CETHERA Joins Y-Valley Incubator at Yonsei University to Accelerate Growth and Product Development

Incheon, South Korea — October 2024

CETHERA has officially joined the Y-Valley Incubator Program operated by the Yonsei University Enterprise Support Foundation. This marks a strategic step forward in scaling the company’s operations, advancing development of its secure hardware technologies, and expanding its presence in the global cybersecurity ecosystem.

The Y-Valley Incubator is one of South Korea’s leading university-affiliated innovation programs, offering selected startups direct access to a wide range of institutional support, funding resources, and industry networks. As part of the program, CETHERA is now equipped with:

• Private lab and office space within Yonsei’s advanced startup facilities

• Direct mentorship from seasoned industry professionals, academic advisors, and venture capitalists

• Eligibility for seed-stage and milestone-based funding rounds

• Technical support for prototyping, certification, and early product deployment

• Networking channels for strategic partnerships with enterprise customers and research institutions

  
  

With this backing, CETHERA will accelerate its roadmap for deploying the CTHR-01 Beta PCIe Accelerator, a hardware-based cybersecurity module that integrates quantum-inspired encryption and an Autonomous Cyber Immune System (ACIS) into a plug-and-play PCIe card format. The support from Y-Valley will enable critical advancements in product refinement, FPGA-to-ASIC migration planning, pre-certification testing, and customer onboarding.

Joining Y-Valley also provides the company with extended access to South Korea’s growing network of technology-driven incubators, government-backed innovation funds, and research-commercialization initiatives, significantly strengthening CETHERA’s long-term market viability and international competitiveness.

This milestone reflects CETHERA’s commitment to building secure-by-design infrastructure for personal and enterprise computing, redefining the boundaries of what modern hardware security can achieve in the face of post-quantum and AI-driven threats.