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Last update date April 19, 2022
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April 19, 2022
Economic Affairs Bureau Industrial Cooperation Promotion Division
Keiichi Matsumoto
Phone number: 045-671-3591
Fax: 045-664-4867
San Diego, USA is one of the leading start-up support regions in the United States, with annual venture capital investment of over 160 billion yen.
Yokohama City and the Kihara Memorial Yokohama Life Science Foundation (hereinafter referred to as the “Kihara Foundation”) will collaborate with the U.S. entrepreneur support organization “CONNECT” to implement the “SpringboardTMProgram in Yokohama” program to foster and support small and medium-sized startups in the life science field.
Companies participating in this program will work with mentors to brush up their business plans and improve their pitch skills. During the mentoring period, experts and coordinators of the Kihara Foundation or the Yokohama Corporate Management Support Foundation (IDEC Yokohama) will assist you.
After completing the program, the results will be reported on Demo day to VCs and related companies in the United States.
Through this initiative, Yokohama City will support small and medium-sized start-up companies to realize the "Innovation City, Yokohama".
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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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