Kindai University and Kintetsu Real Estate have partnered to support entrepreneurial efforts by Kindai University students, providing land at the north exit of Kawachi-Kosaka Station on the Kintetsu Nara Line in Higashiosaka City, Osaka Prefecture, for one year from December 2024. The aim is for Kindai University students aiming to start their own companies to use the land to test their business, and to support the creation of venture businesses originating from Kindai University.
According to Kintetsu Real Estate, Kindai University recruits students who want to start a business and introduces them to Kindai Real Estate, which then provides land for them to test their business ideas. The first step will be on Monday, December 12th, when Keita Uehara (9rd year, School of Business Administration), who took the corporate registration and business start-up support program of Kindai University's venture startup support program "KINCUBA," will test out the experience of selling reused clothing and remaking used clothing in a mobile second-hand clothing store service.
Kintetsu Real Estate, which is considering using its land at the north exit of Kawachi-Kosaka Station, and Kinki University, which was looking for a location that could be used to support students in starting their own businesses, had a common goal and decided to work together to support students in starting their own businesses.
Kindai University's Venture Business Support Program (KINCUBA) leverages its strengths as a comprehensive university, such as its diverse research fields covering everything from medicine to the arts, its network of over 58 alumni, the regional characteristics of Higashiosaka City and Yao City, known as manufacturing towns, and cutting-edge digital transformation technology, to support students and researchers in starting their own businesses across the university. By providing consistent support from fostering an entrepreneurial mindset to establishing a corporation and expanding business, the number of Kindai University-originated venture companies has increased significantly in recent years. The KINCUBA website lists the names of approximately 120 companies.
