Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. /News1

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced that it held the '2025 1st Investment Attraction Briefing for Regulatory Sandbox of Industrial Convergence' with the Korea Industrial Technology Association (KIAT) on the 20th. The purpose is to support the commercialization of companies approved in the regulatory sandbox.

A regulatory sandbox is a system that allows businesses to prioritize the market launch of new products and services utilizing new technologies under certain conditions (restrictions on period, location, and scale) by exempting them from all or part of existing regulations.

The investment attraction briefing for regulatory sandbox corporations has been held annually 1 to 4 times since its first event in 2022. Last year, a total of 28 corporations participated, and 4 corporations successfully attracted investment.

This briefing was attended by 10 approved corporations hoping to attract investment and over 30 specialized investment institutions. Specifically, corporations such as Relicover, Etes, M2 Power, Altove, Ad, Pet Sneeze, MEDIZEN HUMANCARE, Shared Warehouse Supply, H Energy, and Rainbow Research Institute participated.

In particular, domestic investment institutions like Intervalue Partners, which operates a regulatory sandbox-specific fund, as well as global investors such as 500 Global and Strong Ventures, also attended for the first time.

Je Kyung-hee, director of the Industrial Technology Convergence Policy Department, noted that 'we will continue to work to lay the groundwork for nurturing the next generation of new industries through follow-up commercialization support of regulatory exceptions confirmed by the regulatory sandbox.'

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and KIAT plan to select 20 approved corporations this year to increase the success rate of their investment attraction. They will provide consulting for establishing and presenting investment attraction strategies for these corporations and will continue to expand the connection with domestic and foreign investors.