SynchroLife’s Managing Company GINKAN Inc. Wins Grand Prix for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s MUFG Digital Accelerator’s Batch 4
Also takes home Audience Award and AWS Award in a triple win
JULY 30, 2019 — Tokyo, Japan
GINKAN Inc., the managing company of SynchroLife, the token economy based social restaurant review service in which users earn cryptocurrency for dining out, won the Grand Prix top prize at the MUFG Digital Accelerator Batch 4 Demo Day held on July 26, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. GINKAN was also awarded the Audience Award and AWS Award for a triple win. GINKAN was selected to participate in Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.’s MUFG Digital Accelerator Batch 4 in March 2019. During the four month program, GINKAN has launched a proof-of-concept campaign with Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS Co., Ltd.
During Demo Day, the eight finalist companies selected to participate in MUFG Digital Accelerator Batch 4 presented and were judged on the originality of their business, the innovations of their business, benefits to users, business model, and synergy with MUFG. GINKAN won the “Grand Prix” top prize.
SynchroLife’s synergy with MUFG was proven in the proof-of-concept campaign with Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS Co., Ltd. which rewards cryptocurrency to credit card users. SynchroLife has filed a patent for this new marketing solution (Application Number 2019–116381) which helps restaurants attract customers.
See GINKAN’s press release on the proof-of-concept campaign for details:
About the MUFG Digital Accelerator
The MUFG Digital Accelerator was established by MUFG in 2015 and is the first startup accelerator program run by a Japanese bank. The program aims to work with entrepreneurs and venture companies passionate to bring change to financial services and help them build revolutionary new businesses using fintech, AI, blockchain technology, and more. During the program, MUFG Group puts in all of their resources to help participating entrepreneurs and venture companies in brushing up their business plan, building their prototype, choosing partners based on their business plan, finding business alliances, and provides all around support for new businesses.
See the MUFG Digital Accelerator Official Site for details:
About SynchroLife
SynchroLife is the world’s first social restaurant discovery service that utilizes blockchain technology to reward quality reviewers with cryptocurrency rewards. The SynchroLife mobile app is currently available for iOS and Android mobile devices in four languages (English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese) and over 155 countries.
SynchroLife rewards users with cryptocurrency for posting high-quality restaurant reviews and offers cryptocurrency cashback when dining at participating restaurants. SynchroLife is designed to benefit both diners and restaurants while helping to solve restaurant marketing problems. SynchroLife is also expanding its business into the fintech space by aiming to build a global token economy connected to the average consumer’s daily life — through food and dining out.
Recent SynchroLife Achievements
September 2018 –
・Won Fintech Category at the Plug and Play Japan Batch 1 EXPO (Demo Day)
March 2019 –
・Won Norinchukin Award at Financial Innovation Business Conference 2019
April 2019 –
・Selected as finalist for the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and Basque Culinary Center’s (BCC) First Global Gastronomy Tourism Startup Competition
June 2019 –
・Won 2nd Place at Nikkei FinTech Conference 2019 Startup Awards Pitch Battle
SynchroLife Mobile App
iPhone (For iPhone 5 and up, iOS 9 and up)
・https://itunes.apple.com/app/id557532449
Android (For Android 6.0 and up)
・https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.synchrolife
Learn More About SynchroLife and SynchroCoin
・ Official Website: https://synchrolife.org/
・ Medium Blog: https://medium.com/synchrocoin
・ Telegram: https://t.me/synchrocoin
・ Twitter: https://twitter.com/synchrocoin
・ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/synchrocoin
