Next Growth for Japan’s Startups.

Next Innovation for the World.

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 Next Growth for Japan’s Startups.
Vision Next Growth for the World.

In Japan, over 10,000 star tups are exploring new frontiers of business
oppor tunities,
but only a few have succeeded in the global market.

J-Star tup is an initiative to concentrate both our public and private

resources to suppor t those star tups with high potential.

Our goal is to create foster global star tup players, providing new values
to the world.

The successful Japanese star tups from the J-Star tup initiative will
hopefully bring social respect to enthusiastic entrepreneurship and
empower Japan’s star tup ecosystem.

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 T h e J- S t ar t u p i n i t i ative ai m s t o c r e at e s u c c e s s f u l , c u t t i ng - e d g e

About
Jap an e s e s t ar t u p s i n t h e g l o b al m ar k e t . T h o s e s u c c e s s f u l
s t ar t u p s ar e e x p e c t e d t o b r i n g n e w v al u e s t o t h e wo r l d , an d
e m p o we r Jap an ’ s s t ar t up e cosyste m .

J-Startups
Select About 100 Go Global
companies

About 10,000 Overseas Expansion

Connect
Startups （Conference etc.）

Large Corporations,
VCs, Accelerators,
Government
Organizations

Select
Select Connect
Connect Go
Go Global
Global
Top VCs and Accelerators
民間のトップ支援者の推薦で Support global challenge as
日本代表としての
Build支援コミュニティの形成
up support community.
recommend startups with national representative
グローバル展開を支援
潜在力のある企業を選出 政策支援、民間支援とつなげる
Connect public/private support.
great potential. startups.

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 The recommendation members (consisting of top VCs, accelerators, and

Select
corporate VCs) choose startups from the view of originality, potential and
mission setting, in the fields of real tech, platforms, and SDGs. The startups
are then endorsed by the review members (consisting of scholars and
experts), before being appointed by the government.

Recommendation
Members
J-Startup
Criterion J-Startup企業
About 100
Scrutineers
□ Mission companies
□ Originality
Scholars, and
□ Growth Possibility
Experts.
etc.

About 10,000 active startups in Japan

Deep tech, Platformer, SDGs

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 J-Startup support community will provide private and public

Connect
support to the selected startups.
The support community is mainly formed by VCs, Accelerators,
large corporations and government organizations.

Private
Support

Large corporations, VCs,

Accelerators

政府の支援 E a s y a c c e s s t o p u b l i c Connect to VC,

Public Private
Accelerator, Big
Support support programs Support
corporation
ex）□ Funding support by certified VCs ex）□ collaboration opportunity
□ Regulatory Sand-box □ mentoring by the management and experts
□ Intertextual property strategy Government Organization □ office and manufacturing/testing facilities
□ Overseas expansion support □ acceleration programs
（Secretariat ： METI、NEDO、JETRO）

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Go Global Supporting Overseas Expansion

Startup tour

Support for participation to global

conference
J-Startup Pavilion
conference：
SLUSH、SXSW、CES、TECH IN ASIA、
GITEX FUTURE STARS、Web Summit
VIVA TECH

JETRO Global
Acceleration Hub

Consultation staffs are allocated in major

cities around the world, providing local
©Petri Anttila
information, mentoring service, and
networks in the local community.

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 Startup Tour Schedule
Global

10/14-17 11/5-8 12/4-5 1/8-11 3/8-17

@Dubai @Lisbon @Helsinki @Las Vegas @Austin

Japan

9/11 10/16-19 10/22-24 12/3-4

@Tokyo @Tokyo @Tokyo @Tokyo

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Inbound
Attracting cutting edge entrepreneurs from
around the world.

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 J-Startup 100
ArchiTek Caulis SORABITO Microwave Chemical
ispace CureApp Challenergy Money Forward
AWAKENS, Inc. iQPS tsumug MAMORIO
Axelspace Kyulux Terra Motors MUJIN
Astroscale Kyoto Robotics TELEXISTENCE Megakaryon
ABEJA Quantum Biosystems Trigence Semiconductor mediVR
ARAYA CrowdWorks Triple W Japan Mercari
AlpacaJapan GROOVE X Nanoegg MELTIN MMI
Idein Global Mobility Service JEPLAN Euglena
Inagora Cogent Labs PKSHA Technology UZABASE
InstaVR COCOA MOTORS BIOME Life is Tech !
Infostellar CONNECTEC JAPAN Panair Raksul
WHILL CYBERDYNE P Mind ReasonWhy
AISing GRA Pixie Dust Technologies LeapMind
AI SILK JTOWER visasQ Liquid
EXAWIZARDS Studio Ousia VISITS Technologies RIVERFIELD
EdiGENE Spiber BizteX ReproCELL
Lpixel Spacelink BizReach Routrek Networks
Elephantech SmartHR Finc Lequio Power Technology
O: SmartDrive Photo electron Soul RegCell
MONEY DESIGN SuRaLa Net Preferred Networks WAmazing
Origami Seven Dreamers Fringe81
alt Laboratories FLOSFIA
ZMP PeptiDream
Holoeyes
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J-Startup Recommenders

