“From the land of the north to the skies of the world.” STARTUP HOKKAIDO SPACE ACCELERATOR PROGRAM kickoff event will be held!
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Press release: April 4, 2024
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“From the land of the north to the skies of the world.” STARTUP HOKKAIDO SPACE ACCELERATOR PROGRAM kickoff event will be held! *6 applicants selected for the program! A short-term intensive support program for startups and entrepreneurs aiming to start a business or expand their business in the “space industry” has started! * “STARTUP HOKKAIDO SPACE ACCELERATOR PROGRAM” winner kick-off event STARTUP HOKKAIDO Executive Committee (Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido, Executive Committee Chairperson: Mina Tsuchida, hereinafter referred to as “STARTUP”)
HOKKAIDO”) is Zero One Booster Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: George Goda,
01Booster), SPACETIDE General Incorporated Association (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo)
“STARTUP HOKKAIDO SPACE ACCELERATOR” co-hosted with Representative Director and CEO: Masayasu Ishida (hereinafter referred to as “SPACETIDE”)
PROGRAM”, we decided on six successful applicants and held a kickoff event for the successful applicants on Tuesday, April 2, 2024.
In this program, SPACETIDE and 01Booster will provide mentoring and STARTUP for business ideas in preparation for the public results presentation (Demo Day) scheduled to be held on Friday, June 7, 2024. By connecting to HOKKAIDO’s regional space industry network, we will support the business growth of those selected. (WEB site:
https://01booster.com/program/startup-hokkaido/)
“STARTUP HOKKAIDO SPACE ACCELERATOR PROGRAM” first mentoring session This program received many applications from students in and outside of Hokkaido to startups and private businesses, and after a screening process based on documents and interviews, we ultimately selected six applicants.
* ■STARTUP HOKKAIDO SPACE ACCELERATOR PROGRAM 6 selected applicants (company/individual/in alphabetical order) *
* ◆Astrobiology Institute/Entertainment*
Representative Jun Kawai
Business name: “Multimodal entertainment using organic matter from space” HP https://astrobiology.jp/
* ◆FT&M Co., Ltd./Satellite data utilization*
Representative Jun Furukawa
Business name: “Young people, aim for space, high-quality wine from Hokkaido using satellite data”
* ◆SAPCEAGENT Co., Ltd./Manufacturing/Materials/Materials*
Representative: Shinichi Takao
Project name: “International Space Garbage Station”
HP https://spa.enb2020.tokyo/
* ◆Happy Fam LLC/Satellite data utilization*
Representative: Yosho Goshima
Business name: “Development of FPGA programming engineer
training/training program”
HP https://happyfam.co.jp/
* ◆Stellar Forecast/satellite data utilization*
Representative Saki Fujino
Project name: “Predict natural phenomena using satellite data to create a tourism experience that doesn’t rely on luck.”
WEB (Results) https://s-booster.jp/2023/finalround.html
* ◆Kaito Kimura (Muroran Institute of Technology)/Hardware development and manufacturing, service business using them*
Business name: “Development of lithium-ion battery system for spacecraft” Space business community creation event held in Hokkaido
During the kick-off event, we also held an exchange event where the selected candidates, those involved in the space industry in Hokkaido, and participants interested in space business gathered to deepen collaboration. During the event, the cooperating organization SPACETIDE director and COO
In addition to a lecture by Masashi Sato, explanations of the business ideas of the six selected participants and a networking session were held. STARTUP
HOKKAIDO will continue to strengthen its efforts to build a space business ecosystem within Hokkaido.
Space business community creation event in Hokkaido
* ■“STARTUP HOKKAIDO SPACE ACCELERATOR PROGRAM” overview*
“STARTUP HOKKAIDO SPACE ACCELERATOR
PROGRAM” is “STARTUP”, which aims to create an ecosystem that creates and nurtures startups from Hokkaido that aim to go global.
This is an accelerator program sponsored by HOKKAIDO.
In this program, STARTUP
We provide intensive support to startups and entrepreneurs aiming to start up and expand their businesses in the “space industry,” which is HOKKAIDO’s focus field, aiming for business growth and further development of the space industry ecosystem in Hokkaido.
* Website: * * https://01booster.com/program/startup-hokkaido/*
* ■STARTUP HOKKAIDO organization overview*
Name: STARTUP HOKKAIDO Executive Committee
Executive Committee Chairperson: Mina Tsuchida (Chief Human Resources Officer, AWL Co., Ltd.)
Secretary General: Kyohei Fujima (DRIVE Incubation Co., Ltd. / Representative Director)
Starting date: September 2023
URL: https://startup-city-sapporo.com/
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