Request for Proposal: KIC DC Tech Frontier Program 2026

1.1. Korea Innovation Center Washington, D.C. (“KIC DC”) is inviting proposals from innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology commercialization institutions (”Institution”) with demonstrated knowledge and expertise in the tech startup industry in the United States.

1.2. KIC DC is a government agency of South Korea, operating under the Ministry of Science and ICT, dedicated to facilitating global market access and investment through its branches worldwide. Among its initiatives, KIC DC manages Tech Frontier Program (“Program”) under TeX-Corps, a lean startup–based technology commercialization and entrepreneurship education program in Korea. Tech Frontier program supports selected young Korean entrepreneurs from universities and research labs in Korea to explore U.S. market using lean startup methodology.

1.3. The objective of this RFP is to seek competitive proposals and engage experienced professionals capable of effectively guiding a group of Korean Startups through the entire Program cycle. Further details regarding the Scope of Services are available in Section 5 of this document.

1.4. The RFP includes the following documents:

• Section 1 – Letter of Invitation
• Section 2 – Information to Institution
• Section 3 – Institution Qualification
• Section 4 – Program Plan
• Section 5 – Scope of Services
• Section 6 – Selection Criteria

1.5. Upon receiving this RFP, please notify us of your intention to submit a proposal no later than March 27, 2026 by sending an email to the point of contact at KIC DC provided below. KIC DC will only consider proposals from accelerators that confirm their intent to respond via email.

ATTN: Sanghyun Park, Program Manager
Email: spark@kicdc.org
Phone: (202) 655 8877

Please refer to the document for more details.