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Latest UpdatesTOKYO: Tokyo Metropolitan Government to call for participants for the Accelerator Program “Tech Business Camp Tokyo” (Application deadline July 13th)
Jun 01, 2018
In order to boost Tokyo’s international competitiveness and create further growth, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) has continued to proactively introduce initiatives designed to attract foreign companies, and promoted the transfer of leading technologies and know-how from overseas companies to domestic companies.
In addition to the TMG’s initiatives thus far, from FY 2017 onwards, the TMG also launched an accelerator program targeting foreign startup companies (hereinafter “foreign companies”) possessing cutting-edge technologies related to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, such as IoT, artificial intelligence (AI), and robotics, etc.
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This program invites foreign companies to come to Tokyo to learn about the uniqueness of the Japanese market and needs of companies within the city, while also aiming to create business matchups between the foreign companies and Tokyo companies by providing the latter with opportunities to gain a deeper understanding of the former’s technologies. By matching up Tokyo companies and foreign companies with leading software technologies, the TMG hopes to achieve its vision of becoming a “Safe City”, a “Smart City” and a “Diversity (Diverse City)”. The program will follow the sequence below, and focus on activities 2. and 3. over a short period of around two months.
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Tentative schedule |
May 21 : Applications open July 13 : Application deadline Middle of August : Selection of foreign companies and announcement of successful participants (approx. 10 companies) Start of October : Introductory Seminar October - November : Mentoring, business planning, networking, business matching Late November : Pitch event (public) |
Inquiries
- Tech Business Camp Tokyo Office
- E-mail: techbct@access2tokyo.com
