Get ready, World! Japanese startups are coming your way…
Following the selection of the four “Global Hub Cities”, namely Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka & Fukuoka, in July 2020, the Cabinet Office, the Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry, and JETRO jointly announced today the selection of 50 startups from these hubs for an overseas expansion acceleration program.
The accelerator will run in February and March 2021, with a demo day planned for early April. The startups have been selected mainly from the robotics, mobility, IoT, new materials / devices, medical / healthcare, agriculture, space, and DX / IT services industries (nothing FinTech-specific!), and will be split into two cohorts: The “Born Global” cohort, with a fully English program managed by Techstars, and the “Global Preparation” cohort, with a mixed Japanese/English program managed by WiL.
The followings lists the startups and links for further investigation.
Tokyo
Warpspace — satellite data through optical networks
LIGHTz — AI for expert systems
Doog — mobile robots
iXs — digital twins
atDose — mobile dosing & infusion device
Willbox — shipping & logistics software
CROSS SYNC — healthcare information synchronization
Metagen — microbiota & metabolites
Restore Vision — therapeutics drugs for eye diseases
Algal Bio — algae for food, wellness, beauty
BionicM — prosthetic legs
Cambrian Robotics — IoT API software & devices
Nagoya
U-MaP — electrically insulating ceramics
TRYETING — data technology
Healthcare Systems — lifestyle matches based on genetic analysis
AgreeBit — AI-based discussion platform
GRA&GREEN — R&D-based agribio startup
LOZI — supply chain management
Acompany — multi-party computing
iCorNet — tailor-made support for advanced heart failure
Pi Photonics — product-integrated photonics
ANSeeN — xray color imaging
SPLYZA — sports & education application development
Magic Shields — fall mitigation for nursing homes & hospitals
Osaka
Mui Lab — electronics embedded in natural furniture
Atomis — control gases by spatially confining molecules
Toregem — dental regenerative therapeutic agents
Integral Geometry Science — visualizing the internal structure of an object
ACALL — workstyle software for office & remote work
T-ICU — remote medical services for critical patients
Sagri — combining remote sensing, soil analysis, and machine learning
Natias — mass synthesis technology of nucleic acids
Integral Technology — automatic generation of simulation data
BABY JOB — childcare provider support
Payless Gate —touchless personal authentication technology
SIRC — unique multiplier devices (sensors)
Chinou — AI & robotics engineering
Fukuoka
anect — mobile app platform
Quando — remote support communications
Technology Makes Happiness (TMH) — semiconductor parts & equipment
LiLz — IoT & machine learning fusion for sensing
KAICO —hard-to-generate proteins produced by silkworms
Djinn Mentor — challenged-based active learning
Qurate — collaborative content management platform
Napps Technology —no-code app generation through storyboard
mobby ride — electric scooters
chaintope — blockchain protocol development
ON-GRIT Engineering — tools to simply public infrastructure maintenance
Beauty Gym — flat-rate health studio for women
airamp — revenue-share streaming service
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