Fireside: How to Impact Society through Sustainable Innovation_ Reharvest

​🔎About This Session

​This session introduces RE:HARVEST, Korea’s first food upcycling company and a pioneer in sustainable innovation.
Through the founder’s story, participants will learn how a startup can create an entirely new industry by identifying opportunities in waste and sustainability.
The session will provide practical insights on how entrepreneurial vision, persistence, and policy collaboration can turn emerging ideas into nationally recognized industries.

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​💡Key Takeaways

• ​How RE:HARVEST pioneered the food upcycling industry in Korea

• ​Understanding the process of building a “new industry” from a startup perspective

• ​Lessons from RE:HARVEST’s evolution from early stage to sustainable growth

• ​How startups can drive national industry development and policy innovation

​🎙️Speaker

​Myungjun Min, CEO of RE:HARVEST
Founder of Korea’s first food upcycling company and a SparkLabs Batch 16 alumnus. He pioneered the domestic upcycling food industry by transforming manufacturing by-products into new market opportunities. Through his experience, he shares how startups can evolve from idea validation to scaling within a newly created industry.