Discover cutting-edge deep tech startups tackling global challenges through innovative products and services. Explore potential partners that align with your company's business challenges, innovation goals, and collaboration needs. Exhibitor information and company profiles will be updated regularly.
Central Japan Startup Ecosystem Consortium is a regional network that brings together universities, local governments, industry support organizations, and corporations across the Chubu region, primarily Aichi, Gifu, and Mie Prefectures, to foster the creation and growth of startups with global ambitions. Leveraging the region’s strong manufacturing base and advanced technological capabilities, the consortium promotes entrepreneurship, talent development, and industry collaboration. At this exhibition, we will showcase the unique industry-academia-government partnerships and support programs that characterize the Central Japan region, highlighting the strengths and potential of an ecosystem that empowers startup growth and innovation!
Central Japan Startup Ecosystem Consortium（TechGALA）
Local Governments
Others
Growth
Partnerships
Product Development
Fundraising
Organization Building
International Expansion
Other
Event Lab
Business Overview
TechGALA, held in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, is a global conference that brings together a diverse range of domestic and international stakeholders, including startups, corporations, investors, and researchers, to foster new connections and business opportunities beyond regional and industry boundaries. The third edition, “TechGALA Japan 2026: BEYOND,” will take place from December 15 to 17, 2026. We will also be offering special information and opportunities at our booth, so be sure to stop by and meet us!
We established the “Future Creation Conference” as a collaborative platform bringing together the business community, the national government, Union of Kansai Governments, Osaka Prefecture, and the City of Osaka. The Conference aims to carry forward the legacy of the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan to future generations, support sustainable growth and development through innovation and the creation of new value, contribute to solving global challenges, and enhance the international presence of Osaka and Kansai.
Through the “Future Creation Conference,” we have selected eight projects in four fields - Advanced Mobility, Regenerative Medicine, Carbon Neutral Technologies, and Startups - and are working toward the practical implementation of cutting-edge technologies and ideas showcased at the Expo.
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Hiroshima Regional Innovation Strategy Promotion Council
Local Governments
Others
Growth
Product Development
Fundraising
International Expansion
Event Lab
Business Overview
The Hiroshima Regional Innovation Strategy Promotion Council comprises 25 organizations, including companies, government agencies, universities, financial institutions, and media. We showcase promising local startups and welcome anyone seeking investment opportunities or collaboration partners.
Kumamoto City aims to foster startups that challenge the world and achieve global success. Centered around XOSS POINT., our startup support hub, we provide community-building opportunities, mentorship, and support for global expansion through more than 300 events and programs each year. We have also launched a new startup support fund to help ambitious entrepreneurs secure funding and accelerate growth. Having experienced two major earthquakes, Kumamoto understands the importance of resilience and supports those who take on new challenges. We welcome startups from Japan and around the world that are ready to solve regional challenges and create new industries together with us.
More than just a sauna destination. Kumamoto is where startups find their flow.
OSAKA BIO HEADQUARTERS Secretariat Osaka Prefectural Government
Local Governments
Biotechnology / Healthcare
Knowledge Capital Congrès Convention Center
Business Overview
Osaka Prefecture has been developing three life sciences industry hubs as part of its strategy to establish the health and medical industry as a leading growth sector. Following Saito, a hub for drug discovery, and KENTO, a center for health and medical innovation, Nakanoshima Qross (NQ) opened in 2024 with the aim of accelerating the industrialization of future healthcare technologies, including regenerative medicine.
The "Hyogo Kobe Startup Ecosystem Consortium" was established in December 2019 to foster innovation and build a thriving hub for startups driven by cutting-edge technology. It brings together diverse resources from 76 member organizations (as of September 2026), spanning local governments, universities, business associations, and private companies.
Under the Japanese Cabinet Office's startup hub city initiative, the consortium was selected as a "Global Startup City" for two consecutive terms alongside Osaka and Kyoto. It offers practical collaboration opportunities—such as the "Challenger Meetup" pitch and networking sessions—to connect startups directly with established companies. Through robust cross-sector partnerships across industry, government, academia, and finance, the consortium fosters globally competitive startups from the Hyogo-Kobe region and drives sustainable regional growth.
Kyoto is a one-of-a-kind city where over a thousand years of history and culture interact with the cutting edge of science and technology.
Here, the fusion of tradition and innovation fosters a uniquely fertile environment for technology, new ideas, and innovation.
Today, this fertile ground has given rise to the Kyoto Startup Ecosystem—a vibrant network where universities, startups, global companies, investors, and government collaborate to create the future.
On June 5, 2025, the Osaka Startup Ecosystem Consortium, in partnership with its counterparts in Kyoto and Hyogo-Kobe, was selected under the Cabinet Office’s second-phase Startup Ecosystem Hub City initiative.
Building on the Kansai region’s outstanding technological and research capabilities, the consortium is developing a startup ecosystem that generates next-generation innovation, focusing on three core fields: biotechnology and life sciences, green technology, and digital technology. More than 50 leading corporations, universities, and other organizations are participating in the initiative, promoting co-creation with startups and supporting the emergence of globally successful startups from Kansai.
“Quantum × Ignite” is a community that brings together companies, research institutions, professionals, and other diverse players in the quantum field to accelerate the practical application of quantum technologies.
