1.5 Company History



Start Up (2000 ~ 2002)

  • #1 In-company Venture spin-off at Samsung Electronics (SM project)
  • Acquired patent for controlling the play speed and direction of digital audio using touch interface
  • Developed audio editing/mixing software and hardware solutions (DJPAD, D-Vinyl2020)

 

Rise (2002~2007)

  • Developed software and hardware solutions to play music/video/photo on home PC (In HTPC field, such as iMON and iMEDIAN)
  • Supplied solutions to laptop and desktop manufactures including Trigem Computer, ASUS, and Dell
  • 200% increase in annual sales since 2002, and achieved US $8Million in export in 2007 (Accumulated total 7 Billion Korean Won)
  • Export to 23 countries globally – 400,000 users, accumulated sales 800,000 units

 

Reboot (2012 ~ Current)

  • Converted to digital signage business
  • Opened up retail media lab (Busan, April 2013)
  • Developed YouFrame Menu Board Solution (June 2013)
  • Selected as Google Cloud Best Practice (October 2013)
  • Developed Social Media Board Digital Signage Solution  (June 2014)
  • Achieved industry leading Android hardware, kernel, software solution
  • Acquired original digital signage platform that links to smartphone, cloud, and social media services
  • Launched Digital Menu Board Demo Project for SPC Group (November 2014)
  • Built Digital Menu Board for Three Franchise Brands within SPC Group (Paris Baguettes, Baskin Robbins, Dunkin’ Donuts) (January 2015)
  • Exhibited at KShop 2015 (September 2015)
  • Exhibited at Seoul Café Show (November 2015)
  • Built Digital Menu Board for CJ Foodville (Tous Les Jours, Food World) (February 2016)
  • Exhibited at DSE 2016 (March 2016)
  • Moved to Gangnam Woori Building Office and opened up a showroom (April 2016)
  • Moved Busan Office (May 2016)
  • Exhibited at China Cafe Show (July 2016)
  • Received 3.5Billion Won in new investment from four VCs (August 2016)
  • Built Digital Menu Board for Artiseé (August 2016)
  • Exhibited at KShop 2016 (October 2016)
  • Built Digital Menu Board for MAAN Coffee in China (October 2016)
  • Built Promotional Board for New Balance, an Eland company (November 2016)
  • Established SoundGraph Japan (December 2016)
  • Supplied SoundGraph Retail Media Solutions to 2,000 retail stores worldwide (January 2017)
  • Released all-in-one Android set top box display (AIO 265, AIO 490, AIO 164) (January 2017)
  • SoundGraph Website Renewal (March 2017)