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Winners of the Award for Academic Startups 2023 Program Selected

August 8, 2023

Joint Press Release with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has selected Elephantech Inc. as the winner of the METI Minister's Award under the Award for Academic Startups 2023 Program.

1. Outline of the Award for Academic Startups 2023

Since its inauguration in FY2014, the Award for Academic Startups Program has been honoring promising, excellent university-developed startups selected from among venture businesses that make use of the research and development outcomes achieved by universities and other institutions (national, public and private universities, colleges of technology, research and development institutions under the national government and local governments, national research and development agencies, and non-profit corporations, including public interest corporations). The program also especially seeks to honor universities, companies, and other entities that have contributed to the growth of such startups.

It aims to further promote the establishment of businesses that make use of R&D outcomes achieved by universities or other entities, encourage startups to innovate further, and encourage universities and companies to support university-developed startups.

The secretariat of the program called for applicants for the FY2023 program from March 27 (Mon.) to May 16 (Tue.), 2023, and 39 entities applied. The Screening Committee of external experts for the Award for Academic Startups 2023 (see Appendix 2) examined the application documents and held interviews with the applicants. Following this screening, seven university-developed startups and the universities and companies supporting them were selected as winners.

For details on the winners, please see Appendix 1 and visit the website for the Award for Academic Startups 2023 Program here 外部リンク(in Japanese).

A commendation ceremony for the winners of the Award for Academic Startups 2023 Program will be held as below as part of the University Exhibition Fairs 2023 : Innovation JAPAN event.

Date and time:
15:00 to 17:00, August 24 (Thur.), 2023
Venue:
Seminar room, South Hall 1, Tokyo Big Sight (3-11-1, Ariake, Koto Ward, Tokyo)

Completing prior registration on the official website (in Japanese)Link for the event will make it easier for you to enter the venue.

2. Outline of the winners and the awards (For details, see Appendix 1)

Winners of the METI Minister’s Award

Outline

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