Company
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MARING
Character Startup
- Maring Inc. is a content-based psychological support company that bridges the gap between emotional connection and innovative technology. Centered around our signature character IP, 'Mabong' the hedgehog, we provide accessible and engaging mental wellness solutions for everyday life.
Core Business Areas
Character IP & Merchandising: We cultivate a vibrant community through our characters, including 'Mabong', the red panda, and the bluebird. With a growing Instagram presence of over 7,500 followers, we design premium goods such as plush toys, 3D-printed clicker keychains, and custom mechanical keyboard keycaps.
Mafit Solution: We offer 'Mafit,' a proprietary psychological testing tool designed to provide scientific and systematic emotional diagnostics.
B2G & Public Sector: Collaborating with psychological support institutions and government agencies, Maring delivers customized character-driven content and educational kits to those in need of emotional care.
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KhazmodanStudios, Inc.
Broadcasting Character Animation Immersive Content
- Khazmodan Studios is an animation studio with a passion for bringing imaginative worlds to life. Founded in 2020, we’ve been at the forefront of visual effects, crafting stunning visuals for films and TV shows.
Now, we're excited to introduce our original animated series, <Honyang>. By combining our expertise in VFX with captivating storytelling, we've created a cast of lovable animal characters. With the latest techniques, we aim to redefine the standards of animal animation and create unforgettable experiences for audiences.
Join us as we embark on this exciting new chapter in animation. We're committed to pushing the boundaries of creativity and delivering top-quality content.
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Finalblow Co.
Game
- "Without Compromise"
We are Finalblow, a company founded to create games full of passion and dreams, without compromise.
Finalblow Co. was established in June 2024 to develop the project Deadly Trick.
Driven by a passion to create a game we truly love and can call our own, the team was formed around two co-founders who chose to leave behind their career paths and academic pursuits to pursue this vision.
Our team’s greatest strength lies in our deep and broad understanding of games.
Every member is a hardcore gamer, approaching development with high standards for both gameplay and artistic quality.
We constantly refine every detail from the player’s perspective, relentlessly working to deliver a better user experience.
We are not here to create something “good enough.”
Our goal is to become a standout title within our genre, a game that defines its moment.
Deadly Trick is a project we have staked everything on.
As reflected in our name, “Final Blow,” we approach this project as the defining strike of our lives.
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Pink Mango Co., Ltd
Character Animation
- Pink Mango Co., Ltd. With the value of "character brand that adds sweet imagination to daily life," stationery, fancy, and toys based on creative character IP
It's a company that plans, manufactures, and distributes
Based on the direct and indirect experience of existing domestic and global character products, the company successfully introduced its own character "Bbangnya" and launched the product
Not only domestic but also overseas exports
Creating K-character content
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Idiocracy, Inc
Game
- Idiocracy, Inc. is a 4-person indie game studio established in 2014.
Building on our mobile game development experience, we have pivoted
to console game development and completed Wacky! Deer&Munk Adventure
for Nintendo Switch — a 2D action platformer based on the Kakao
Emoticon IP, now preparing for global release.
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onewave games Corp.
Game
- Onewave Games Corp. is a game developer currently working on Three Kingdoms: Rise of Warlords, a mobile strategy game set in the world of the Three Kingdoms.
With a team of experienced developers, we focus on creating engaging gameplay with strategic depth and immersion, while expanding our presence in both domestic and international markets through differentiated content and strong live service capabilities.
The game is currently in development with a planned domestic launch in August, and we are actively seeking opportunities for publishing, co-development, and marketing partnerships to support global expansion, including entry into the Chinese market.
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HNF CORPORATION
Character
- HNF Co., Ltd. is a character marketing group dedicated to the motto of “Character Merchandising.” The company provides a one-stop service covering the entire value chain, from storytelling and content planning to investment, product development, manufacturing, distribution, and sales.
Through collaborations with Kakao Friends and many leading companies in the IT, gaming, and media industries, HNF continuously creates new character-based business opportunities while actively investing in research and development to expand the value of character IP.
Starting as a licensee, HNF has built strong partnerships with well-known character IPs including Kakao Friends. The company has since expanded its business into IP agency services, currently representing four character IPs — Ganadi, Nunussi, Pokori Friends, and Gomajju — and working to grow their brand value and business potential.
With strategic planning and strong execution capabilities that maximize the storytelling and brand value of characters, HNF Co., Ltd. is growing into a leading boutique company in the character marketing industry.
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DaonCreative inc
Cartoon
- Daon Creative is an electronic publishing company for webtoons and web novels established in August 2014 and supplies works to domestic and global web novels platforms
We produce and sell webtoons and web novels IP, and we are generating high performance, especially in the field of webtoons based on web novels ("Noble Comics").
Since it was incorporated into the Kakao Group subsidiary as a subsidiary of Kakao Entertainment in March, it has achieved significant quantitative and qualitative growth.
Since '22, we have been expanding our business areas such as establishing an internal webtoon studio organization, opening Daon Store where MD (Goods, etc.) can be sold directly, and establishing an IP business team.
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Mongma Studio Inc.
Game
- Mongma Studio is a Korean indie game developer focused on creating PC games with original gameplay and global market potential. We are currently developing Revenant Survivors, a dark fantasy action roguelike survivor-like title, and are refining both the English demo and commercial build for a global Steam release. Our goal is to deliver games that combine broad genre accessibility with distinctive core mechanics, while building original IPs that can connect with players worldwide.
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ARTLicensing co.,ltd
Broadcasting Character Animation
- “The Best License Business Company”
ArtLicensing is a licensing company that commercializes its IP, the Arkduk Family, and has been established in January 2013 for more than 10 years.
Focusing on the CEO with 22 years of licensing experience, starting with domestic and foreign character marketing, production, commercialization expansion, distribution, etc. We are conducting various IP strategic projects.
All businesses start as consumers and expand into various fields based on the company's idea of ending consumers, and in 2023, a joint corporation was established in Thailand to further expand distribution and IP expansion.