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J-Startup Supporters
Archetype 01 Booster Mistletoe
iEducation Softbank MIZUHO Bank
IF Lifetime Ventures SB Innoventure MIZUHO Securities
AXA Life Insurance Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance SMBC
ABBALab The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Mitsubishi Estate Company
ITOCHU Technology Ventures DNP Mitsubishi UFJ Capital Company
Incubate Fund Daiwa securities MUFG Bank
Inclusion Japan Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Miyako Capital
INDEPENDENTS CLUB Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation MedVenture Partners
Wiz group TDK Mori Building Company
WiL TX Entrepreneur Partners Real Tech Fund
WERU Investment Deloitte Tohmatsu Venture Support LINK-J/ Mitsui Fudosan
Uchida & Samejima Law Firm Tokio Marine Holdings Ricoh
A.T. Kearney Tokyo Gas Leave a Nest
edge of TOKYU CORPORATION Rheos Capital Works
NTT DATA UTEC Regus Japan
NTT DOCOMO DOGAN β ROHTO Pharmaceutical Company
MT Partners Draper Nexus Venture Partners, LLC Loftwork
Oki DRONE Fund East Japan Railway Company
Omron Nissei Capital SBI Investment
Olympus IBM Japan SMBC Venture Capital
KAPION Japanese Organization for Medical Device Development Spiral Ventures/Spiral Ventures Japan
Culture Convenience Club (JOMDD) SMBC NIKKO SECURITIES
QB Capital Nippon Life Insurance Company KPMG AZSA
Kyoto Research Park The Japan Research Institute Sony Bank
Kirin Microsoft Japan Recruit Management Solutions
Google Japan Post KADOKAWA ASCII Research Laboratories
Creww Japan Society of Clinical Research The Kansai Electric Power Company
Global Brain Nomura Holdings Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley
Globis Capital Partners HEART CATCH Accenture Japan
Globis University Panasonic SPARX Group
IGPI B Dash Ventures Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance
KSP PwC TOPPAN PRINTING
KDDI NTT East Amazon Web Services Japan
KONICA MINOLTA Beyond Next Ventures DMM.com
Samurai Incubate 500 Startups Japan MEIJI YASUDA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
SHARP Fast Track Initiative Keio Innovation Initiative
Japan Innovation Network Phillips Japan TEPCO Ventures
JAFCO Fujitsu ProtoStar
Johnson & Johnson Innovation Future Venture Capital Sony Corporation
Ernst & Young ShinNihon Plug and Play, Japan SEKISUI CHEMICAL
Sumitomo Life Insurance Project Nippon Yaskawa Electric Corporation
SEIKO EPSON Venture Café Tokyo
MAEDA CORPORATION

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 Summary of J-Startup

Overview Capital
Robotics：8% Biliion
（億円）

25
21.1
Other service：22%
AI：13% 20

15
Enviroment：4%
10 8.8
Manufacturing：8% IoT, ICT：20%
5

0
Health care/Bio
：14% 平均
Avarage 中央値
Median
Aircraft/Space：6% Mobility：5%

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Secretariat：Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Startup and New Business Promotion Office, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau
〒100-8901 Kasumigaseki 1-3-1, Chiyoda-ku,TOKYO
Call：+81-3-3501-1569
Mail:METI_J-Startup@meti.go.jp

Secretariat：Japan External Trade Organization, Innovation promotion Division

〒107-6006 6F Ark Mori Building 12-32-1 Akasaka Minato-ku TOKYO
Call：+81-3-3582-5770
Mail:JETRO_J-Startup@jetro.go.jp

Secretariat：New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, Innovation Promotion Department
〒212-8554 20F Muza Kawasaki Central Tower, 1310 Omiya-cho, Saiwai-ku Kawasaki City, KANAGAWA
Call：+81-44-520-5173
Mail:NEDO_J-Startup@nedo.go.jp

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