Uicorn Road, Uiwang City's Startup Support Space, Concludes '2024 Performance Report'

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park Chan-hyuk] Unicorn Road, a startup support space in Uiwang City, held a performance report on the 17th to review the year's startup growth support activities and achievements.

Unicorn Road is an integrated startup support brand of Uiwang City, providing a step-by-step support system from aspiring entrepreneurs to growth-stage startups to help startup companies achieve growth and success.

Since opening on the 5th to 8th floors of the Poil Eoulim Center in July 2021, it has provided comprehensive support across all areas of startup, including the operation of office spaces and maker spaces, education and mentoring, business commercialization support, and prototype development. It has also discovered and fostered promising startups through investment attraction and overseas export support.

Over the past three and a half years, Unicorn Road has supported 110 startups and achieved outstanding results: 365 jobs created, 72.1 billion won in sales, and 63.8 billion won in investment attracted. These achievements have served as an important stepping stone for the leap forward of startups and are assessed to have significantly contributed to Uiwang City's startup ecosystem.

The event proceeded with opening remarks by Uiwang City Mayor Kim Sung-je, followed by commendation awards for outstanding enterprises, appointment of startup mentors, and demo days for resident companies. After the event, networking time continued with participation from resident companies, graduated companies, and relevant startup stakeholders.

Mayor Kim Sung-je said, "I am very proud of Uiwang City startups that have achieved good results despite difficult circumstances," and added, "As an important partner for startup development, Uiwang City and Unicorn Road will spare no effort in providing support so that startups can build competitiveness in domestic and international markets."