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KSC Seattle

KSC Seattle Seattle

Hub
  • LocationSeattle, WA (opened in Aug. 2019)

Location

Situated in the landmark building in the downtown of Seattle, USA

  • AccessibilityAn approx. 20-minute ride from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)
  • AddressMet Park East Floor 10, 1730 Minor Ave, Seattle, WA 98101, US

Location Conditions and Environments

Location Conditions

Great innovation infrastructure with a lot of global companies (e.g., Amazon, Microsoft, Boeing, COSTCO, Starbucks, Expedia, etc.) around

Staffing standards, operating costs, technology innovation, human resources, access to capital and consumer price considered

Business Environments

Staffing standards, operating costs, technology innovation, human resources, access to capital and consumer price considered

Many headquarters of global top tech companies are stationed in Seattle due to no state income tax and state corporate income tax very favorable in terms of costs

Organization

Job Title Name Duties TEL Email
Managing Director Harry Jung Overseeing the operation of KSC Seattle  +1-206-806-8369 wunjung@kosmes.or.kr
harry.jung@kscseattle.org
General Manager Brian Frost Overall startup support tasks, mentoring, and marketing  +1-206-806-8369 brian.frost@kscseattle.org
Marketing Manager Chami Jo Ro B2B marketing  +1-206-806-8369 chami.ro@kscseattle.org
Operation Manager Alice Wi KSC program and office management  +1-206-806-8369 alice.wi@kscseattle.org 

Facilities

7 private rooms, 30 shared office seats (6 reserved seats, 0 non-reserved seats)

Lease Scale

10th floor of Met Park East (20 stories in total); 896.25㎡

Facilities

Conference rooms, small meeting rooms (2), phone booths, cafe, lounge, etc.

GALLERY

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Startup Ecosystem

Great global business infrastructure (e.g., Amazon, MS, etc.), startup support agencies (e.g., CoMotion at the University of Washington, etc.), and competent technical staff, forming a startup ecosystem for Washington State and a virtuous circle

Great innovation experiences and talents in Seattle (Source: Startup Genome’s 2019 Global Startup Ecosystem Ranking)

Promising Business Type

Industry Business Type Penetration Strategy Partner
ICT Blockchain, digital media, FinTech VR, drones, etc.
  • Forms a cooperation network with local partners and global enterprises
  • Innovative ideas required
  • Amazon
  • MS
  • Google
Aerospace Aviation parts, defense industry products, etc.
  • Builds assembly capabilities in response to aviation part modulation trends
  • Establishes a co-production system in connection with global businesses and support agencies
  • Boeing
Life Science Smart farm. Bio, public health, medicine, etc.
  • Develops products with great price & technology competitiveness
  • Develops technology and supports a permit for clinical trials through joint R&Ds
  • Needed to attract VC and AC investments
  • Institute for Systems Biology (ISB)
  • Life Science Washington
Distribution Industry Agricultural & fishery product processing, consumer goods, etc.
  • Product localization; production in connection with global businesses
  • COSTCO

Cooperation Network

Network Category Dex-x-x-x-x-x-scription Partnership
University of Washington College The most innovative public university in Washington state; an internal incubator operated Open space membership sharing, co-hosting of meetups, etc.
Washington Technical Industry Association (WTIA) Non-profit organization The largest tech-business support agency in Washington state Startup program training & implementation
Greater Seattle Partners (GSP) Government agency Business and investment attraction support for businesses penetrating into Seattle Cohosting of seminars, partner & VC introduction, etc.
Vulcan Ventures VC VC in IT such as AI Investment attraction for small & venture businesses
IntuitiveX VC Medical device VC, incubator Discovers business partners and attracts investments

Tenant Company

No. Company President Product Occupancy Date
1 DotDotDot Yongtaek Bae GoBabble (Metaverse Platform) April 8th 2023
2 MUVEEN CO., LTD. Gyeong-hui Kang Safety gloves January 1st 2023
3 Elice Jeawon Kim Online education platform January 31st 2023
4 OrangeBiomed Unghyeon Ko Diabetes management Device May 1st 2023
5 CMES Robotics Sungho Lee AI robot vision January 1st 2023
6 Integritics ByoungJin Park Microbial Analysis System for the Biotech August 10th 2023
7 JJ&COMPANIES JoungHo Jeon integrated smart control system for aquaculture September 7th 2023
8 GBC Junhee Nam Portable power station September 25th 2023
9 SevenPointOne Hyunjun Lee AI dementia screening solution August 15th 2023
10 DareeSoft Elizabeth Row IoT-based road risk information real-time service In the process of a lease agreement
11 Microsystems SangKug Chung Intelligent video surveillance system August 21st 2023