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Yokohama City and Start2 Group, an international startup support organization, have signed a MOU.
Last Updated December 13, 2023
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December 13, 2023
Economic Affairs Bureau International Business Division
Aiko Morii
Phone number: 045-671-2576
Fax: 045-671-4867
In order to promote the growth and development of the Yokohama economy, Yokohama City is focusing on attracting and supporting startups from Japan and overseas.
The Mayor of Yokohama Yamanaka Takeharu met with the CEO of the start-up support organization German Entrepreneurship GmbH at a seminar to attract companies in Berlin in July this year. (former German Entrepreneurship Asia Pte. Ltd.), the Japanese subsidiary of Start2 Group Co., Ltd. (former German Entrepreneurship Asia Pte. Ltd.), the first Japanese local government to sign a MOU (MOU).
In the future, the two sides will work together to attract overseas startups to Yokohama and to expand the global startups supported by both sides.
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