로지
Luxen Technology
-Healthcare & Medical Ics, Power Management Ics

4㈜바닐라브리즈
Vanilla Breeze
-모바일 소프트웨어

5㈜스튜디오게일
Studio Gale
-애니메이션, 모바일콘텐츠

6㈜아이티아이
ITI
-레이져응용기기

7㈜아펙스씨앤에스
Apex CNS
-웹데스크탑, 웹오에스

8㈜엠티아이지
MTIG
-티타늄 분말, 티타늄 사출성형 부품, 티타늄 용사 코팅, 칼라 표면처리

9㈜애드투페이퍼
Add2Paper

10㈜원
Won
-전자결제서비스

11㈜위인터랙티브
We Interactive
-인터넷 서비스, 웹 페이지 소프트웨어

12㈜유런아이
Urunai
-시스템통합, S/W개발

13㈜운화
Unhwa
-식물줄기세포 기반 제약

14㈜카페베네

15㈜코리아본뱅크
Korea Bond Bank
-인체조직 이식재, 의료기기, 인공관절 등

16㈜크리스탈지노믹스
Crystal Genomics
-신약 발굴 및 개발

17㈜푸토엔터테인먼트
Puto Entertainment
-스마트폰 어플리케이션

18㈜후이즈홀딩스
Whois Holdings
-경영ERP, 웹 솔루션

19㈜휴먼패스
Human Pass
-유전자검사 및 연구개발

Mentor's Capital becomes Magellan Investment and Technology/Venture Port

Mentor's Capital has recently been split into two different companies:

The first company is Magellan Investment and Technology. Magellan is focused on venture investment.

The other side is Venture Port. Venture Port is focused on small business incubating: this includes education, IR, office space, etc.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Mentor's Capital CEO Seminar-5th Class, September 26

Thank you everyone for attending the 5th and final day of the 5 part Mentor's Capital CEO Seminar.

I had a great time meeting and working with every one of you, and I hope the seminar was helpful for your future pursuits.

For the last class, we finished the remaining elevator pitch preparation slides and each of the class members presented their pitch. These pitches were filmed, and in the near future I will include them on the blog.

Here is the powerpoint for the 5th day:

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Mentor's Capital CEO Seminar-4th Class, September 19


Thank you for attending the fourth day of the Mentor's Capital CEO Seminar!

During the class, we looked at the elevator pitch structure, and focused on writing the pitch one part at a time.




For the next class, we will (hopefully) finish a rough draft of the elevator pitch, and work on refining and finalizing the pitch and presentation.

The Songza video and script, and also the Ning script used during this class can be found under the 1st day's materials.

Here is the powerpoint for the 4th day:

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Mentor's Capital CEO Seminar-3rd Class, September 5

Thank you for attending the Mentor's Capital CEO Seminar!

Here is the powerpoint for the 3rd day of the seminar. The videos used were:

SmugMug Elevator Pitch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKjm9O4mcM8

Shark Tank-Element Bars: Part 2 (Investment):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt0_9AW3O2c


Here is the English/Korean Script for the SmugMug Elevator Pitch:


This is a chart I made using information from a survey about the differences between Venture Capitalists in the U.S. and Korea. The survey was done using results from 38 American venture capital companies and 21 Korean venture capital companies:


Here is the English/Korean Script for the Shark Tank-Element Bars 2nd Part (Investment):