Join the EXPO Osaka & SusHi Tech Tokyo delegation!

Hello NIH-Tokyo Community!

We hope you all had a nice start to the new year! This first edition of 2025 NIH Tokyo Newsletter will bring you the latest headlines, along with open calls for our delegation to Japan which includes participation at EXPO Osaka and SusHi Tech Tokyo, and more!

Japan Innovation Ecosystem Highlights

• ?? Finnish?Hycamite secures €44M?from investors including Japanese Sojitz and Mitsui OSK Line's venture capital arm to scale up clean hydrogen and carbon production ?
• ?? Kyocera participates in Finnish TactoTek funding with €5M?investment and strategic partnership ?
• ???The Economist article on how the rest of Europe can learn from the Nordics on economical success?and good public policy, also translated into Japanese on Nikkei ?
• ?? More international investors are seeking opportunities in Japan’s startup ecosystem. ?
• ??? Tokyo-based space tech ispace’s lunar lander heads toward the moon on Space X rocket, aiming to become the first Asian private spacecraft to land on the moon. ?
• ?????Hokkaido Innovation Week 2025 is taking place from February 13th to 19th. Several?Nordic stakeholders, including NoMy, a Norwegian agritech with an entity in Sapporo, will be on stage

Scaling the best of the Nordics,

Nordic Innovation House - Tokyo

Topics:

NIH Tokyo appointed as an ambassador?for SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025

?? We are honored to be appointed as an ambassador of SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025, Asia's largest global innovation.

During the SusHi Tech week we are conducting a delegation from the Nordics to showcase the Nordic innovation ecosystem and will hold events to connect startups, investors, and multipliers in Japan and the Nordics.

Scroll down to find more about?the delegation!

[Open call] Nordic Startup Ecosystem Delegation to EXPO 2025 Osaka and SusHi Tech Tokyo

We are excited to host a?5-day delegation during the SusHi Tech Tokyo week for Nordic startups, investors, and ecosystem players to meet?with?Japanese stakeholders?and seek growth opportunities in Japan.

We invite Nordic tech startups, investors, and multipliers to join and meet with Japanese stakeholders including large corporates, venture capitalists, and multipliers eager to collaborate with and invest in Nordic startups and ecosystem players.

We will spend 2 days at EXPO Osaka including an opportunity to be showcased at the Nordic Pavilion, and the remaining 3 days in Tokyo including?SusHi Tech Tokyo, Asia's largest innovation and startup event. There will also be time for individual meetings and other relative events.

Date:

May 5th to 9th, 2024

Program:

Day 1 (Osaka): Delegation kickoff, visit EXPO Osaka, welcome dinner

Day 2 (Osaka):?Nordic Startup and Innovation Showcase at EXPO Osaka Nordic Pavilion, move to Tokyo

Day 3 (Tokyo):?Network with local multipliers: startup support centers, visit to large corporates, pitching event

Day 4 (Tokyo): SusHi Tech Tokyo and side events

Day 5 (Tokyo): SusHi Tech Tokyo and individual meetings, farewell networking dinner

Participation fee:17,000 SEK

Let?us know your interest here. We will get in touch with you soon!

Event info:

Nordic Startup Ecosystem Gathering

[? Jan 24, 10:30-13:30 JST]?Community Manager Akiko Shiono will talk?about the Nordic startup ecosystem at Tokyo Innovation Base towards Japanese corporates and startups interested in investing in and expanding to the Nordics. Event in Japanese.?

[? Jan 24, 15:30-18:00 JST]?Community Director Niklas Karvonen ?will join Polar Bear Pitching's first satellite event in Tokyo as?a panelist on the theme: The Key for Japanese companies to expand to the Nordics (discussion in Japanese).?

The winner of the Pitch will be invited to the Polar Bear Avanto Pitching 2025 in Oulu ??

Thank you for reading to the end!

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