Hana Securities, Bluepoint Partners sign MOU to back promising innovators

Hana Securities signed an MOU with startup accelerator Bluepoint Partners on Tuesday at its headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, to support the growth of innovative companies and strengthen cooperation in capital markets, the brokerage announced Wednesday.

The agreement combines both firms' investment and company-building capabilities to identify promising innovators and provide investment and capital market services tailored to each stage of a company's growth.

Hana Securities offers a range of financial solutions for growth-stage companies, drawing on its expertise in investment banking and capital markets.

Bluepoint Partners is an accelerator that identifies and nurtures promising startups, with a focus on deep tech, providing early-stage investment and business development support. Since its founding in 2014, the firm has invested in more than 400 startups, building an extensive track record and network.

Under the MOU, the two companies plan to cooperate on jointly identifying promising innovative companies and making new investments, arranging follow-on investment for portfolio companies, providing stage-specific financial support including pre-IPO equity investment and secondary share transactions, and underwriting initial public offerings and offering post-listing financial support.

The two firms aim to link Hana Securities' investment and corporate finance capabilities to companies discovered and nurtured by Bluepoint Partners, supporting early-stage startups through subsequent growth phases and building a framework that extends all the way to capital market entry.

"By combining Bluepoint Partners' experience in identifying and developing innovative companies with Hana Securities' investment and capital market expertise, we expect to provide meaningful financial support to high-potential businesses," said Hana Securities CEO Kang Sung-mook.

"Startups need diverse opportunities throughout their growth journey — from follow-on investment after the initial funding round to entering the capital markets," said Bluepoint Partners CEO Lee Yong-kwan. "We will work with Hana Securities to help promising innovative companies advance to the next stage of growth."

Hana Securities also launched sales of the "2026 Second Public Participation National Growth Fund" on Wednesday. The National Growth Fund is a policy-driven public offering fund aimed at helping citizens build assets while securing national growth engines. The second fund targets 600 billion won ($442 million) in subscriptions, matching the size of the first tranche, which sold out.

The fund invests in future growth industries including semiconductors, secondary batteries and biotech. Investors who hold the product for at least three years through a dedicated savings account are eligible for an income deduction of up to 40 percent of the invested amount and a preferential separate tax rate of 9.9 percent on dividend income.