Event
Pitch program by Japanese municipality, corporations カジノ ブラック ジャック startups at Latitude59

JETRO has joined as the new sponsor organization ofLatitude59カジノ ブラック ジャック will hold a pitch program on August 28 カジノ ブラック ジャック share information on Japan’s startup ecosystem カジノ ブラック ジャック the needs カジノ ブラック ジャック activities of Japanese companies.

Date カジノ ブラック ジャック time: August 28, 2020, 9:30-10:45 (GMT+3)
Venue: Yellow Stage at Latitude59 (カジノ ブラック ジャック live online streaming via Talque)

Contents of the pitch program

1. Talk about open innovation activities カジノ ブラック ジャック initiatives for foreign startup support.
2. Corporations share their needs for solutions from foreign startups for their problems カジノ ブラック ジャック how they would like to collaborate with them.
3. Startups will give an overview of their products カジノ ブラック ジャック services カジノ ブラック ジャック explain how they would like to expカジノ ブラック ジャック their business in Estonia カジノ ブラック ジャック Europe.

Speakers カジノ ブラック ジャック Pitch titles

• Shibuya City Office“Shibuya Startup Support: Gateway to Japan”
• Mitsubishi UFJ Trust カジノ ブラック ジャック Banking Corporation“Roadmap to Tokyo Stock Exchange IPO”
• AXiON RESEARCH INC.“Early detection of diseases by AI.”
• mui Lab, Inc.“Calm Technology & Design”
• ispace“Blueprint Moon”
• Visits Technologies“Accelerate Your Business with VISITS innovators”
• Marubeni Corporation“Collaboration with Startups (Smart City, Industrial Park, CVC)”
• Toppan Printing CO., LTD.“TOPPAN as an enabler of co-creation for well-being society”

Attend if you are

• Startup interested in collaborating with Japanese corporations
• Investor interested in Japanese startups
• People who would like to learn about Japan’s startup ecosystems
• カジノ ブラック ジャック any others who have an interest in this pitching program!

You are cordially welcome to join us, we hope this event will become a catalyst for open innovation between Japan カジノ ブラック ジャック Nordic countries!

The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) is a government-related organization promoting mutual trade カジノ ブラック ジャック investment between Japan カジノ ブラック ジャック the rest of the world. One of our main activities is accelerating open innovation between Japanese corporations カジノ ブラック ジャック foreign startups. In order to address social problems within Japan, JETRO bridges Japanese corporations カジノ ブラック ジャック foreign startups who have cutting-edge technologies カジノ ブラック ジャック disruptive business strategies by offering opportunities for foreign startups to attend Japanese exhibitions or dispatching Japanese delegations to countries where there are advanced startup ecosystems. Due to the coronavirus, many of JETRO’s above activities are organized online this year.

Digital transformation has recently accelerated around the globe, カジノ ブラック ジャック this trend has added momentum to open innovation in Japan. Regarding various issues which Japan, as well as the world, are facing, Japanese companies are actively working on solutions through collaboration with domestic カジノ ブラック ジャック overseas startups カジノ ブラック ジャック technology-oriented companies with advanced know-how カジノ ブラック ジャック new business models.

The Japanese government has set out policies such as “Society 5.0,” as well as digital transformation (DX) of society. The definition of “Society 5.0” is “A human-centred society that balances economic advancement with the resolution of social problems by a system that highly integrates cyberspace カジノ ブラック ジャック physical space.” In order to achieve these policies, the Japanese government is supporting innovation created by Japanese companies カジノ ブラック ジャック activities of startups. During recent years, many municipalities カジノ ブラック ジャック corporations in Japan are active in open innovation. There are a number of open innovation programs organized by the municipalities or corporate venture capital (CVC) firms.

The role of JETRO is supporting open innovation activities between Japan カジノ ブラック ジャック foreign countries, as well as startups aiming to expカジノ ブラック ジャック their businesses abroad. カジノ ブラック ジャック in addition to supporting foreign companies that aim to set up business in or with Japan, JETRO also takes part in the J-Startup project, which aims to help Japanese startups win in the global market カジノ ブラック ジャック bring new value to the world, together with the Ministry of Economy, Trade カジノ ブラック ジャック Industry (METI) カジノ ブラック ジャック the New Energy カジノ ブラック ジャック Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).

This July, the Japanese government chose four urban areas as “global startup cities” in a program in which it aims to create Japan’s own versions of Silicon Valley in the US. The selected four areas are the Greater Tokyo Area, including Yokohama カジノ ブラック ジャック Tsukuba; the Chubu region centering on Aichi Prefecture; the Kansai region containing Osaka, Kyoto カジノ ブラック ジャック Kobe cities; カジノ ブラック ジャック Fukuoka City in western Japan. Startup ecosystems in Japan are growing カジノ ブラック ジャック becoming more acknowledged globally in recent years. Startup Genome, a company specializing in the analysis of startup ecosystems, ranked Tokyo 15th in “The Global Startup Ecosystem Ranking 2020.” カジノ ブラック ジャック StartupBlink, the world’s most comprehensive startup ecosystem map カジノ ブラック ジャック research center, ranked Tokyo 16th in the “Cities Global Ranking of Startup Ecosystem” in 2020.