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YU D Impact Hosts Asia Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Insight Seminar with Local Coaches from 4 Countries Sharing Startup Trends and Market Entry Strategies with Local Coaches from 4 Asian Countries... Over 70 Participants in Offline and Webinar Combined Formal Launch of AI Solopreneur Training and AX Coach Development... 'UCA 4th Batch' to Simultaneously Train 90 Startup Coaches across 5 Asian Countries, Scheduled for March 23 Seoul – (Newswire) – YU D Impact (CEO Kim Jung-heon), which provides ESG strategy, impact measurement, and AI education services based on the practical startup education brand 'underdogs,' successfully held the 'Asia Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Insight Seminar' on February 27 at 'The Room Tact-in' in Jongno-gu, Seoul, inviting local coaches from 3 Asian countries. YU D Impact has continuously trained startup coaches in 4 Asian countries including Japan, India, and Indonesia, using Korea as its base, leveraging accumulated expertise in startup education. The seminar was organized to invite local coaches trained by YU D Impact to Korea to share market insights directly experienced in their respective markets and to connect cross-country entrepreneurial ecosystems. In particular, the event received high positive response from attendees for providing vivid accounts of practical startup trends across Asia and coaches' experiences that would be difficult to understand through books or data alone. The Japan session was presented by Coach Im Jae-sung, who oversees local operations, and Coach Mayuko Uemae. They analyzed that despite Japan being the world's 4th largest economy, it accounts for only about 2% of the global startup funding market, indicating significant growth potential relative to economic scale. They particularly emphasized that the Japanese government is pursuing a '5-year startup development plan' targeting the creation of 100 unicorn companies by 2027, and that Physical AI (robots), autonomous driving, and generative AI sectors are rapidly emerging against the backdrop of severe labor shortages. As entry strategies, they presented key principles including △building trust through small-scale PoC (Proof of Concept) △local talent hiring (essential) △continuous follow-up. The Indonesia session was presented by local coaches Dinda Hervi and Kusuma Sukma. Both coaches introduced that Indonesia possesses ASEAN's largest startup ecosystem (2400+) and experienced 101% funding growth year-over-year as of February 2026. Fintech, climate tech, agri-tech, and health-tech were highlighted as key industries, and cases of the 'MAJU:ON' startup education program operated directly in Indonesia (8 universities, 500 participants, 13 coaches) were also shared. As entry strategies, they emphasized △dual structure with funding through Singapore entity and operations through Indonesian entity △hyper-localization based on WhatsApp and Bahasa Indonesia △building partnerships with local distribution networks and major corporations. The India session was presented by Coaches Mohammad Sahil Saifi and Prashant Manghnani. Both coaches emphasized that India is a 'scale market' with a population of 1.45 billion, FY26 GDP growth rate of 7.3%, and over 159,000 startups. They particularly stressed that 'India is not simply a testing market, but a market for validating scale,' and emphasized that combining Korea's 'Ppalli Ppalli (fast-paced execution)' culture with India's 'Jugaad (flexible innovation that maximizes results with minimal resources)' is key to successful market entry. Market entry strategies included phased approaches centered on metro cities and utilization of local legal consulting and digital infrastructure (UPI: unified payment system, Aadhaar: national biometric ID). YU D Impact CEO Kim Jung-heon stated, "The vivid on-site insights shared directly by local coaches from 4 countries provided Korean coaches with a new perspective on the Asian market," and added, "This seminar was an opportunity to strengthen YU D Impact's determination to leap beyond simple domestic startup education and become a platform connecting Asia's entrepreneurship ecosystem based on AI." YU D Impact has set as its core business direction this year the cultivation of AI Solopreneur talent and the establishment of a training system that enables existing business coaches to grow into AX coaches who lead AI transformation (AX, AI Transformation) for entrepreneurs and companies in the field. Additionally, the company plans to actively apply AI-based startup methodologies to entrepreneurship cultivation sites across Asia and strengthen its role as a platform connecting cross-country entrepreneurial ecosystems through its own global cross-border programs. As the first step in executing this vision, YU D Impact is currently recruiting coaches for the 'UCA (Underdogs Coach Academy) 4th Batch,' which will train 90 coaches across Asia. This batch, starting March 23, will be operated as an integrated Asia-wide program that simultaneously trains domestic and international startup coaches. Detailed information about the UCA 4th Batch can be found at the recruitment link. YU D Impact (CEO Kim Jung-heon) is the new mission of startup education company underdogs, and is leaping forward as an AI-based ESG solution company based on 10 years of experience training over 25,000 entrepreneurs in practical education. Beyond 'actpreneurship' education that develops entrepreneurs' execution capabilities, the company is expanding business into ESG strategy consulting, digital transformation, and impact performance measurement, creating sustainable change together with domestic and international companies. Currently operating headquarters in Seoul and overseas offices in Tokyo, Japan and New Delhi, India, the company is focusing on expanding the entrepreneurship ecosystem across Asia.