SYP announced that it successfully concluded the 2024 'Super-Gap Startup 1000+ Relay IR @ Tokyo' event, as the organizing institution for the investment attraction sector of the Super-Gap Startup 1000+ Project.
The 'Super-Gap Startup 1000+ Project' is overseen by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and managed by the Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development. It aims to intensively nurture promising startups in ten super-gap sectors, including AI and big data, by supporting commercialization, R&D, open innovation, investment attraction, and policy funding.
The event, held over three days from the 10th in Tokyo, Japan, aimed to facilitate the entry of super-gap startups into the Japanese market and promote investment attraction. Detailed programs included pre-mentoring for Japan-customized IR decks, visits to local institutions, seminars, workshops, and demo days. Notably, this event, themed around the global trend of artificial intelligence, featured a special lecture on 'Japan's AI Ecosystem' and a networking session with Japanese AI startups.
The demo day on the 12th saw the participation of approximately 30 prominent Japanese local investment institutions, including PKSHA Capital, Global Brain, Lotte Ventures Japan, Rakuten Capital, KDDI Group, Vector Group, SBI Investment, and Deloitte Japan.
The participating super-gap startups included CROCUS, DouwiseChem, TWIGFARM, Pion Corporation, Infofla, AIRS Inc., Neurogrin Inc., Phantomics, Emotiv, and GradeHealthChain, among others.
As part of the local institution visits, participants visited the Tokyo Innovation Base (TIB), which is operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to support startups. They conducted a seminar on the local infrastructure available for startups and the Japanese government's support programs for startups.
The workshops featured themes on strategies for entering the Japanese market, with a special lecture on 'Strategies for Entering the Japanese Market' by Kasuki Umemura, Manager of Sales Maker, and a lecture on 'The Japanese Local Business Ecosystem' by Young Joon Yang, CEO of YJ Inc.