Japan Challenge for Society 5.0. Accelerate Innovation - Contest for Foreign StartUps

Jun 15, 2021


 

Japan External Trade Organization; JETRO has launched “Japan Challenge for Society 5.0-Accelerate innovation with Japan-“ at Viva Technology: contest for foreign startups interested in Japanese collaboration. We are calling for startups from all around the world with technologies and innovations that could help solving three types of social challenges in Japan to apply to this contest.

The purpose of this contest is to bring about innovational solutions to challenges unique to Japan by assisting foreign entrepreneurs collaborating with Japanese counterparts.

 

Organizer

JETRO

Co-organizer

Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA)

Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies 2021 (CEATEC 2021)

 

Challenges

  1. Environmental Friendliness
  2. Labor Shortage & Improving Productivity
  3. Smart & Resilient Japan

 


Awards

  1.         Mentoring by experts to help you to collaborate with Japanese firms(online)
  2.         Digital exhibition and business matching at CEATEC 2021 on October 19 to 21 (online)
  3.         Invitation to Japan to interact with startup ecosystems around Japan



Application deadline

July 31, 2021 11:59 pm（Paris time）

 

For application and more information, please visit website below:

https://challenges.vivatechnology.com/en/challenges