Beyond Limits. Unlock Our Potential.
The World-Class Startup Ecosystem
Building Plan
Name：Kyoto Startup Ecosystem Promotion Council1

Summary of the Ecosystem Building Plan
１．Target and KPICharacteristics and attractiveness・Kyoto is well known within the global society, with enterprises and researchers entering its sphere.
・A great deal of resources to launch startup businesses based on culture, such as Art＆Craft and contents etc.
〇Accumulation of enterprises that use higher technology
and researchers who are among the most skilled in the world－The Prefecture’s and the city’s support organizations, along with 480 enterprises and private organizations are in Kyoto Research Park.
Entrepreneurs and researchers (about 5000) are active within the facility.
－Universities and enterprises in Kyoto have produced 11 Nobel Prize-winning researchers.
－7 national and public universities and 27 private universities are in Kyoto. There is the most number of students and universities per
100,000 people in Japan within Kyoto.

〇Accelerated locations of research and development sections etc. of global enterprises－R&D bases of Mega venture businesses, such as LINE, Money Forward, Sansan, and Panasonic design center.
－Phoenixi and Plug and Play Japan have entered Kyoto.

〇Kyoto Keizai Center as the core, Keihanna science city as a demonstration ground (Accumulation ofresearch institutions etc., over 150 in number)－Make Kyoto Keizai Center the places that creates new added value.
－Research institutions, national institutions, for examples Kyocera co., Shimadzu co., Nidec co., International Institute for Advanced
Studies, Kansai region branch of national diet library, Kyoto university and Nara institute of science and technology, are accumulated in
Keihanna science city.

〇Accumulation of creative industries such as Art&Craft, contents etc. and commercial development－Applying traditional techniques to high technologies (“Kiyomizuyaki”pottery→Ceramic condenser, Sake brewing→Bio technology, AJapanese card game “hanafuda”→TV game).
－Interaction through KYOTO STEAM-World cultural interaction festival, Design Week Kyoto, Bit Summit(Game) etc.
－Joint research by Kyoto University and Toppan printing co. to apply arts to industries〇Publicity to gather people from all over the world－Number of foreign guests in 2018 was 4.5 million (an increase of over one million from the previous year） Number of total international
conferences is the second in Japan(※). ※Following Tokyo(According to ICCA)〇Evaluation of the city

－Nikkei newspaper SDGs ranking No.１(Environmental sustainability), Mori memorial foundation Evaluation of the city No. 1－USA・Travel&treasure Inc.「World’s Best Cities for Culture」No. 1(Great evaluation as a central city)→We will take advantage of these points and build the Kyoto Startup Ecosystem
in order to create distinguished enterprises.

2Summary of the Ecosystem Building Plan
１．Target and KPI〇Targets to achieve in 5 years＜Building of the Kyoto Startup Ecosystem＞
Startup Ecosystems
・Creating an environment that can gather a great number of capable people from all over thein Tokyo and other areas
world to launch startup businesses
・The launches of a startup business regarding ①Kyoto’s advantage “Monozukuri” (manufacturing)②Bio and robot technologies, the most advanced technologies(deep tech) such as AI③Social
・Inflow of startups which resolve local
innovation such as Maas
issues・The building of global networks and support for advancements into world wide markets・Inflow of personnel who can〇 KPI in 5 years
Targetednumbers

Current numbers

1. Established Startups

166 83 (in last 5 yrs)

2. University Startups

96 39 (in last 4 yrs)

3. Certified Startup Visas15

4. Produced Unicorns

1Towards thecreation ofUnicorns
To encourage the ecosystem
in Kyoto！
To Apply deep tech to practical use
Purposes

To promote globalization
To create a driving force to resolve

Kyoto Univ. &other universities

VC & Acceleratorssocial issues

Startup Ecosystemoutside Japan・Expanding markets abroad
・Global PR activities

Entrepreneurs
Support Community

Startups &Entrepreneurs

Overseas government
agencies
Supporting organizations

Community-basedCompanies

Creating University
Startups

Inflow of personnel
from large
enterprises andforming spin-out
companies

Developed startups
in Kyoto support
newly establishedstartups

Accelerators& VC

Kyoto Keizai Center
Influencers

Localgovernments

・Accelerators give support for global
marketing・Internationally well-known entrepreneurs
provide mentoring
・Making advance investments for excellent
technical seeds
・Inviting overseas startups &Entrepreneurs with Startup Visas, etc.

Local banks
Supportinstitutions

Startups &Entrepreneurs

Keihanna
Global open
innovation/PoC base

Angel Investors
Communityrepresent companies
・Large-scale startups urged to seek
・Collecting funds fromoffice locations
large scale VC
・Acquiring business
Universities &partners
Research Institutions
・Developing new markets

Influencers★Kyoto’s Advantages
・Accumulation of Deep Tech Seeds
・ Excellent Monozukuri skills andbiotechnology research・ Attractive culture for international
personnel, etc.

