Which influential brand led the funding market this year?... 2022 Wadiz Awards TOP 10 Announcement
Comprehensive calculation of annual funding amount, customer satisfaction, and usage frequency… Supporter votes for top 100 teams
The 2022 most beloved maker among supporters is 'Mastermind Group'
Over the past 5 years, 600+ teams have been awarded… Year-end official awards ceremony supporting brand challenges and growth
In the 2022 funding market, 10 outstanding teams of best makers have emerged. Life Design Funding Platform Wadiz, as the year comes to a close, announced the voting results on the 19th for the 'Wadiz Awards' that selects makers who led everyday changes through innovative and new services via Wadiz.
The 'Wadiz Awards,' which celebrates its 5th anniversary this year since 2018, is a year-end official awards ceremony where supporters vote to select influential brands in each field including fashion, food, beauty, and tech that successfully led funding throughout the year. So far, approximately 600 winning makers have been produced, and among them, 55 teams have continuously received supporter love through 2 or more consecutive awards.
This year's 'Wadiz Awards' selected 100 teams as TOP 10 candidates from makers in the top 5% by synthesizing comprehensive scores of funding recruitment, encore funding requests, likes, comments, support signatures, satisfaction ratings, funding return rates, and Wadiz Store listing status from funding projects conducted from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022.
Among these, the 10 teams with the most supporter votes win the 'Supporter PICK TOP10' award. The supporter voting, which was conducted until the 15th, exceeded 10,000 votes and received high interest. As a result of the voting, ▲Mastermind Group ▲KTCSs ▲Peace Korea ▲Dry Five ▲Lutonics ▲Hive Korea ▲Levitate ▲Skin Idea ▲Michael & Son Solutions ▲Suryeon were selected as the TOP10 makers of honor.
This year's funding recruitment amount for TOP10 makers averages 350 million won, and the average satisfaction rating was found to be 4.73. Among them, 'Mastermind Group,' selected as 1st place, gained attention with 'Non-Melting Ice Jewel Ice' and has raised nearly 1 billion won in funding so far.
Makers who recently made the TOP 100 list three consecutive times are 'Dry Five (women's underwear/fashion)', 'Shard (pact/beauty)', and Celik (laser engraver/appliances). In particular, 'Levitate (highball blend/food)' which won two consecutive years had its high growth potential recognized and received direct investment through the 'Wadiz Next Brand' program.
Jang Jeong-hoon, CEO of Mastermind Group, selected as 1st place in 'Supporter PICK TOP 10,' said, “I would like to thank the many supporters who have believed in and loved us over the past 6 years” and "Going forward, we will not lose our original intention and make the world richer and more beautiful with dignified ice, establishing ourselves as an increasingly growing global brand both domestically and internationally".
A Wadiz official said, “Wadiz Awards was launched to convey Wadiz's essential value of 'a platform providing opportunities for challenges,' giving makers loyalty and pride, and providing positive brand experiences through events where supporters can participate together”, and “It will establish itself as Wadiz's own official brand festival that continuously supports the challenges and growth of various promising brands”.