"KSC Seattle is dedicated to expanding and helping Korean startups enter the U.S. market and is specifically focusing on biomedical innovation and its development to contribute to economic growth for both U.S. and Korea," said David Hwang, Managing Director of KSC Seattle. "Seattle is home to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Fred Hutch, and University of Washington. This booming life sciences ecosystem has given rise to 5 Washington-based biotech company IPOs in 2021 alone. Without a doubt, Korean medical startups have access to great opportunities in Washington State."
"IntuitiveX has a proven history of helping medical technologies successfully enter and scale in the U.S. healthcare market, so we are absolutely thrilled to partner with KSC Seattle and Korea SME and Startups Agency (KOSME)," said Dr. Jeffrey Roh, CEO of IntuitiveX. "As a son of immigrants myself, I believe cutting-edge technologies and talent can come from virtually anywhere in the world, so being able to help identify and support innovative Korean startups introduce potentially life-saving technologies within our ecosystem only proves this point."