Asia Berlin: Bridging Berlin and South Korea
Building a startup is creative work - and these days, so is growing one. Content creation has gone from nice-to-have to core business skill, and the line between founder and creator keeps blurring.
This edition of Expansion Lab brings those worlds together. Join us for lunch, watch Berlin startups pitch live, then join a panel on how creativity and entrepreneurship feed each other - and why the founders who can build and tell a story are the ones who break through.
About this visit
This is a stop on the AsiaBerlin Expansion Lab - a flagship program by AsiaBerlin and betahausX that helps Berlin-based founders enter high-potential Asian markets through structured preparation, ecosystem access, and local partnerships. This cohort is exploring South Korea, Hong Kong & Shenzhen for their expansion, and you'll get to see them pitch live.
Meet the Berlin startups pitching:
Blimp - turns first-time founders' ideas into validated, scalable businesses → we-blimp.com
Nexiam - an AI-guided ecosystem connecting universities, students, and companies for future workforce readiness → nexiam.net
mloda - a plug-and-play data layer connecting any data to AI models, with built-in compliance ("Stripe for AI data access") → mloda.ai
3AM:ENERGY - a creative agency bridging art, technology, and culture, building bold new media experiences → 3am-energy.com
RESEARCHPRENEURS - connects SMEs and startups to a global pool of researchers and R&D experts → researchpreneurs.com
FormlyAI - helps medical device companies achieve regulatory clearance across US FDA and EU MDR/IVDR → formly.ai
JDI Global - a venture and infrastructure group focused on AI hardware, DePIN ecosystems, and long-term value creation in decentralized computing. https://jdiglobal.xyz/we-make-it-happen/
AgendaWelcome Lunch
Opening remarks by AsiaBerlin and Global Startup Center
Pitches by Berlin startups
Panel discussion: When the creator economy meets the startup world