WE AT: Creating Innovation Ecosystem for Startups Fixing Social Points

Our college, along with the College of Tokyo, Tokyo Medical and Dental College, and others, established the final company affiliation “WE AT” and can begin actions geared toward creating an innovation ecosystem to help to supply social problem-solving startups. Different companions in WE AT embody the College of Tokyo Improvement Platform Cooperative College, Ltd., Hakuhodo Inc., Sumitomo Life Insurance coverage Firm, and Canon Advertising Japan Inc.

As varied social points emerge, we’re reaching the bottom stage of society transferring ahead primarily based on financial progress alone. What society is at present questioning is human well-being, and to make this occur, there’s the presence of social entrepreneurs who look to the longer term and tackle social points vital In these areas of social points, it’s vital to construct a sustainable system that nurtures social entrepreneurs and guides them to success within the medium to long run, quite than on a brief time period timeline. Towards this background, enterprise, academia and authorities collaborated to determine WE AT with the intention of making a brand new innovation ecosystem to help start-ups that resolve social points .

WE AT primarily engages within the following industries:

1. Discovering and nurturing social entrepreneurs: Discovering and nurturing potential human sources as social entrepreneurs who can tackle social points, whether or not college college students or working adults ‘ in them.
2. Assist for start-up and progress: We offer all the mandatory sources, together with folks, items, providers, cash, and data, from the preparation stage to progress in a multifaceted manner by an industry-academic community -government WE AT.
3. Occasion internet hosting and collaboration: Offering and supporting startups and intrapreneurs who can play a key function within the improvements that WE AT and its companions are aiming for , and collaborating with exterior occasions with the identical objective.
4. Improvement of human sources for ecosystem administration: By means of neighborhood work the place folks from totally different professions equivalent to entrepreneurs, start-ups, universities, massive corporations, native governments, and buyers collect, we discover and growing human sources that will probably be chargeable for their improvement and enchancment. growth of the ecosystem.
5. Analysis, analysis and communication in associated fields: Analysis, analysis and communication that contribute to the deepening of every area through the use of the information of universities, and so on.

WE AT additionally emphasizes shut collaboration with the worldwide ecosystem. We help the expansion of Born International startups by constructing a easy connection path with ecosystems overseas by constructing communication with main establishments primarily based in international locations in Asia, Europe, America and Africa . As well as, we have now begun shut cooperation with the home and abroad establishments of the Japan Exterior Commerce Group (JETRO), an vital associate in our international technique.

On November 27, 2024, WE AT will host the ultimate choice occasion for the pitch competitors “WE AT CHALLENGE”, which goals to be the most important wellness pageant in Asia, in collaboration by TEMASEK Basis and VERTEX Group in Singapore. That is the primary time the occasion will probably be held, and we may have three tracks: “Liveability,” “Wholesome Life,” and “Residing & Metropolis,” and we will probably be searching for submissions from a variety of companions. , together with newbies, college students, and inside entrepreneurs, for all paths planning.

WE AT Company Profile

• Company title: WE AT basic physique company
• Incorporators: Kyoto College, College of Tokyo, Tokyo Medical and Dental College, Tokyo College Cooperative Platform Joint Improvement, Ltd., Hakuhodo Inc., Sumitomo Life Insurance coverage Firm, Canon Advertising Japan Inc.
• Set up date: Might 16, 2024
• Location: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
• Producers: (Co-President Administrators) Hiroki Fujimoto, Toru Yoshizawa, (Deputy Producer Administrators) Daisuke Kanema
• Enterprise particulars:
  • Discovering and growing social entrepreneurs, varied helps for startup creation and progress
  • Holding occasions, co-sponsoring/supporting different occasions, and so on.
  • Providers like human useful resource improvement for ecosystem improvement
  • Analysis and suggestions in associated fields
  • Companies related with or associated to the above