Flex celebrated its Inno-Biz certification | Image by Flex
Flex (Flexible Education Service) (CEO Soon-il Yoon), an AI mental care startup in Pangyo Techno Valley, recently acquired the Inno-Biz certification from the Ministry of SMEs and Startups.
Inno-Biz certification recognizes companies with strong technological competitiveness and growth potential. It offers financial incentives, support for global market expansion, R&D funding, and various tax advantages.
Flex currently operates Kids Diary, striving to lead the children’s mental healthcare market through digital innovation. This platform utilizes AI and big data analysis to understand children’s emotions and inner thoughts better and develop customized digital therapeutic devices.
CEO Soon-il Yoon stated, “With this Inno-Biz certification, we aim to enhance our customized parenting service platform, which combines edtech and mental care. By 2025, we will enter the mental health platform market nationwide, leveraging our 25 registered mental care patents.” He added, “We are also committed to sustainable ESG management by focusing on environmental protection, social responsibility, and transparent governance, and aim to provide services that ensure mental well-being for children and seniors globally.”
Pangyo Techno Valley is a global integrated R&D hub focused on IT, BT, CT, and NT, integrating Research (R), People (P), Information (I), and Trade (T). As Gyeonggi-do’s representative innovation cluster, Pangyo Techno Valley was established to secure national new growth drivers such as technological innovation, human resource development, job creation, and enhancing international business competitiveness. As of 2023, 1,666 companies employ 78,751 people, and it has positioned itself as the most innovative hub in South Korea, with sales amounting to 167.7 trillion KRW (125.5 billion USD).
Furthermore, the Techno Valley Innovation Division of the Gyeonggi-do Business & Science Accelerator (GBSA) holds monthly events such as the Pangyo Evening Meet-Up, Pan-Pan Day, and the Pangyo Startup Investment Exchange “In-Best Pangyo” to maximize the value of Pangyo Techno Valley. They also support the Pangyo Overseas Promotion Program, which publicizes information about Pangyo’s companies, products, and services to domestic and foreign investors and the media, thereby facilitating foreign investment.
