8,000 people participate in Seoul Startup Festival... Investment review amount exceeds 200 billion won

The city of Seoul announced on the 12th that the global startup festival 'Try Everything 2026' was successfully concluded.

Try Everything is an event where domestic and foreign startups, investors, large and medium-sized companies, etc. gather in one place to seek investment attraction, business cooperation, and entry into the global market.

A total of 8,025 people participated in this year's event held at Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) from September 9th to 10th, and a total of 912 startups participated.

The number of participants increased by 3.8% compared to last year (7,729 people), and the number of participating startups increased by 4.2% compared to last year (875).

In particular, the city reported that the number of '1:1 on-site meetups' that directly connect startups with investors and large companies has more than doubled from 541 last year to 1,141 this year.

The investment review amount also increased from 180.9 billion won last year to 202.4 billion won this year.

The city explained that it was meaningful in that not only did the scale of participation increase, but business discussions between startups and investors also became more active.

The city plans to continue follow-up connections and support so that the expanded investment and business cooperation discussions at the event can lead to actual corporate growth.

Kim Hyun-woo, head of the Seoul Metropolitan Government's economic office, said, "Try Everything is growing every year and establishing itself as a global startup event," and added, "We will develop it to establish itself as Korea's representative global startup platform where domestic and foreign startups create business opportunities."