Nine Korean startups vie for a spot in Disrupt 2027’s Startup Battlefield 200 competition

Nine early-stage South Korean deep tech startups pitched at DETO 2026 in Seoul for a place in next year's Startup Battlefield 200, spanning healthcare, fintech, energy, semiconductors and AI, all aiming to enter the U.S. market. Voinosis, which uses AI voice analysis to detect brain health changes, won the competition. The other eight are Awesome Lab, Crosshub, DeepFusion AI, EFLOW, Otiton Medical, Riibotics, Ternell and Testbank.