The Gyeonggi Content Agency (hereinafter Gyeonggi Content Agency) is operating an incubation program for participants in the content sector as a secondary mentor institution for the 'Everyone's Startup Project' (hereinafter Everyone's Startup), hosted by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and organized by the Korea Institute of Startup and Entrepreneurship Development.

'Everyone's Startup' is open to any citizen with creative ideas, and applications for the second cohort are open until September 17. This is the largest scale ever, expanding the selection scale to 10,000 people and participating mentor institutions to 18. Gyeonggi Content Agency is exclusively in charge of the content sector here.

Participants will be provided with startup activity funds, MVP production support funds, and responsible mentoring. Gyeonggi Content Agency supports its own specialized incubation programs in the content IP (intellectual property), media, game, and AI fields.

Participating teams will receive thematic training courses to build practical knowledge, investment, and content technology basic competencies, business model refinement through one-on-one expert consulting, and preparation for attracting investment. Afterwards, Gyeonggi Content Agency helps the startup teams grow through networking days, investment attraction support, and domestic and international exhibition and market connections.

Gyeonggi Content Agency is a public institution dedicated to promoting the content industry in Gyeonggi Province. It is equipped with support infrastructure and an expert network spanning all content genres such as games, video, animation, music, and publishing/comics, as well as new technology fields like VR, AR, and AI. Gyeonggi Content Agency supports the entire lifecycle of content companies through investment linkage via the formation and operation of investment associations (holding 110.7 billion won in formed funds as of 26) and support for overseas expansion. Recently, Gyeonggi Content Agency newly registered as a startup planner (accelerator) with the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, strengthening its capabilities as a specialized institution supporting startups in the content field.

Prospective founders and companies within 7 years of founding who wish to participate can apply at the official website of Everyone's Startup.

Tak Yong-seok, Director of Gyeonggi Content Agency, stated, "We will closely support the entire process from education to attracting investment so that prospective founders and early startup companies in the content field can turn their ideas into actual startups," and added, "As we have prepared various incubation programs based on our content industry expertise and accelerator capabilities, we hope many prospective founders and startup companies will join us."