WEFLO, a domestic company investing in Kakao, is launching CES
Startups invested by Naver and Kakao are attracting attention as they participate in the world’s largest IT and home appliance exhibition “CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2024” in the U.S.
As CES has created a new part of digital healthcare since last year, digital healthcare companies based on ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) are increasingly participating.
In particular, interest in convergence technologies such as personal health, diagnosis, and treatment is increasing. Among the participating companies, start-ups that received investment from Naver and Kakao are also in line with the trend of the exhibition in that most of them introduce artificial intelligence (AI) and digital healthcare technologies.
CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2024 will kick off its four-day run in Las Vegas on the 9th (local time).
Nineteen Naver Investment Start-ups Are Coming Out…Eight companies participate for 2 consecutive years
In Naver, 19 startups invested by Naver D2SF, a startup investment organization, will participate in CES 2024.
If you look at the companies invested by Naver, △ Retinal △ Beuran Technology △ Mobile Tech △ Nubi Lab △ Kristin Company △ Gaudio Lab △ Pranacue △ Heuray Positive △ Ndot Light △ Rebuilder AI △ Encer △ Eba △ Tunip △ Art Lab △ DeepMedi △ Doing Lab △ Imocogue, etc.
Among them, eight companies will participate in the event in 2024 following 2023, and the number of participating companies is increasing every year.
If you look at companies in the healthcare sector, there are Encer, Deep Medi, Nubi Lab, and Pranacue.
Encer plans to analyze brain signals in response to olfactory stimuli and unveil a solution to diagnose dementia within 10 minutes, and DeepMedi will display smart mirrors for health care for the elderly at home based on camera-based health information (blood pressure, etc.).
In addition, Nubi Lab, which will open its own booth at the Digital Healthcare Exhibition Hall for two consecutive years, will unveil a mobile app for type 2 diabetes patients for the first time.
In addition, Pranacue will release a solution demo that analyzes breathing patterns, snoring, and sleep stages and times during sleep to provide customized sleep coaching programs.
Participate in 10 Kakao Investment Startups…Innovation Award, “EXO Systems” Eyes.
Startups invested by Kakao Ventures, Kakao’s investment affiliate, also show off their technological prowess at CES 2024.
Looking at the participating companies, 10 companies, including △ NeuroTX △ Retinal △ Meditins △ Smart Radar System △ Ax △ Aison △ Exotic Systems △ Imocogue △ WEFLO △ TJ Labs, plan to showcase their digital innovation capabilities.
First of all, the company to pay attention to is ExoSystems, which received the CES 2024 Digital Healthcare Innovation Award.
The innovation award technology is a customized healthcare solution that provides △ customized exercise intervention and △ neuromuscular electrical stimulation treatment NME (Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation) based on bio-signal feedback and is the second award since 2020.
Currently, ExoSystems is conducting various clinical studies applying customized digital intervention solutions, and is collaborating with Roche to conduct a joint study on the function evaluation of the neuromuscular system in patients with spinal muscular atrophy.
In addition, NeuroTX will unveil technologies related to electronic drugs that treat diseases with electrical stimulation.The company will introduce electronic drugs that can be customized for patients using AI.Aison is expected to introduce a wearable biosensor that accurately and conveniently measures biosignals.
In addition, Imocog and Meditins each combine AI and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to introduce dementia solutions across the entire cycle, from dementia prevention to diagnosis and treatment, and wearable monitoring solutions and platforms for patients with neuro-invasive bladder and urination disorders.
The reason why startups invested by Naver D2SF and Kakao Ventures’ participation in CES 2024 is drawing attention is that investment synergy can be expected.
At CES 2023 last year, the digital healthcare sector mainly focused on health care and digital treatment technologies linked to wearable devices under the keyword “medical care in daily life.”
In fact, at CES 2023, a number of new health tech innovations such as digital treatments, telemedicine, and fitness, as well as personalized networks, stress-relieving mental health care, fitness, and wellness platforms, were exhibited.
Ultimately, there is a good possibility that Naver and Kakao will seek synergy with companies investing in the digital healthcare sector as their future food and devise various strategies, respectively.
An official from the pharmaceutical industry said, “Since smartphones have become essential in everyday life, we expect that if digital healthcare is introduced in the future, it will be highly likely to be used in the medical field.”