GTIE - Greater Tokyo Innovation Ecosystem - Entrepreneurship platform for nurturing university startups by 85 institutions including universities, government agencies, and corporations in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

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Event

2025/2/22(Sat)

【早稲田大学】エネルギーインカレ EMIRAビジコン2025

Waseda University 早稲田大学
2025/1/16(Thu) 11:20～17:05

Held a science idea-thon event to create startups that utilize the technological seeds of the GTIE Tsukuba site!

Ibaraki University
2024/12/26(Wed)13:00～17:40

2024 Middle and High School Students Did It! Entrepreneurship Program Results Debriefing
2024/11/8

【東京科学大学】「研究で社会を変えるには!? アンモニア合成触媒　社会実用化への挑戦－」開催

東京科学大学

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What is GTIE?

GTIE stands for the Greater Tokyo Innovation Ecosystem - A platform designed to "nurture University Startups that can change the world." by universities in the Metropolitan area.

The GTIE platform to "nurture University Startups that can change the world." is hosted by the University of Tokyo, Institute of Science Tokyo, Waseda University and other organizations. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government plays the role of managing local government in cooperation with a joint organization composed of 14 universities and supporting agencies for University Startups, and cooperative organizations composed of universities, and other local governments.

GTIE aims to nurture and create University Startups capable of competing on the global market. In cooperation with universities, local governments, private companies, venture capital, accelerators and others that participate in the "Startup Ecosystem Tokyo Consortium," we continue to establish a vibrant startup ecosystem in Tokyo."

Activities

(1) Online entrepreneurial education content.

GTIE designs and operates GAP Fund to bridge the gap between excellent university-originated research and social implementation, and nurture academia entrepreneurships. To promote University Startups, GTIE also operates its search fund. We support formation of management human resources and teams for business establishment as well as matching among venture capitals, corporate venture capitals, and private companies.
(2) Nurture entrepreneurial talent that can compete in the global market.

As the entrepreneur cultivation program, GTIE provides practical entrepreneurship education aiming to cultivate academia entrepreneurs capable of competing on the global stage. By broadly offering the program to organizations participating in the platform, we promote the cultivation of entrepreneurs.
(3) Development of the environment for startups
(4) Formation and expansion of ecosystems in hub cities

To establish the ecosystems for startups, GTIE helps to form communities for academia entrepreneurships through a wide range of events. Through the collaboration of overseas venture capital and accelerators, we promote mutual entry to communities, and the sharing and enhancement of networks.

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Support Programs for Starting a Business

GAP fund Program:
We will design and operate the GTIE GAP Fund Program in anticipation of the gap between outstanding research and social implementation born at the university, and contribute to the growth of academic startups.

Providing community contents:
We will support academia startups by providing the online entrepreneurship program "GTIE Startup School".