Through a wide range of programs—including seminars covering everything from the fundamentals of quantum technologies to their industrial applications, networking events with leading experts in the field, and business matching opportunities—we support new challenges and initiatives.
By creating more opportunities to engage with quantum technologies, we aim to encourage companies to enter quantum-related industries, foster the creation of startups, and build a thriving quantum industry cluster originating in Osaka.
Nagano aims to foster and cluster startups using regional resources with Niigata. With four key focus areas and unique demonstration fields, we support the creation and growth of locally born startups.
Regional Nexus Hub is a wide-area startup ecosystem jointly developed by Niigata and Nagano Prefectures. Focusing on healthcare, food tech, environment and energy, and next-generation mobility and manufacturing, we support the creation and growth of startups by leveraging regional resources, advanced technologies, and cross-sector networks. Visit the Niigata Prefecture booth to discover the region’s unique strengths, business opportunities, and co-creation potential.
An all-Hokkaido public-private organization established in 2023 to build an ecosystem where startups from Hokkaido grow to compete globally, bringing together the City of Sapporo, the Hokkaido Government, and the Hokkaido Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry with private-sector members including universities and financial institutions. Positioning the entire region as a vast demonstration field, we focus on nurturing and clustering startups in Hokkaido’s priority domains — agri-food, space, environment & energy, and AI — while driving open innovation with municipalities and corporations, and supporting global expansion through overseas missions and global acceleration programs.
The Sendai-Tohoku Startup Ecosystem Consortium brings together the City of Sendai, the six Tohoku prefectures, and leaders across industry, academia, government, and finance.
Leveraging Tohoku’s unique strengths, we support impact startups tackling social issues and university-born deep-tech startups.
Our mission is to help competitive startups scale globally and build a vibrant ecosystem that drives innovation from Tohoku to the world.
Ehime Prefecture is blessed with abundant natural beauty, surrounded by the Seto Inland Sea and the Shikoku Mountains. It is known for Dogo Onsen, one of Japan’s oldest hot springs, as well as for being the “Citrus Kingdom.” The eastern part of the prefecture is home to thriving industries such as shipbuilding, towel manufacturing, pulp and paper, and heavy chemical industries, while agriculture and fisheries flourish in the south. With manufacturing and nature existing in harmony, Ehime is a prefecture with a strong manufacturing base and rich natural resources.
Ehime Prefecture is promoting the Ehime Glocal Frontier (EGF) Program, which provides comprehensive support to startups from their founding through establishment and growth. To date, the program has helped facilitate the launch of more than 280 businesses.
In addition, the prefecture is implementing Triangle Ehime, a digital implementation acceleration project aimed at bringing digital technologies into practical use across society and strengthening the region’s capacity to generate economic value. In May, the prefecture also opened “E:N BASE,” a public-private co-creation hub in the new prefectural government building, further advancing efforts to foster innovation through an all-Ehime approach.
Setouchi Startup Consortium (Okayama City / MOMOSTA)
Local Governments
Others
Event Lab
Business Overview
Okayama City established its startup support hub “MOMOSTA” in 2019 and has since been promoting the creation and growth of locally rooted startups through public–private collaboration. Our goal is to build a society where entrepreneurship becomes a natural option for the future, and we actively support founders taking on new challenges—whether in startups, family-business successors, or social enterprises. In addition, we are committed to broader regional support by leveraging the Setouchi area’s unique characteristics as a large-scale social demonstration field.
Startup ecosystem TOKYO CONSORTIUM（SusHi Tech Tokyo）
Local Governments
Others
Other
Event Lab
Business Overview
As a member of the Startup Ecosystem Tokyo Consortium, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government promotes the development of a vibrant startup ecosystem and the creation of innovation through collaboration with a diverse range of domestic and international stakeholders.
The Government hosts SusHi Tech Tokyo, one of Asia’s largest global innovation conferences, bringing together startups, corporations, investors, and cities from around the world. It is also advancing the development of Tokyo Innovation Base (TIB) in Yurakucho as a global hub where startups, universities, corporations, local governments, and other stakeholders can connect, creating a focal point for innovation from across the world.
At this booth, visitors can learn about the various startup support initiatives and programs implemented by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
Startup ecosystem TOKYO CONSORTIUM（Yokohama City・Kawasaki City）
Local Governments
Others
Partnerships
Product Development
Other
Event Lab
Business Overview
The Startup Ecosystem Tokyo Consortium is a community that brings together a diverse range of stakeholders, including startups and large corporations concentrated in the Greater Tokyo Area, as well as business associations, financial institutions, investors, startup support organizations, universities, and local governments. By fostering the social implementation of innovation, the Consortium aims to create value for local communities and contribute to the sustainable growth of the Greater Tokyo Area.
At this booth, we will introduce two municipalities that are actively fostering innovation ecosystems:
Yokohama City, which supports the growth of technology startups and promotes open innovation initiatives through TECH HUB YOKOHAMA; and
Kawasaki City, which is promoting the formation of a deep-tech innovation hub centered on the Minami-Watarida area, enabling scale-up from R&D to prototyping and commercial-scale production in the materials and Green Transformation (GX) sectors.
Yokohama City：https://techhub-yokohama.com/
Kawasaki City：https://www.city.kawasaki.jp/590/cmsfiles/contents/0000117/117648/KawasakiCity_minamiwatarida_english.pdf
