지난 14일, 옐로모바일은 보유하고 있던 1km의 지분을 자회사인 말랑스튜디오에 100% 매각했다. 총 8만 주의 주식 양도가액은 29억 3천만 원이다. 이와 관련해 옐로모바일은 “1km를 자회사인 말랑스튜디오의 손자회사로 만들기 위한 것”이라며 “말랑스튜디오의 지분을 옐로모바일의 또 다른 자회사인 피키캐스트에 매각할 예정”이라고 밝혔다. 또한, 옐로모바일은 “피키캐스트를 모바일컨텐츠·커뮤니티 사업부분의 중간지주회사 형태로 운영할 계획”이라고 덧붙였다. 옐로모바일의 임진석 이사는 “앱 서비스를 하고 있는 회사 간의 개발, 디자인, 마케팅 시너지 창출을 위해 사업을 그룹으로 묶은 것이고 경영과 서비스도 개별적으로 진행할…

Asia Beat 2014 is a 2-day event held in Taipei, Taiwan. Primarily it is a VC networking and Asian startup event  funded by startup related government institutions in Taiwan, as well as media and business consortiums from Japan, China, Korea, and Singapore. Get Tickets For AsiaBeat 2014 here. Korea will be represented by ten startups at the event. They are: Bridge Mobile will be represented by Jung-woo Choi, the winning team from…

During my time working with Korean startups there has been an almost universal fear of the dangers of entry to the Chinese market. But as Korean founders become more globally minded, and more confident in themselves, fear is being replaced with confidence and success stories are beginning to emerge. In addition, Chinese-Korean relations have never been better, and I expect that in the years to come great opportunities for cross-border opportunity will…

Malang Studio, well known for their popular alarm app, AlarmMon, has recently raised 2.0 billion KRW (aprox. $1.9M)  in its latest fund raising round from Yellow Mobile, a leading local mobile-centric company who’s business portfolio ranges from mobile commerce to media/publishing and marketing/advertising. This fund raising by Malang is the latest of the series of milestones that the company has accomplished in recent months. Early this year, the company achieved a break-even in its monthly financial…

One of the leading app developers in Korea, Malang Studio, won second place at the 2013 National Mobile Application Competition held August 24-25 in Beijing, China. Malang Studio was the only non-Chinese finalist and winner at the event, which was open mainly to local Chinese app developers. Last month we wrote about Malang Studio, creators of the popular alarm app, AlarmMon, and it’s heavy focus on gamification, something that seems to be…

Could such a mundane and boring daily routine such as turning off your alarm and getting up in the morning be fun and engaging? Malang Studio, the creators of AlarmMon think so. AlarmMon is a gamified alarm app that aims to address the pain of getting out of bed in the morning by rewarding early risers with various in-app rewards through their favourite animation characters. Going global: Malang Studio recently accompanied beSUCCESS…