Korean startups
Hansol Paper joins Series A funding for RIU worth $1.5 mn
RIU is a packaging solutions provider and operates two business-to-business (B2B) platforms
By Jul 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hansol Paper Co. announced Thursday that it participated as a strategic investor in a Series A funding worth 2 billion won ($1.5 million) for South Korean startup RIU Packaging Solutions.
Investor-type accelerator Schmidt, Industrial Bank of Korea, and Center for Creative Economy and Innovation (CCEI) Jeonnam joined as co-investors.
Founded in 2017, RIU is a packaging solutions provider and operates two business-to-business (B2B) platforms.
Hansol Paper plans to aggressively shift to environmentally friendly packaging with the investment.
Hansol already has a number of such products, namely Protego, an eco-friendly packaging material that can replace plastic and aluminum.
Write to Byung-Keun Kim at bk11@hankyung.com
Jee Abbey Lee edited this article.
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