Kyoto University Innovation Capital Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "Kyoto iCAP") (Head office: Sakyo-ku, Kyoto; Representative Director: Kimi Kusumi) has been selected by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) as a recipient of the "Project to Support University Start-ups in Securing Management Personnel (MPM)". The project has been adopted by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) as one of the recipients of the MPM program.

This project aims to diversify routes to acquire management personnel for university-launched startups and to create and grow university-launched startups by identifying human resources who are interested in starting their own businesses or participating in startup management, and matching them with university technology seeds and university-launched startups. The purpose of this project is to diversify the routes for university start-ups to acquire management personnel and to create and grow such start-ups.

Kyoto iCAP was quick to recognize that the lack of management personnel is a bottleneck for entrepreneurship, and has established and teamed up with many deep tech companies, including the launch of its own pool of potential entrepreneurs, the membership organization ECC-iCAP, in 2017. Through this MPM project, we will develop these activities and accelerate the creation of world-class deep tech ventures from Kyoto and Kansai.

Determination of the Implementation Structure for the FY2023 "Project to Support the Recruitment of Management Professionals for University Startups (MPM)" (Japanese only) https://www.nedo.go.jp/koubo/CA3_100400.html

○ Kyoto iCAP's entrepreneurial support
https://www.kyoto-unicap.co.jp/ecc-icap/

Kyoto University Innovation Capital Corporation (Kyoto iCAP)About
As a wholly owned subsidiary of Kyoto University, KYOTO-iCAP provides investment and other business support to companies that utilize research results generated by Kyoto University and other national universities. We currently operate the KYOTO-iCAP No. 1 Fund (established in January 2016) with a total value of 16 billion yen and the KYOTO-iCAP No. 2 Fund (established in January 2021) with a total value of 18 billion yen. the No. 1 Fund has a maturity of up to 20 years, the No. 2 The first fund has a maturity of up to 20 years, and the second fund has a maturity of up to 17 years, making it possible to provide long-term support for the practical application of research results from Kyoto University, which has strengths in basic research. In addition, a portion of the funds in the No. 2 Fund will be invested in ventures originating from national universities other than Kyoto University.

Contact information for inquiries
Kyoto University Innovation Capital Co., Ltd.
Shumi Kono, General Manager, Business Planning Dept.
E-mail: info@kyoto-unicap.co.jp
TEL: 075-753-7588