The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will take advantage of the strengths of Tokyo, which is a center of knowledge and has a large concentration of universities, and will launch a new ``University Startup Creation Support Project'' aimed at commercializing excellent research seeds and ideas. This time, 10 universities that are scheduled to participate in the project have been decided.
Tokyo will formulate a startup strategy "Global Innovation with STARTUPS" in November 2022. With a ``11x10x10 innovation vision that opens up the future,'' we are working to create globally active startups, expand the base of startups, and expand public-private collaboration to support innovation. As part of this, a ``University Startup Creation Support Project'' will also be implemented.
The "University Startup Creation Support Project" is a collaboration between the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Campus Create Co., Ltd., which serves as the coordinator*, and is a collaboration between the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Campus Create Co., Ltd., which serves as the coordinator*. We will provide accompaniment support such as hearings on the progress of students, matching with private accelerators, and consulting for the establishment of internal systems, as well as financial support.
The 10 universities scheduled to participate are Keio University, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Juntendo University, Teikyo University, University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo Institute of Technology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo University of Science, and Musashino University, which are promoting commercialization, and Musashino University, which is building an environment. Art university. Musashino Art University aims to create an environment that comprehensively supports art and design students to launch creative and sustainable businesses, by establishing a student consultation desk for starting a business and providing accelerators for students. We plan to work on implementation of the RA program.
*The coordinator will operate this project together with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and plan and provide support according to the actual situation of each university.
Reference: [Tokyo] University startup creation support project