This week at the Consumer Electronics Show 2025 in Las Vegas, Global Chamber® is pleased to help celebrate the success of Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) who have announced that 12 innovative startups based in Incheon have been honored with 13 CES 2025 Innovation Awards.
The celebratory event will be held on Tuesday at Wheel House at the Linc with members of Global Chamber® including Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego and Kubota CTO Brett McMickell. Commission Dr. Wonsok Yun will represent IFEZ and CEO Doug Bruhnke will represent Global Chamber®.
In addition to the celebration of the success by IFEZ and companies from Incheon, there will be an MOU signing between IFEZ and Global Chamber.
The impressive accomplishment by IFEZ marks a significant milestone, highlighting the creative and entrepreneurial spirit thriving within Incheon but also solidifies its position as a burgeoning hub of global tech innovation.
The CES Innovation Awards® program is an annual competition that recognizes outstanding design and engineering in consumer technology products. It recognizes honorees in various product categories. The 2025 awards program received a record-breaking number of submissions, over 3400.
Twelve companies supported by the IFEZ have received Innovation Awards. Incheon-based startups were named across eight categories: artificial intelligence (AI), digital health, and smart cities. Notably, Viva Innovation, which developed an AI-powered polyp detection solution, received recognition in both the AI and Human Security categories.
2025 Honorees:
Verses - A music-tech startup that develops user-driven music experience services.
ILias AI - A digital sniffer dog drug detection scanner utilizing olfactory AI technology.
emCT Co., Ltd.- Operates a firefighting remote-control service called BDApp, which immediately notifies users on their smartphones of the location and details of facilities affected by a fire.
Nuvilab - A South Korean startup specializing in AI-driven nutrition care solutions for food services.
NExT.AI - SaaS services that optimize costs, time, and manpower in the logistics, manufacturing, and construction industries.
UNIUNI - An accessible restroom solution that provides tailored AI safety, efficiency, and quality.
VIVA INNOVATION - Creates personalized, data-driven healthcare technology that guides the medical check-up journey.
10kM.ai - Korea's first generative AI company selected for the Deep-Tech TIPS program, which has developed an enterprise video solution that transforms corporate video creation and distribution.
Gbrain - Is the first domestic invasive electrode manufacturer to create flexible, non-invasive thin-film electrodes for high-resolution brainwave acquisition.
Curinginnos lnc.- A tennis partner robot system integrating information and communication technologies such as A.I. and computer vision to move and compete as a real tennis player.
Tesollo Inc.'s - Their DG-3F05 is an advanced robotic hand designed to emulate human dexterity closely by leveraging sophisticated grasping algorithms.
IPIN Labs - BPIN is an AI-powered Smart Factory Asset Management platform designed to significantly enhance operational efficiency and on-site safety by providing real-time tracking of assets, including equipment and personnel.
To learn about our CES Innovation Honorees, go HERE.
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About INCHEON-IFEZ
Incheon has become a global business hub boasting an ideal international business environment. It includes Incheon International Airport, the rapidly growing Incheon Port, world-class foreign universities located in the Songdo Global Campus, and an international business and bio-hub. The INCHEON-IFEZ is where everything from bio to logistics, medical care, education, and high-tech industries can be enjoyed.
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