South Korea's D.CAMP Selects 10 Deep-Tech Startups for 12

D.CAMP (Banks Foundation for Young Entrepreneurs), a startup growth partner in South Korea, has selected 10 deep-tech startups in space and aerospace, defense, robotics, and semiconductors for a 12-month scale-up support program.

D.CAMP announced on the 16th that it has selected 10 deep-tech startups for the eighth cohort of its scale-up program "D.CAMP Batch." This cohort features companies across advanced technology fields ranging from space and aerospace to defense, robotics, energy, semiconductors, healthcare, and eco-friendly materials. The selected companies are Leo Space, BEES, Seoul Dynamics, StepLab, Anabatic Semi, WithRobot, Insella Solution, JJ&Companies, Catech H, and Giftshed.

The selected companies' technology domains span a wide range, from low-Earth orbit satellite optics and communications to micro nuclear reactors, autonomous work robots, BMS semiconductors, and liquid biopsy. Leo Space, a space optics and optical communications specialist, develops optical payloads and laser communication terminals (LCT) for small and micro low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. The company is expanding its solutions business covering both space observation and data transmission by combining high-resolution Earth observation optical payloads with high-speed data transfer technology for satellite-to-satellite and ground-to-satellite links.

BEES, an energy deep-tech company, is developing the micro nuclear reactor "BeSMART." Leveraging expertise in nuclear safety and regulation, the company is advancing reactor design technology and incorporating new technologies such as remote autonomous operation and digital twins to pursue entry into distributed power markets including data centers, remote and island regions, and defense applications.

Seoul Dynamics develops autonomous work mobility robots that perform heavy-duty tasks at industrial sites based on physical AI. By combining AI that learns from real work data with high-power mobility and modular work equipment, the company is realizing heavy-equipment-class robots that learn and execute work methods on their own, targeting large-scale unstructured sites such as shipbuilding, construction, and logistics where automation has traditionally been difficult.

StepLab is a space systems specialist that develops space mechanisms including separation, ejection, and deployment systems required for satellite launch and operation. Based on launch vibration reduction technology, the company develops and manufactures space mechanism products and is expanding its business into satellite payloads such as optical, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), and signals intelligence (SIGINT), as well as micro-satellite system integration.

Anabatic Semi, a fabless semiconductor startup, develops semiconductors for battery management systems (BMS) used in electric vehicles and energy storage systems (ESS). Starting with analog front-end (AFE) chips that precisely measure battery cell conditions, the company is expanding its product lineup to include wireless communication chips for wireless BMS and high-performance application processors (AP), building a total BMS semiconductor solution.

WithRobot, an AI-based industrial robot solutions company, supports safety management at industrial sites where human access is difficult, such as steel mills, semiconductor factories, and power plants. By combining mobile and fixed data collection robots with its proprietary edge AI boards and sensor fusion technology, the company detects abnormal conditions such as fires, leaks, and gas emissions in real time to help prevent accidents.