Kyoto Research Park
KYOTO Industrial
SupportOrganization 21
ASTEM
JETRO Kyoto, etc.

Kobe Startup
Ecosystem

Collaborate by making
best use of eachcities’ advantages

Kyoto Startup Ecosystem

Keihanshin Startup
Ecosystem

Osaka StartupEcosystem

3Summary of the Ecosystem Building Plan
２．Organizations and the roles of each organization

Kyoto Startup Ecosystem Promotion
Council

Kyoto Keizai Center

Economicorganizations

Secretariat

Comprehensive support forstartups

Support for SMEs, large
companies, etc

Kyoto Chamber ofCommerce and Industry

Kyoto Association ofCorporate Executives

Kyoto Employers 'Association

Kyoto Industrial Association

Kyoto Wisdom Industry Creation Center

Kyoto city

Kyoto prefecture

Kyoto Prefectural Federation of Societies of Commerce and Industry

Financial institutions

Financial support, Introductionof partner companies etc.
Kyoto Chuo Shinkin BankThe Bank of Kyoto, Ltd.
THE KYOTO SHINKIN
BANK

Credit Guarantee Corporation of Kyoto

Universities･ResearchInstitutions
Offering of “seeds”,
technological support, humanresource development, etc.

Promotion base
Collaboration ofEnterprise

Incubation→Kyoto University Katsura
Venture Plaza, Kyoto
Creation Core Kyoto
Mikuruma(SMEs)

Provision of technical andmanagement support for startups
KyotoPrefecturalTechnologyCenter

Kyoto Industrial Support forSmallandMediumEnterprises
Organization 21
Advanced Scientific
Kyoto Municipal Institute ofIndustrial Technology and Culture

Technology & Management
Research Institute of KYOTO

Public Foundation ofKansai Research Institute

VC･Accelerator

Creation of collaborationopportunities between startup
companies and major companies,etc.

Kyoto Industry-Academia-Government
Collaboration Developing Organization
NationalInstitutes for
QuantumandRadiological
Scienceand Technology

Japan Finance Corporation

Cooperation

Industry support
organizations

Cooperation
Kyoto Research Park

→Promoting
entrepreneurship→Promotion of open
innovation→Global support→Supplying infrastructure

Cooperation
Keihanna Science City

→Social substantiation

support→Creating innovation andhands on support forstartups→Continued KGAP initiative

Cooperation
Regional majorcompanies ・Mid-sized companies→Industry cooperation withstartups→Support and vitalization for4regional companies

Summary of the Ecosystem Building Plan
３．Leaders of the Ecosystem building
Utilizing the strengths of the ecosystem leaders, Mr. Makino and Mr. Suzuki, (know-how regarding theacceleration program, global networking), the constituent organizations of the Kyoto start-up・ecosystempromotion council are applying and implementing these projects.
Influencer
Kyoto University
Professor
Yamaguchi Eiichi
Specialized in the theory ofinnovation. Supporting many hightech venture startups

Kyoto Startup Ecosystem Promotion Council

Ecosystem leaders
Acceleration

Globaltaliki
Representative Director
Nakamura Taka
Built talikico. while in Kyoto
University. Administered a projectthat over 100 people joined
AIRRepresentative Director
Sumita Kensei
Coordinator for NEDO, MEXT,Tokyo university etc. Started a large
number of “venture fromuniversity“ projects

EconomicOrganization

Support for large andmidsize enterprises

Kyoto Institute ofTechnology
KYOTO Design Lab

Sushi Suzuki
Graduated from Stanford
University of mechanicalengineering. Actively involved as
the Innovation Project Director
from Stanford University

Kyoto Startup Ecosystem
Promotion Council

Supporting
Organizations

Technical support,business support etc.

UniversityMonozukuri VenturesRepresentative Director

Makino Narimasa

・Investing in domestic and US startups in VC,
and launching accelerations in Kyoto and Osaka.
・Building “MBC Shisaku Fund” and investing inover 20 enterprises, including those in the US inJuly, 2017
・Received a special prize from the Kansai Zaikai
seminar in February,2019. Graduated from Kobe
University with a master’s degree in 2005.

International Telecommunications Union
Fundamental technology research instituteRepresentative Director in charge

Suzuki Hiroshi

・Graduated from Tokyo University with adoctorate in science. Engaged in basic,
practical researches using organic
materials, such as oxide crystal etc.
・Built networking through the conclusionof MOU(Spain, Israel, US, Canada)・Launched Acceleration Program(KGAP＋)

Offering of “seeds”,
technical support,
human resources
development etc.

Financial Institutions
Support forcollaboration between
startups and large
enterprises

Administration

Comprehensive support
for startups＜Cooperation example＞
・Large companies, domestic and foreign startups, and investors can for the first time take part in acceleration
programs, pitch meetings, business plan contests etc.
・Creation of mechanisms such as startup forums to attract global investors and entrepreneurs to Kyoto.

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