[Monozukuri Ventures Co., Ltd.] [Must-see for manufacturing
companies] Aichi Manufacturing Acceleration
Selected companies for the Program (hereinafter referred to as A-MAP) have been decided! A kick-off event will be held on October 4th (Friday) where manufacturing companies will gather!
*Monozukuri Ventures Co., Ltd.*
Press release: September 17, 2024
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[Must-see for manufacturing companies] Aichi Manufacturing Acceleration Selected companies for the Program (hereinafter referred to as A-MAP) have been decided! A kick-off event will be held on October 4th (Friday) where manufacturing companies will gather!
* Monozukuri Co., Ltd., which operates an investment fund specializing in hard tech startups.
Five selected companies have been selected by A-MAP, in which Ventures (Headquarters: Kyoto City and New York City, USA, CEO: Narimasa Makino, hereinafter “MZV”) is participating as a support organization. *
This program provides a four-month hands-on support program for seed startups in the manufacturing field. We flexibly customize support content to suit the goals of each selected company, supporting business growth in the shortest possible time. The program kick-off event will be held at PRE-STATION on Friday, October 4th.
It is scheduled to be held at Ai. Please join us!
[Kickoff event overview]
* Date and time: * October 4th (Friday) 17:00-19:00
* Location: * PRE-STATION Ai (WeWork Global Gate Nagoya: 4-60-12 Hiraike-cho, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya))
*Hybrid event with Zoom Webinar (If you wish to participate online, we will share the viewing URL at a later date)
*Program:*
・Opening speech
・Program overview explanation
・Selected company pitch
・Networking
* Application URL: * https://forms.office.com/e/KggaAseinr
[List of selected companies]
Company name: ICOMA Co., Ltd.
Representative: Representative Director Takamitsu Ikoma
Location: Tokyo
Company profile: Development/sales of original electric motorcycles, product design and prototyping for mobility, robots, etc.
HP: * https://www.icoma.co.jp/*
Company name: AirKamuy Co., Ltd.
Representative: Takumi Yamaguchi, Representative Director and CEO Location: Aichi Prefecture
Company profile: Develops and manufactures fixed-wing defense drones for the Self-Defense Forces and Japan Coast Guard.
HP: https://airkamuy.com/
Company name: Kailas Robotics Co., Ltd.
Representative: CEO Dambadarja Munkhubayar
Location: Saitama Prefecture
Company profile: Development and manufacture of robot arms that can be mounted on moving platforms such as drones and humanoids.
HP: https://kailasrobotics.com
Company name: JOYCLE Co., Ltd.
Representative: Yutaro Koyanagi, Representative Director, President and CEO Location: Aichi Prefecture
Company profile: Providing a new distributed infrastructure service that does not transport or burn waste, instead reusing it as resources and creating energy.
HP: https://joycle.net/
Company name: BitQuark Co., Ltd.
Representative: Representative Director Yuto Komori
Location: Tokyo
Company profile: Provides SaaS, “assimee,” a production simulator for process managers that can be used with no code.
HP: https://bit-quark.com/
[A-MAP overview]
STATION, the largest startup support base in Japan, will open in Aichi Prefecture in October 2024
At Ai, we make full use of the local management resources of Aichi Prefecture, which is a hub for the world’s manufacturing industry, and focus on supporting startups in the manufacturing and GX fields. At A-MAP, we specialize in seed startups in the manufacturing field, and aim to create startups that can compete in the world by combining support such as mentoring, expert lectures, collaboration with business companies in the prefecture, and provision of small amounts of capital.
*Aichi Manufacturing Acceleration
As a sister program to the Aichi GX Acceleration Program, a program specializing in seed startups in the GX field,
We also carry out “Program”. With this program, you can receive support from experts in the GX field and collaboration support with operating companies. Click here for details
■Support period
October 2024 – February 2025
■Click here for details
Aichi Prefecture Press Release
https://www.pref.aichi.jp/press-release/24acceleration-mf-gx.html
Aichi Manufacturing Acceleration Program special website
https://a-map-stai.com/
[Management/Inquiries]
Deloitte Tohmatsu Venture Support Co., Ltd.
AICHI Manufacturing Acceleration program secretariat
Email: mfacceleration.aichi@tohmatsu.co.jp
* [About Monozukuri Ventures] *
Monozukuri Co., Ltd.
Ventures is a company based in Kyoto and New York that manages VC funds for hardware startups and provides technical consulting related to hardware prototyping and manufacturing.
In January 2020, Darma Tech Labs Co., Ltd. (Kyoto City), which operates Makers Boot Camp, and FabFoundry,
Inc. (New York City) was launched by combining the management resources of two companies to support hardware startups. this To date, we have invested in 57 Japanese and American hardware startups (26 in Japan and 31 in the United States). Start up again We have supported over 190 prototyping and mass production projects, mainly for industrial companies. (All figures are as of early December 2023)
[Trade name] Monozukuri Ventures, Corp. English notation (Monozukuri Ventures, Corp.)
[Representative Director] Shigemasa Makino
[Established] August 2015
[Head office location] 3F Umekoji MArKEt, 34 Suzaku Hozo-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto Prefecture
[Business description] Management of venture funds targeting hardware startups. Development of technology consulting business
[URL] https://monozukuri.vc/ja/
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