K-Beauty Firm L founder Earns Top technology Certification, Highlights Dust Pollution Defense in Skincare
INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA – L Founder Co.,ltd.has been certified as an “Excellent Technology Capability Company” for 2025 by Korea Rating Data’s โฃTechnology Credit Ratingโค (TCB), a critically important achievement recognizing the company’s innovation adn commercial viability. The T5- rating, awarded to only a select group of companies, underscores L Founder’s commitment to research and growth within the competitive K-beauty landscape.
The TCB rating comprehensively assessesโฃ a company’s technology, marketability, and business feasibility, grading โfirms from T1 to T10. Achieving T5- signifies a company possesses both technological innovation and โprofit-making potential. L founder is demonstrating this capability through its own brand, ‘Dr. LeeJB (Dr. Lee JB),’ wiht products like ‘Firming Royce โSerum’ and ‘Poppy Flower โคAnti-Aging โฃEssential โคMask.’
These products feature โingredients certified by the Ministry of โFood andโฃ Drug Safety for both whitening and anti-wrinkle effects, โand prominently utilize a patented poppy flower extract. โ L Founder reports a growing repurchase rate,โ with users citing a “clear skin-soothing โคeffect even on days with severe fine dust.”
“This upgrade to T5- means that our technology-intensive R&D system has been objectively โrecognized,” saidโ Lee โJa-bok, CEO of L Founder. “We have the ability to independently carry out the entire process fromโ natural material โdiscovery to patent โsubmission and commercialization.”
The company is consolidating itsโข R&D, production, and export operationsโ at its headquarters in Songdo, Incheon, to accelerate technology commercialization. L Founder plans to leverage AI and โbig data โanalysis for personalizedโฃ skincare solutions and pursue further certifications for expansion into European and North American markets, aiming to establish itselfโค as a “technology-basedโข premiumโ brand in the global K-beauty market.”
An industry official noted the importance โฃof technological differentiation for K-beauty’s continued โขglobalโข success, stating, “For K-Beauty to โขgrow in the global market, it โขmust differentiate itself โthroughโฃ technology beyond emotional marketing. The number of companies with self-reliant โคpatents and clinical data like L-Founder must increase for the Koreanโข cosmetics industry to achieve โคsustainable growth.”