startup

Each November, Helsinki attracts companies, founders and investors from all over the world to Slush, one of the largest startup events in the Nordic countries. One of the organisations that keeps returning to the conference is Fukuoka City.

The Survival Guide to Nordic Startup Events is a resource for Japanese businesspeople who are planning their attendance at startup events in the Nordics.

JETRO to support a large delegation of startups at VivaTechnology in Paris on 22-25 May.

For people planning to start up business in Tokyo, The Tokyo One-Stop Business Establishment Center (TOSBEC) holds seminars taught by experts on the topic, either online or during one of its in-person events. Participation is free!

The government of Japan has appointed officially in August 2022 a new "Startup Minister" to help the support to startups, to implement an economic revitalization and in addition has launched the Five-Year Startup Development Plan in November 2022 to have 100 000 startups, 100 unicorns and an annual investment of 10 trillion yens. Although this seems to be an ambitious plan, Japan is setting the tone for a new economic road with entrepreneurship in high technologies and deeptech.

The EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation nominated European start-ups for 3 major start-up events in Japan.

The capital market for SMEs and start-ups consists of several segments,ranging from SME lending and crowdfunding to business angels and venture capital markets.