quantum
quantum is in charge of building the Tokyo Tech Startup Studio, a startup studio that supports startups at Tokyo Institute of
Technology, and is responsible for studio functions that support startups.
A startup from a tech university aims to create a unicorn
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quantum Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President and Co-CEO: Tomohito Oibe, hereinafter referred to as “quantum”, pronounced Quantum) has recently announced that it has partnered with the Institute for Innovation Design (Institute for Innovation Design), a startup support division of the National University Corporation Tokyo Institute of Technology. Director: Masaharu Tsujimoto, supported the construction of the Tokyo Tech Startup Studio, a startup studio that supports the production of venture companies from within the university, by the Tokyo Tech ID Organization, and is a member of the organization. We decided to participate as a studio function to support the venture creation of student entrepreneurial candidates.
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“Tokyo Tech Startup Studio” is a specialized startup studio
established at Tokyo Institute of Technology with the aim of continuously producing promising ventures mainly in the deep tech field. Tokyo Tech students with a strong inquisitive spirit and high ability in science and technology work together with experts and researchers in various fields to identify issues and consider ways to solve them in order to realize the society we want. , we aim to found a company with the possibility of becoming a unicorn in mind. In addition to undergraduate students and graduate students in master’s programs, a variety of support is planned to make entrepreneurship a natural career option, especially for doctoral students who have accumulated extensive research and have a wealth of knowledge in science and technology. Quantum empathizes with the Tokyo Tech ID Organization’s thoughts, and in building the “Tokyo Tech Startup Studio,” quantum will provide the startup studio know-how that quantum has accumulated as a venture builder. With the start of operations, we will provide a team of experts in new businesses that will serve as the core of the studio functions, and will support student entrepreneur candidates from all aspects in all phases, from business planning to development and implementation. . In 2024, we will provide an on-campus entrepreneurship program to candidates gathered through internal recruitment and recommendations by professors to increase the probability of success in starting a business. In addition to implementing a program for students to generate ideas, a team of quantum experts will be involved in all stages of development as we work toward starting a business within two to three years. In addition, Nagao is the co-founder and chairman of Kyoto Fusioneering (https://kyotofusioneering.com), a university-based start-up in the deep tech field that represents Japan and solves the world’s energy problems through nuclear fusion power generation. Mr. Kou will serve as the executive director and evangelist of “Tokyo Tech Startup Studio.” In addition to spreading the word about the studio, we also plan to provide opportunities to directly advise students who are working on starting their own businesses. Quantum will continue to strive to continuously create new businesses and startups, including collaborations with university institutions like this one, and to realize a society where startups can occur smoothly. ●About Tokyo Tech Startup Studio ( https://www.idp.ori.titech.ac.jp/ttss/ ) What university startups need is not innovation in “technology” but innovation in “how to change society” Based on the idea that Tokyo Tech’s ID organization will continue to produce promising ventures from within the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2024, this startup company will This is a studio-type professional organization. Tokyo Tech students with a strong inquisitive spirit and high ability in science and technology work together with experts and researchers from various fields to identify and solve problems in order to realize the society we want. We aim to found a company with the potential to become a unicorn.
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The “Tokyo Tech Startup Studio” project will be carried out with the support of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s “University Startup Creation Support Project.” Click here for details on the university startup creation support project.
https://www.startupandglobalfinancialcity.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/startup/initiatives/university-startup-support/2023r5 ●Tokyo Tech Startup Studio Executive director / Evangelist Akira Nagao Profile
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Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Kyoto Fusioneering. In 2019, he established Kyoto Fusioneering, Japan’s first nuclear fusion startup, and became the representative director. We have raised a total of over 13 billion yen in funding, hired over 120 people, and established subsidiaries in the UK and US. He advocated the
industrialization of nuclear fusion and contributed to the formulation of government strategies. Using the know-how cultivated at KF, he has expanded his activities to include startup support and entrepreneurial education.
Prior to founding the company, he provided strategic consulting for new businesses at Arthur D. Little Japan, and led the company’s listing on Mothers and capital and business alliances at energy startup Enerith. Master’s degree (mechanical science and engineering) from Kyoto University. My dream is to create an industry using technology.
●About Tokyo Institute of Technology Innovation Design Organization (https://www.idp.ori.titech.ac.jp/)
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entrepreneurship education, collaboration with technology management education, collaboration with external organizations such as other universities, etc. I am in charge. In 2023, we opened the incubation office INDEST in front of Tamachi Station with the aim of creating startups from Tokyo Institute of Technology and supporting the growth of university-originated startups. Based on the excellent research seeds and ideas of the university, which is a hub of knowledge, we will strengthen the environment in which Tokyo Tech researchers and students can take on the challenge of startups. The ID organization will help realize the latent potential of Tokyo Tech and make the world a better place. ●About UNIVERSITY of CREATIVITY
(https://uoc.world)
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quantum is a startup studio that continuously creates new products, services, and ventures through new business development that combines creativity, technology, and business. Since our founding in 2016, we have launched our own business as a venture builder and have worked with over 75 companies, startups, universities and other research institutions, and created a variety of new businesses. In the future, quantum will continue to take on the challenge of creating startups in all forms, leveraging its implementation capabilities regardless of hardware or software, as well as its hands-on investment and support capabilities, in a culture that values entrepreneurship.
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