Recognized for Contributions to the Regional Tech Startup Ecosystem

COMMONLINK Inc. (CEO Junyoung Park) received the Governor’s Award of Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province at the opening ceremony of “2025 Gangwon Startup Week”, held on November 4 at the Startup Cube, Kangwon National University.

“2025 Gangwon Startup Week” is the largest startup event in the Gangwon region, co-hosted by the Gangwon Regional Office of SMEs and Startups and the Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province.A total of 39 startup support organizations, including the KNU Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, the Gangwon Association of Business Incubation Centers, and the Gangwon Center for Creative Economy & Innovation, participated in the event.This year’s theme focuses on “New Technologies and Deep-Tech Entrepreneurship”, and the event will continue through November 7.

COMMONLINK, a resident company at the Halla University Business Incubation Center, is developing SWAVI (Surface WAVe Interface), a surface acoustic recognition–based interface technology that enables invisible touch and gesture interaction.

The award recognizes COMMONLINK’s contributions to the regional startup ecosystem and its leadership in deep-tech innovation and entrepreneurship.

CEO Junyoung Park stated,

“The strong startup support from Gangwon Province and the systematic incubation program at Halla University have been instrumental to COMMONLINK’s growth.We will continue to contribute to the development of the regional startup ecosystem through technological innovation and strive to become a globally competitive interface technology company.”