CNTTech 'Early Startup Package Rocketship IR Competition' Demo Day... WALK101 Wins Grand Prize
At a demo day hosted by CNTTech, WALK101 won the Grand Prize for its AI-based bone and joint X-ray reading assistance software.
Accelerator CNTTech held the '2025 Early Startup Package Rocketship IR Competition' Demo Day on the 17th at the Kensington Hotel in Yeouido, Seoul. The Early Startup Package is a project operated by the Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development under the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, providing commercialization funds and startup programs to early-stage companies founded within the last 3 years. CNTTech has participated as a lead agency since 2020. From August to November this year, CNTTech operated IR competitions for four sectors: Bio/Healthcare, Content, Big Data/AI, and Climate Tech/ESG. Twelve companies selected from sector-specific competitions participated in this Demo Day, and WALK101, which develops AI-based bone and joint X-ray reading assistance software, won the Grand Prize. Participating companies included Endentix, Antibe, WALK101, Accord Entertainment, Muabemotion, Litera Pictures, Modizens Vision, Raon Data, Neuronsoft, Poscore, Growize, and Poem. CEO Dongsik Chae of WALK101 said, "Through the Early Startup Package, we have laid the foundation to apply AI-based musculoskeletal analysis solutions to the medical field more quickly. Taking this award as an opportunity, we will grow into a company that supports the judgments of medical staff in actual medical fields and realizes a better clinical environment." CNTTech CEO Jeon Hwa-seong stated, "Even in a difficult investment environment, we will lead the continuous growth of the domestic startup ecosystem by enhancing the investment competitiveness of startups and expanding practical investment connection opportunities."