Kagawa Prefecture
“Kagawa Prefecture Business Challenge Competition” ~We are looking for creative business plans that will lead to the revitalization of the prefecture’s economy!!~
Recruitment for “Kagawa Prefecture Business Challenge Competition” has started. We are looking forward to active applications from inside and outside the prefecture.
Details such as application guidelines and application forms are published on the Kagawa Prefecture website.
https://www.pref.kagawa.lg.jp/sangyo/shinki/bijikon.html
What is the “Kagawa Prefecture Business Challenge Competition”? In Kagawa Prefecture, we invite and examine creative business plans that create new value with innovative technologies and ideas and lead to the revitalization of the prefecture’s economy, discover potential entrepreneurs, and expect future growth. By intensively supporting successful entrepreneurs, we aim to create and accelerate the growth of innovative startups that will lead the future of Kagawa Prefecture.
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Qualification requirements
Those who fall under all of the following (1) to (4).
(1) Those who have a creative business plan and fall under the following 1. or 2.
1. As of April 1, 2023, within 5 years of establishment and having a head office (head office) * 1 in Kagawa Prefecture. Being an SME, a general incorporated foundation, a general incorporated association, or a specified non-profit organization (hereinafter referred to as “business operator”).
2. A business operator that establishes a head office (main store)*1 in Kagawa Prefecture by February 29, 2024.
(2) Among SMEs, deemed large enterprises (corporations in which more than half of the total number of issued shares or the amount of investment belong to the same large enterprise, or three of the total number of issued shares or the amount of investment (2) or more of which are owned by multiple large companies, or (1) or more of which are officers or employees of large companies.
(3) If you are a general incorporated foundation, general incorporated association, or specified non-profit organization, you must fall under the following 1. or 2.
1. Business that contributes to the promotion of small and
medium-sized enterprises, and that conducts business in cooperation with small and medium-sized enterprises.
2. Established mainly by small and medium-sized enterprises to conduct business to support small and medium-sized enterprises.
(4) Act on Prevention of Unfair Acts by Organized Crime Group Members (Law No. 77 of 1991), organized crime groups prescribed in Article 2, item 2, organized crime group members prescribed in item 6 of the same article, or organized crime groups or organized crime group members Do not fall under the category of those who are recognized as having relationships that should be socially condemned.
*1 In the case of a general incorporated foundation, general incorporated association, or specified non-profit corporation, the main office must be located in Kagawa Prefecture. In addition, if you are an individual, you plan to live in Kagawa Prefecture or to live in Kagawa Prefecture by February 29, 2024 (the address on your resident card is in Kagawa Prefecture), and you are a sole proprietor in Kagawa Prefecture. or a person who has submitted a notification of opening by February 29, 2024.
Recruitment period
1. Confirmation of application qualifications May 11 (Thursday) to June 16 (Friday), 2023 1. Send the application sheet by e-mail, simple registered mail (a method that can confirm delivery), fax, or bring it in person Please submit it to the secretariat. Applications that do not use the application sheet will be invalid. 2. Access the following URL and download the application sheet. Please note that submitted application sheets and materials will not be returned. Kagawa Prefecture HP: https://www.pref.kagawa.lg.jp/sangyo/shinki/bijikon.html 3. Based on the application sheet, the secretariat will confirm the application qualifications ), and you will be notified of the confirmation results by e-mail, etc. At the same time, applicants who meet the application qualifications will be notified of the documents required for the document screening. 2. Submission of business plan for document screening Must arrive by Friday, July 7, 2023 1. We plan to submit the created business plan to the secretariat or send it by simple registered mail (a method that allows confirmation of delivery). is. 2. Please note that the submitted business plan and materials will not be returned.
Selection
1. Document screening The business plan is “purpose/content”, “novelty”, “feasibility”, “growth potential/marketability”, “sales/PR method”, “progress/future development” and “business social We will make a rigorous selection from the perspective of influence. 2. Final selection: Presentations (open to the public) will be made by those who pass the document screening, and the winners will be decided at a screening meeting (scheduled for late August to early September) by the judges.
benefits
1. Best Subsidy Award: Up to 5 million yen (1 case) Excellence Award: Up to 3 million yen (up to 2 cases) Encouragement Award: Up to 2 million yen (up to 2 cases)
*Subsidies are available for the expenses of projects that are completed from the grant decision date to the end of February 2024 (within a subsidy rate of 10/10).
2. Free provision of incubator facilities (limited to those who have won the Grand Prize or Excellence Prize)
If you move into IT Square of the Kagawa Industry Support Foundation, Incubation Studio of Next Kagawa, or General Laboratory of FROM Kagawa, you will be provided with free rent for up to one year (until the end of March 2025). only if you live in a However, whether or not you can move in will be determined by a separate entrance examination.
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is required. For details, please contact each financial institution. ) ・Loan through “114 Regional Industry Growth Loan”, a product for regional revitalization [Hyakujushi Bank]
(Supports a maximum annual reduction of 0.5% from the prescribed interest rate (*))
・ Loan by “Kagawa New Business Support Loan” [Kagawa Bank]
・ Loan by “Kagawa Startup/Second Startup Measures Loan” [Kagawa Bank] (Up to 0.5% reduction per year from the prescribed interest rate (*) depending on the above two points and conditions)
・ Loan by “Advance” loan product to support opening of business [Takamatsu Shinkin Bank]
(0.5% reduction per year from the prescribed interest rate (*)) ・ Loan by “Kanshin Chamber of Commerce and Industry Collaboration, Frontier Loan” [Kanonji Shinkin Bank]
(Supports a maximum annual reduction of 0.5% from the prescribed interest rate (*))
* Predetermined interest rate: Subject to change due to fluctuations in market interest rates.
Other notes
Please carefully check the “Reiwa 5th year “Kagawa Prefecture Business Challenge Competition” public application guidelines” posted on the Kagawa Prefecture website.
https://www.pref.kagawa.lg.jp/sangyo/shinki/bijikon.html
Contact information
Kagawa Prefecture Commerce, Industry and Labor Department Industrial Policy Division Industry-Academia-Government
Collaboration/International Strategy Group
〒760-8570 4-1-10 Bancho, Takamatsu City
TEL: 087-832-3353 FAX: 087-806-0210 E-mail: sangyo@pref.kagawa.lg.jp Details about this release:
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