The Korea Social Value Solidarity Foundation has invested in the Gyeongbuk Youth Dream ESG Venture Investment Fund to create a hub for the nascent entrepreneurship ecosystem and and to revitalize the local social economy. SVS also serves as a financial advisor to STAXX (located in Yeongju), a space for local investee enterprises.

SK Materials, which has secured a new factory site in Yeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, is participating as an anchor investor as part of their ESG management, and Impact Square, a social finance intermediary, is serving as a co-GP in collaboration with the Gyeongsangbuk-do Creative Economy Innovation Center.

As of the end of December 2024, a total of KRW 3.9 million was invested in 14 companies, and ‘STAXX’, operated by Impact Square, is revitalizing the local economy by providing anchor stores, shared offices, and business stay spaces tailored to MZ generation entrepreneurs in Yeongju, a depopulated area.