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[New applications have been closed] Promotion of Startup Locations

※Applications have been closed because the application amount has reached the budget upper limit for FY2023.

Last Updated March 28, 2024

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Applications have been closed because the application amount has reached the budget upper limit for FY2023.

2023 Yokohama City Startup Location Promotion Grant

Outline of grant


 It is necessary to submit a “Business Plan Summary (First Style)” before concluding a property contract for a business establishment.
 First of all, please contact the person in charge before concluding a property contract.

Outline of grant
OverviewIn order to form a startup ecosystem in Yokohama, we will invite startups in Japan and overseas to Yokohama, and to support the business expansion of city startups in Yokohama for the first time and expansion relocation in the city. Grants will be issued.
2Target person / application category

①Out-of-city companies (application category: Yokohama's first entry into Yokohama)
 Start-ups that have no offices in Yokohama City within 10 years
②City company (application division: city expansion relocation)
 Start-up with headquarters in Yokohama City within 10 years of establishment
 Or start-ups within 10 years that will set up a head office in the city in accordance with the expansion of offices, etc., within 10 years.
※Startup…Among companies that aim for rapid growth in a short period of time since its establishment by innovation, building new business models, and cultivating new markets, companies defined in Article 2, Paragraph 1 of the Basic Law on Small and Medium Enterprises

3Target areas

Priority areas (child care and mobility), IT field, health and life sciences, environment and energy, tourism and MICE, advanced technology, innovation creation
※Please contact us for detailed business activities in each field.

4Major requirements

・Being a company stipulated in Article 2, item 1 of the Companies Act that conducts business in “3 Target Fields”.
・At least one person (including officers other than the representative) who belongs to the target company and has paid wage salary or other equivalents.
・Have prepared a settlement of accounts for one term or the capital or investment must be 5 million yen or more.
・The floor area of the establishment to be installed must be 8 m2 or more (in the case of expansion relocation, increase by 8 m2 or more).
・The target area does not include the residential area, warehouse, store part, etc.

※Please contact us for more information.
5Grants, etc.

・Both "Yokohama City First Advance" and "City Expansion Relocation", we will issue the amount calculated based on the following standards.
(1) Maximum grant amount: 1 million yen (1.5 million yen for the "child care field" and "mobility field")
(2) Calculation method: Target area (m2) x 30,000 yen

※Rounded down to the nearest decimal point.
6

Procedure Flow

Prior to concluding a property contract, it is necessary to submit a preliminary interview and a business plan summary document.

For more information, please contact the following inquiries. For more details, please refer to the back.
7

Reception period

Starting from 10:00 on Monday, March 20, 2023

※Even during the application period, the application will be closed when the total application amount exceeds the budget amount.
8Details

Please refer to the recruitment guide (PDF: 1,087KB).

9Contact information

・Address: ke-shinsangyo@city.yokohama.jp
(In charge of New Industry Creation Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, Yokohama City: Untanned turtle (game), rice (good)
・Phone: 045-671-3487
※Please send the e-mail subject to "[Inquiry] Startup Location Promotion Grant (Company Name)" and specify "1 company name 2 Name of person in charge" and contact us.


Flow of the Startup Location Promotion Subsidy Procedures

The flow of the procedure is as follows.
First of all, please contact the person in charge before concluding a property contract.

Procedure Flow
Procedure for Startup Location Promotion Subsidy

Introducing tenant futures, etc. (Cooperating companies are also recruiting at any time.)


  We have released a list of office operators, etc., who are providing cooperation with startups looking for properties in the city.

  Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about the property.

   List of cooperating companies (PDF: 174KB)

  ※When you contact each cooperating company, be sure to tell us that you have seen the web page of the Yokohama City Startup Location Promotion Grant.


We are recruiting real estate companies, building owners, etc. who can cooperate in introducing vacant properties to startups as cooperating companies at any time.
If you would like to cooperate, please specify "1 company name 2 Name of person in charge, (3) availability on the website (*)" and contact the person in charge below.
 ※If you agree to the publication, we will post company names etc. on the website of Yokohama City in the future.
・Address: ke-shinsangyo@city.yokohama.jp
(In charge of New Industry Creation Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, Yokohama City: Untangame and Iide)
 ※Please set the subject of the e-mail to "[Contact] Cooperation to promote startup location (company name, etc.)."

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For inquiries to this page

Economic Affairs Bureau Business Innovation Dept.

Phone: 045-671-4600

Phone: 045-671-4600

Fax: 045-664-4867

Email address: ke-innovation@city.yokohama.jp

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