The Kyushu University Entrepreneurship Department was selected for the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award at the 2nd Japan Open Innovation Awards, which recognizes companies and organizations that have created innovation beyond organizational barriers.The award ceremony will be held on February 2020, 2 at the Central Government Building Auditorium in Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
According to the Cabinet Office, the Kyushu University Entrepreneurship Department is a university-approved club activity that was established in 2017 by Associate Professor Masaki Kumano of the Kyushu University Academic Research and Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Headquarters.Entrepreneurs of venture companies and specialists of venture business are close to the students of the club, aiming to develop venture companies by training them into entrepreneurs and making the best use of the university's intellectual property.
For this reason, in addition to creating a support organization by experts, we are promoting open innovation between students and companies in partnership with local companies.Fifteen companies have started businesses in two years and three months since the department was established.The first venture company has raised more than 2 million yen and has grown into a company that employs 3 people.He was a leader in the corporate department of domestic universities, and was highly evaluated as a good example of regional industrial revitalization and regional revitalization.
In addition, at the 2nd Japan Open Innovation Awards, the efforts of MUJIN, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Electric, Nachi-Fujikoshi, and Yaskawa Electric, which developed general-purpose intelligent robot controllers, were selected for the Prime Minister's Award.
reference:[Cabinet Office] About the XNUMXnd Japan Open Innovation Awards
