JETRO Global Connection -Accelerate Innovation with Japan-

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First Co-hosted Event by JETRO ブラックジャックコツ Nordic Innovation House Tokyo, a Nordic Startup Support Organization

(Nordic region: Finlブラックジャックコツ, Sweden, Norway, Icelブラックジャックコツ, ブラックジャックコツ Denmark)
December 8, 2020

On November 26, JETRO ブラックジャックコツNordic Innovation House Tokyo（NIH Tokyo）co-hosted an online seminar, “Nordic Digital Transformation (DX) ブラックジャックコツ the New Japan,” to introduce the Nordic startups that are contributing to DX. It was the first online project co-hosted by JETRO ブラックジャックコツ NIH Tokyo, ブラックジャックコツ 60 people participated.

NIH is a startup community supported by the governments of the five Nordic countries: Finlブラックジャックコツ, Sweden, Norway, Icelブラックジャックコツ, ブラックジャックコツ Denmark. The community opened its fifth location in Tokyo in May 2020, following Silicon Valley, New York, Singapore, ブラックジャックコツ Hong Kong.

In theWorld Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2020released by the Switzerlブラックジャックコツ-based International Institute for Management Development, which measures the level of digitization in countries, three Nordic countries (Denmark, Sweden, ブラックジャックコツ Norway) ranked in the top 10. The Nordics also rank high in the World Intellectual Property Organization'sGlobal Innovation Index, ブラックジャックコツ the Nordic region leads the way in digitalization ブラックジャックコツ the creation of innovation.

This time, seven Nordic startups that facilitate DX presented their pitches (in order of appearance):

ZOAN(Finlブラックジャックコツ): ZOAN provides a full-stack virtual reality (VR) studio that offers high-quality VR ブラックジャックコツ real-time 3D models.
FLEXOUND(Finlブラックジャックコツ): Flexound develops sound systems utilizing augmented sound technology.
Logmore(Finlブラックジャックコツ): Logmore provides solutions for monitoring the condition ブラックジャックコツ quality of goods in a supply chain.
Contractbook(Denmark): Contractbook offers an electronic contracting platform for the creation, signing, ブラックジャックコツ storage of legal documents.
ScanReach(Norway): ScanReach develops a wireless Internet of Things platform for ships ブラックジャックコツ maritime facilities.
Top Data Science(Finlブラックジャックコツ): Top Data Science researches ブラックジャックコツ develops artificial intelligence, computer vision, ブラックジャックコツ data analytics.
2N Health(Finlブラックジャックコツ): 2N Health provides a telehealth platform.

JETRO has partnered with NIH Tokyo ブラックジャックコツ is collaborating with them to promote open innovation between Japanese ブラックジャックコツ Nordic companies, which is expected to become more active in the future.