KSC Founders Pitch Day | May 2026
Join us for Korea Startup Center Founders Pitch Day, an exciting lineup of high signal startups and a chance to get an early look at emerging technology from Korea.
Upcoming monthly themes are*:
- May, Deep Tech
- June, AI
- July, Physical AI and Robotics
* subject to change
Korea is the fourth largest startup nation outside the US with 27 unicorns.
If you are a builder, investor, industry innovator or simply curious about what’s emerging out of the Korea startup community, this is your chance to meet our founders. Come for the pitch, stay for the community.
🐅 About the Community
Hosted by KSC Silicon Valley, the worlds largest Korea government program supporting the Korea startup community. Located in the new Korea Startup Center right here in Menlo Park.
Startups from Pre-seed → Series A will take the stage.
KSC Founders Pitch Day 2026 May Agenda
4:30pm Arrival + Introductions
4:45pm Founder Pitch Segment Begins
Startup Pitches
3min pitches followed by 2min Q&A
MC: Will Decker, KSC Silicon Valley Program Director, former StartX, Plug and Play and Yahoo!.
5:15pm Talk and Q&A with Roya and Andrew
6:00pm Dinner and more networking
Who Should Join?
🔴 Founders (KSC Silicon Valley) Actively building, raising, or hiring. Apply to pitch your startup - reach out to the KSC staff!
🔴 Investors looking for breakout startups from Korea.
🔴 Observers (Industry execs, Mentors) RSVP on Luma to attend as a guest and get all the updates.
Parking Instructions
There is limited parking available on site, first come first serve. Otherwise we recommend neighborhood parking (eg along Santa Margarita Ave).