NEOCANNBIO

History

2025

07

Strategic Alliance MOU with CannaTech (Japan)

Published a Paper in Scientific Reports (Characterization of terpene extract from Cannabis sativa flower and evaluation of its anti-melanogenetic effect in melan-a cells)

Obtained INNO-BIZ certificate

06

Participated in the “Green Bio Industry Activation Strategy Forum” at the National Assembly.

Selected for the Social Innovation Smart Farm Project

Established Tokyo office in Japan

05

Established a specialized agricultural corporation subsidiary in cultivation business

Selected for the Hemp Material High-Value Product Development Support Project

Published a Paper in EMM (Cannabidiol potentiates p53-driven autophagic cell death in non-small cell lung cancer following DNA damage: a novel synergistic approach beyond canonical pathways)

04

MOU with Yeoncheon County to establish a high-value-added agricultural production system

Strategic Alliance MOU with Salus Bioceutical (Thailand)

2024

11

Selected as a startup for ‘TIPS Global Marketing’

10

Published a Paper in Phytomedicine (Cannabiorcol as a novel inhibitor of the p38/MSK-1/NF-κB signaling pathway, reducing matrix metalloproteinases in osteoarthritis)

09

Participated in 2024 Korea Hemp Industry Joint Academic Conference

08

Established a Natural Materials Production Center

Registered for Food Manufacturing and Processing

Selected for Excellent Venture by Korea Venture Business Association

06

Participated in BIO USA

05

Established Joint Venture in Thailand

Designated as a “Narcotic and Novel Psychoactive Standard Analysis Laboratory” by MFDS (Ministry of Food and Drug Safety)

04

Selected for Private Investment-based Scale-up Support Project

Selected for Green Bio Product Commercialization (Export Support)

Selected for Export Support Infrastructure Utilization Project

03

Relocated Headquarters to Seoul Bio Hub Global Center

Established an In-house Research Institute

02

Selected as a beneficiary of SME Innovation Voucher Program

MOU with Hyundai Corporation Group for cooperation in global market entry

01

Selected for Baby Unicorn Overseas Expansion Support Project (Canada)

Obtained new technology (NET) certification for agricultural, forestry and food (CBD extraction technology using closed MW)

2023

12

Awarded an excellent company in Seoul’s Hongneung Gangso Special Zone

11

Awarded the National Research Council of Science & Technology Chairman’s Award for Outstanding Research Achievement of Government-funded Research Institutes

Participated In Australia AusBioTech

10

Participated In Thailand Health Bio Consortium

09

Selected for Global Technology Commercialization Support Project (Japan)

Successfully Completed Series B Funding 

08

Published a Paper in Cancers (Cannabidiol Enhances Cabozantinib-Induced Apoptotic Cell Death via Phosphorylation of p53 Regulated by ER Stress in Hepatocellular Carcinoma)

Registration of 2 food items (Water Soluble Hemp Seed Oil Powder, Water Soluble Hemp Protein Powder)

Selected for SME Technology Innovation and Development Project

07

Selected as a participating company of Korean and Global Market Expansion Support Project for Bio & Medical Startups

Selected for Global Expansion Specialization Program (Australia)

06

MOU Signing between Greenplus and Neocannbio

05

Selected as “Baby Unicorn” by Ministry of SMEs and Startups

04

Published a Paper in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences (CBDA’s Prevention of Alzheimer’s Dementia)

Completed the devleopment of Water-Soluble CBD

Selected for Advancement Project of Special Regulatory Zone Support Project

Selected for export support base utilization projects

03

Developed 4 Types of Cannabis Exosome Cosmetics Ingredients and Completed Registration of Raw Materials

Participated in Cannabis Business Asia 2023

2022

12

Participated in Cannabis R&D and Industrialization Seminar hosted by Dongguk University

11

Won the Grand Prize at the integrated IR competition for R&D special zone innovation companies

10

Won the Grand Prize at the Hongneung Innopolis’ GRaND-K Competition

Successfully Completed Proprietaty TPC-MW Extraction Machine’s PoC (Proof of Concept) in Bangkok, Thailand

09

Selected as Korean Government’s Regulation Sand Box PoC (Proof of Concept)-Support Business

08

Certificated as a venture enterprise by the Korean government (venture capital type)

07

Successfully Completed Series A Funding

Selected as a “KIST-Family Enterprise”

06

Selected as a Local (Israel) Scale-up Business by K-Startup Center

05

Established Thailand Liaison Office

03

Participated in Cannabis Business Asia 2022

2021

11

Selected as TIPS(Tech Incubator Program for Startup) Project and Completed the Seed Round

Attracted KOSME (Korea SMEs and Start-up Agency) growth-sharing fund investment

10

Attracted investment from Medytox Venture Investment, Inc.

Registered as a Research Company (No. 1233) and Selected as a R&BD Enterprise by Ministry of Science and Technology

Awarded grand prize in the Regulatory Free Zone challenge by Ministry of SMEs and Startups

07

Opened a Branch office in Gyeongbuk Industrial Hemp Regulation Free Zone

06

Established NeoCannBio

2020

06

Seleced as KIST (Korea Institute of Science and Technology) Starup Fund Support Business

05

Seleced as KIST (Korea Institute of Science and Technology)-backed Starup

2019

11

Successfully Completed The 1st In-Campus Tech-based Startup Program Sponsored by KIST (Korea Institute of Science and Technology)

03

MOU Signing between KIST (Korea Institute of Science and Technology) and Andong-si

2018

08

KIST (Korea Institute of Science and Technology) Acquired Cannabis R&D Permit (Permit No. 1564) from Seoul Brance Office of KFDS (Ministry of Food and Drug Safety)