Introducing
Startupbootcamp Scale Osaka is...
...a 3-month, semi-remote*, equity-free opportunity for high-growth mature startups to accelerate their market entry into the world’s 3rd largest economy, with a focus on business development and running pilots with some of Japan’s largest corporates.
*conducted fully-remote for 2020
We are a team of 200+ entrepreneurs, strategists, product experts, developers, designers and investors.
Offices
Accelerators
We unleash the power of entrepreneurship to solve big problems with the world’s leading companies.
“Japan’s $191 Billion M&A Spree Is Only Just Getting Started”
Opportunities in post COVID-19 Japan
Japan is...
Japan is...
Program Success Stories
- Founder, Mapxus (cohort #1 participant)
“We successfully implemented indoor mapping for commercial “smart offices” with Hankyu,
and barrier-free tourist navigation for JR West Kyoto Railway Museum and Osaka station”
POC Impact:
Ongoing commercial discussion with JR West. Establishing Japan representative office.
During SBC Scale Osaka:
Completed 2 x PoC projects with Hankyu Hanshin Properties Group and JR West Innovations
What can you really achieve in 3 months?
- CEO, Soundpays (cohort #1 participant)
“During the SBC program, Soundpays established excellent partnership relationships with Hankyu Hanshin and The Yomiuri Shimbun.
Successful technology POCs were conducted during the program with Hankyu in Umeda Station and in The Yomiuri Shimbun, Osaka Head Office.
Now both organizations are preparing for a larger-scale, commercial POC under the branding of a group company or operating division to be conducted in Q2 of this year.”
Allen Miner, �Former head of Oracle Japan and CEO of Sunbridge Group
“There’s probably no economic center in the world that is as under-utilized as a platform for entrepreneurship as Osaka - there’s a huge local market and talent pool and a huge potential for consumers.”
Aligned with government: �Society 5.0
“We aim at creating a society where we can resolve various social challenges by incorporating the innovations of the fourth industrial revolution (e.g. IoT, big data, artificial intelligence (AI), robots, and the sharing economy) into every industry and social life.
This is Society 5.0, a super-smart society. Japan will take the lead to realize this ahead of the rest of the world.”�
- Japan government’s Science & Technology Plan
Innovation Themes: Partner needs
Osaka (Kansai) has a GDP close to the Netherlands
Osaka will host World Expo 2025
Osaka is a lower cost access to Japan
Why join the program?
No Equity taken �We target mature startups with traction, typically Series A stage and beyond or equivalent traction
Corporate Partners�A consortium of 7 large Japanese corporates wanting to partner for pilots and collaborations
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3 month Semi-remote* Program
Partially remote so you can continue to run your business��
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Specialized Business Development support �In-house program BDM’s
Co-working space in central Osaka�Free for 3 months
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Investor access and “Japan expert” Mentors
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*Conducted entirely remotely in 2020 (due to COVID-19)
Program Partners - be trusted in Japan
Billion dollar companies, potential partners and clients
Hankyu Corporation is a Japanese railway operator and is one of the core companies of the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Group. The HHH Group conducts business in the seven core segments of urban transportation, real estate, entertainment, information and communication technology, travel, international transportation and hotels with the revenue of approximately US $7B.
Dentsu is in the top 5 largest advertising agencies globally.
JR West is a giant operating across transport, real estate, retail and other businesses with just under US$30B in total assets.
The Yomiuri Shimbun is a leading Japanese media group issuing about 8 million daily newspapers, the largest number in the world.
JT Group is currently engaged in tobacco, pharmaceutical and food businesses, with operations in over 130 countries.
Sakura Internet are the Japanese Web Service provider specialists, leading as a data center business with high capacity backbone, a high-speed network and technologically advanced facilities.
SMBC is one of Japan’s largest financial institutions with an extensive domestic and global footprint.
Program Partner Commitments
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Clear areas of interest & open to working with scaleups
Identified business unit owners who are�willing to explore commercial engagements with participating scaleups
Dedicated point of contact for program team and scaleups
The right Mentors & Network make a difference
Japanese and foreign entrepreneurs, subject matter experts, corporate internal champions, business development and market entry experts
Program Selection Process
*May be conducted remotely (pending COVID-19)
20 finalists invited to ”Selection
Days”
70 Teams
In-person* Evaluation
Online Evaluation
Application screening
50+ Video
Interviews
300+�Applications per program
10 Enter Program*
Accelerated Market-Entry
Program Schedule
Program Phases
Why Startupbootcamp Scale Osaka?
Words from our cohort #1 participants
“iCetana was able to engage in a proof of concept in Hankyu and Sakura Internet facilities, filtering out much of the normal motion in a continuous CCTV camera stream, to show the operator only the ‘outlier’ events.”
(completed two PoC’s within 3 months, all while completing a successful IPO during the program duration)
- BDM, iCetana
“..we found the program to be fantastic. SBC has enabled us to do business with Yomiuri, and I am hopeful that will be expanding.”
- Founder, Oovvuu
“Travello launched a partnership with The Yomiuri Shimbun and has found great potential in both the inbound and outbound markets of Japan”
- Co-founder, Travello
“Thank you again to the entire SBC team for making the program a positive and worthwhile experience. Based on where we sit today with Yomiuri & Hankyu, the SBC program has been most beneficial for our company.”
- CEO, Soundpays
Questions?
Learn More!�
Join one of our FastTrack Webinars�
View our 2019 Demo Day site