Press announcement date and time: May 14, 2024, 2:00 p.m.
Department identify/New Industry Division, New Industry Division, Ministry of Industry and LaborDirect cellphone/0783624157
Hyogo Prefecture, along with Kobe City, has been implementing the SDGs CHALLENGE program since fiscal 2021, which helps entrepreneurs who use revolutionary enterprise strategies to drive financial development and actively work to resolve social points. We want to inform you that we’ve got began recruiting for this 12 months.
This 12 months, the fourth 12 months, we are going to collaborate with world accelerators to offer intensive enterprise improvement help utilizing mentors from world wide and help for abroad enlargement, thereby creating extra world innovation and constructing an ecosystem. We purpose to strengthen it.
1 Business particulars
(1) Business improvement help
- kickoff session
- mentoring
- Lectures on enterprise improvement and abroad enlargement
- English pitch coaching for abroad traders
- enterprise matching
- demo day
(2) Expense help for demonstration and analysis tasks for abroad enlargement (as much as 300,000 yen per firm)
- Expenses for exhibiting at abroad exhibitions and collaborating in abroad packages
- Overseas journey bills, lodging bills, and so forth.
2 Implementation interval (deliberate)
From Thursday, July 18, 2024 to Friday, January 31, 2025
3 Recruitment goal/theme
Startups which have a base in Hyogo Prefecture by the beginning of this system
are particularly contemplating abroad enlargement and are growing and commercializing services that contribute to fixing SDGs points. In explicit, precedence shall be given to corporations that develop services that contribute to decarbonization and carbon neutrality.
Base refers back to the important department, gross sales workplace, co-working facility, and so forth. in Hyogo Prefecture. It doesn’t matter whether or not it’s registered or not.
4 Number of chosen corporations
tenth stage
5 Recruitment/choice technique
Application interval: May 14, 2024 (Tuesday) to June 7, 2024 (Friday) 18:00
Where to use:
Selection technique: Selection at any time based mostly on doc screening and interview
6 Sponsor and so forth.
- Sponsor: Hyogo Prefecture, Kobe City
Management: NPO Community Link, 2080 Ventures
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A non-profit group that goals to develop native communities and helps entrepreneurs and people taking up the problem of implementing expertise in society. Operates “Entrepreneurship Plaza Hyogo”, a co-working house opened by Hyogo Prefecture.
A world enterprise capital agency based mostly within the United States. A world accelerator that helps startups’ enlargement into the worldwide market. Won the BEST Cross-border Accelerator in Korea in 2023.7 Others
For data on collaborating corporations and packages over the previous three years, please go to the challenge web site (
) Please verify.
inquiryManagement: NPO Community Link ([email protected])