14 innovative Korean companies you need to know about [GMV]

Think Korea’s tech scene extends only as far as Samsung and LG? Think again. We’ve already told you about how instant messaging platform KakaoTalk managed to accumulate hundreds of millions of users and shown you some of the startups from that country trying to disrupt their way onto the world stage, but there’s plenty more innovation coming out of the East Asian country.

One attempt to highlight this is the GMV Innovation Awards, part of the Global Mobile Vision conference in Seoul. The awards were judged by a panel of international journalists (including this writer) across a variety of categories and all the companies below won either gold or silver in the awards.

1. 9Pixelz

Maybe it’s because I’m a bit of a comic book nerd, but I really like this company and its product. Essentially it’s an app that brings an extra dimension to comic books, including sound and small levels of animation