Join us for GTIE GAP DEMO DAY 2025!
Research teams selected for the GAP Fund (**) provided by GTIE (*), which consists of universities in the Tokyo metropolitan area, will pitch their respective commercializations. Come and experience the enthusiasm and intelligence of researchers aiming to create new businesses and industries born from cutting-edge research seeds. Witness the eve of the birth of a university-launched startup and feel the future.
Researchers who aim to start businesses from their own cutting-edge technologies and all the players who create startups from universities will gather. This is an opportunity to interact directly with each other. If you are interested in the university startup ecosystem, please come to the venue. We are looking forward to seeing you there.
**Greater Tokyo Innvation Ecosystem (GTIE GTIE) is a platform for building a university startup ecosystem consisting of universities (**) in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
The **GAP Fund is a program that supports activities aimed at bridging the gap between basic university research and commercialization and creating university-launched startups.
Event Summary
Date & Time: Monday, May 12, 2025, 15:00-17:30 (Registration starts at 13:30)
Venue: Tokyo Innovation Base (TiB) 2F STAGE
Format : Hybrid (only at some venues)
Admission: Free
Hosted by: Greater Tokyo Innovation Ecosystem (GTIE)
Target audience : Startup ecosystem professionals, researchers, students, and GTIE staff
Program of the day (tentative)
15:00-15:10 Opening remarks, etc.
15:10~15:35 Keynote Session: “University Startup Ecosystem in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area Created with GTIE
15:40-17:30 Pitches (presentations by GAP Fund recipients)
Takuya Nagano, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo University of Science
Xu Weilun Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Kozo Okada, Yokohama City University Medical Center
Tetsuo Nohara Faculty of Engineering, Tokai University
Shogo Arai Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science
Shigenori Saito School of Environmental and Social Science and Engineering, Tokyo University of Science
Toshihiro Isobe School of Materials Science and Engineering Tokyo University of Science
Isao Yotanda Department of Advanced Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science
Koharu Ogawa Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University
Yasuki Okuno Research Center for Advanced Photon Research, Institute of Science
Takeharu Hayashi Department of Basic Medical Science, Tokai University School of Medicine
Takeshi Honda Tokyo University of Science, Faculty of Science
Hironobu Arita Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science
Shintaro Iwasaki, RIKEN Open Innovation Laboratories
Takumi Dobashi (Team EIR) Takashi Ueno Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Science
Masayuki Tera, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Division of Bioscience and Biotechnology
17:30 Closing remarks
17:30-18:30 Networking
14:00-15:00 ” GTIE University Start-up Intern Matching ” event for students.
To register, please visithttps://gtie-demoday-2025.peatix.com
***GTIE is working to foster a university startup ecosystem in the Tokyo metropolitan area through various activities with 18 universities and research institutions, more than 150 local governments, and private companies.
The 17 universities and research institutions eligible to apply for the GTIE GAP Fund are: The University of Tokyo, Waseda University, Tokyo University of Science, University of Tsukuba, Chiba University, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Yokohama City University, Kanagawa University of Health and Welfare, Keio University, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Ibaraki University, The University of Electro-Communications, Tokai University, RIKEN, Yokohama National University