XEED-LAB, Startup incubation program for finding and nurturing the seeds of promising, innovative business ideas. PASSION, INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP Fostering the next generation of entrepreneurs, Capturing new business opportunities
XEED-LAB, a new business idea discovery and incubation program to discover and nurture seeds of new business.

XEED-LAB

ABOUT
XEED-LAB

XEED-LAB is created to empower the next entrepreneurs at Samsung SDS helping them spot emerging opportunities and develop their ideas into viable business.

HISTORY

In 2011, Samsung SDS first launched an employee business idea contest. Later, in 2016, this contest expanded further into an in-house startup incubator program and was given a new name, XEED-LAB. Over the years, more than 950 employees brought in brilliant new business ideas. Selected project teams have merged into relevant business division, established spin-off companies, or become an in-house venture for further growth.

SUPPORTING

Samsung SDS offers a motivating and supportive environment where employees can fully focus on their projects to create positive values and foster growth.

Advantages & Benefits

Proposal & Participation

Open participation and selection process

Flexibility

Separate work space
Flexible hours

Prototyping

Viability assessment support

Expert Support

VC Mentoring
Legal Counseling
Business Planning

Sharing of Project Progress & Outcome

Showcase
Demo Day

XEED-LAB
PROGRAM

Who’s Eligible

All Samsung SDS employees

Business Area

Any business ideas that contribute to Samsung SDS’s competitive edge

PROCESS

    • Application
    • Screening
    • Selection
    Application, Screening, Selection

    Proposal
    Stage

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    • Prototyping

    Prototyping
    Stage

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    • Commer-
      cialization

    Final Review
    Stage

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Employees’ suggested future business ideas will go through a total of three screening processes. The best three to five ideas will be selected for prototyping, and will be merged into the relevant business division, establish spin-off companies, or become an in-house venture through executives’ evaluation.

Corporate venture is an in-house startup separately organized for project incubation. It enables rapid execution and performance generation. Spin-off is a program that supports selected projects which are able to establish an independent startup.

PROJECT

Since the launch, XEED-LAB has received more than 950 business proposals from in-house talents.
Among a pile of applications, we selected 18 projects and all of them successfully completed prototyping.
After a series of review process, we are proud to report that six projects became an in-house corporate venture;
two teams had been merged into relevant business divisions at SDS; two projects established spin-off companies.

  • Adu introduction image
    Adu

    In-house venture #2020_5th

    Educational program for students and teachers designed by analyzing videos of students’ behavior in class

  • Hackingzone introduction image
    Hackingzone

    In-house venture #2019_4th

    Providing a safe bug bounty which is free from any risk of information leak or security incidents by performing mock hacking on applications in the virtual environment

  • Team9 introduction image
    Team9

    In-house venture #2019_4th

    AI-based multimedia forgery distinction by providing deepfake/cheapfake detector and proactive prevention service

  • PICAS introduction image
    PICAS

    In-house venture #2019_4th

    Imaging solution that can selectively remove, move, insert and complete objects out of images and videos by leveraging AI technologies

  • The Storks introduction image
    The Storks

    Spin-off #2018_3rd

    Conversational AI chatbot doll that interacts with children giving moms a break

  • Insfiler introduction image
    Insfiler

    Spin-off #2017_2nd

    Public/private data processing service powered by Brightics

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  • AlphaLaw introduction image
    AlphaLaw

    Graduated in-house venture; became a part of regular business unit #2017_2nd

    NLP-based automatic identification of contractual risks from legal documents

  • chajazOOm introduction image
    chajazOOm

    Graduated in-house venture; became a part of regular business unit #2016_1st

    AI-powered media search platform providing video scene search service based on analytics

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  • SAIDA introduction image
    SAIDA

    Merged into relevant team #2017_2nd

    Starcraft AI bot improvement using pattern analytics and deep learning

  • BotStation introduction image
    BotStation

    Merged into relevant team #2017_2nd

    API standardization solution

  • Adu introduction image

    In-house venture #2020_5th

    Educational program for students and teachers designed by analyzing videos of students’ behavior in class

  • Hackingzone introduction image

    In-house venture #2019_4th

    Providing a safe bug bounty which is free from any risk of information leak or security incidents by performing mock hacking on applications in the virtual environment

  • Team9 introduction image

    In-house venture #2019_4th

    AI-based multimedia forgery distinction by providing deepfake/cheapfake detector and proactive prevention service

  • PICAS introduction image

    In-house venture #2019_4th

    Imaging solution that can selectively remove, move, insert and complete objects out of images and videos by leveraging AI technologies

  • The Storks introduction image

    Spin-off #2018_3rd

    Conversational AI chatbot doll that interacts with children giving moms a break

  • Insfiler introduction image

    Spin-off #2017_2nd

    Public/private data processing service powered by Brightics

    See more
  • AlphaLaw introduction image

    Graduated in-house venture; became a part of regular business unit #2017_2nd

    NLP-based automatic identification of contractual risks from legal documents

  • chajazOOm introduction image

    Graduated in-house venture; became a part of regular business unit #2016_1st

    AI-powered media search platform providing video scene search service based on analytics

    See more
  • SAIDA introduction image

    Merged into relevant team #2017_2nd

    Starcraft AI bot improvement using pattern analytics and deep learning

  • BotStation introduction image

    Merged into relevant team #2017_2nd

    API standardization solution

* Corporate venture
an in-house startup separately organized for project incubation
* Spin-off
a XEED-LAB graduated project that establishes an independent startup
Meet XEED-LAB projects that successfully completed prototyping stage.

  • Fingertalk

    Key-input device/app for mobile VR and AR devices

  • Checknow

    Prepaid card balance check and dial app for smartphone users in India

  • SSADASSA

    Mobile take-out food order/payment service

  • Resume

    Blockchain-based academic record verification/viewing service

  • Magic Mirror

    Domain-specific translation service

  • Flamel

    IoT data sharing/selling platform

  • AI BUD

    AI-based Korean Conversational Chatbot Service
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