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Reintroducing Fukuoka City Support Menu for Overseas Startups
Fukuoka Startup Journal
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In the January 2023 newsletter, we introduce once again the Fukuoka City support menu for overseas startups. With the easing of the Japanese government's border measures, we expect even more startu...
Introducing Fukuoka City Startup Events this Fall!
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For the first time in three years since 2019, Fukuoka City had an exhibition booth at the Finnish startup event SLUSH with four startups. The Fukuoka City booth facing the main street next to the s...
Introducing ACE, Singapore's startup support organization, and Pitch Event!
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Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) is the national voice for the Singapore startup ecosystem, and a key trade association representing the interests of startups in Singapore. ACE has more ...
Introducing Latitude59, the Estonian startup event!
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Latitude59 is a startup event held since 2012 in Estonia, a country with a small population of approximately 1.3 million yet with the highest number of startups per capita in Europe and considered ...
Introducing Fukuoka City's support services for startups!
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Fukuoka City established the popular Startup Cafe to help local entrepreneurs get their companies up and running. This space acts as a hub for entrepreneurs to meet and exchange ideas while getting...
Global Challenge! Startup Team Fukuoka 2021
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"Global Challenge! STARTUP TEAM FUKUOKA" is a globally-oriented entrepreneurship development program by Fukuoka City for entrepreneurs and potential entrepreneurs in the city. It aims to promote th...
ASCENSION2021 continues in Fukuoka City!
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At the ASCENSION 2021, an international business matching event held in Fukuoka City, we held an online pitch event by startups with which Fukuoka City has overseas partnerships, and the second onl...
ASCENSION2021
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Fukuoka City has been holding ASCENSION, a global event to expand Fukuoka as a startup city to the world. This year, the mayor of Fukuoka City and guests are having a passionate discussion about th...
Techstars and other top accelerators will be running an acceleration program!
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In July 2020, the Japanese government selected "Global Hub Cities" as the base cities for creating globally competitive startup cities. While the selected consortiums were formed by multiple local...
Fukuoka City x Auckland City – 4th Anniversary
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Thirty years after becoming sister cities, the mayor of Fukuoka City proposed to the mayor of Auckland City to collaborate on startups, and in July 2017, the two cities signed a MoU on startups, wh...
Japanese government supports startup ecosystems in Fukuoka!
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On July 14, 2020, the Fukuoka Startup Consortium was selected as one of the four Global Hub Cities (hereinafter referred to as "Hub Cities") among a large number of candidates.
Matchup Fukuoka 2.0 has launched!
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After visiting Seattle in 2011, Fukuoka City declared itself "Startup City Fukuoka" in 2012, and has been implementing various initiatives to support startups with the aim of creating a city where ...
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