Event
GTIE DEMO DAY 2026!
GTIE DEMO DAY 2026 will be held!
A pitch event will be held by research teams selected for the GAP Fund (**) provided by GTIE (*), a university startup ecosystem centered on universities in the Tokyo metropolitan area. This is a rare opportunity to experience the enthusiasm 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 possibilities of the future.
Researchers who aim to start businesses from their own research and cutting-edge technologies and all the players who create startups from universities will gather at this event. If you are interested in the university startup ecosystem, please join us for an opportunity to meet and exchange ideas.
We look forward to seeing you there.
-Event Summary
Date : June 8, 2026 (Monday) 12:45-18:00 (Registration starts at 12:15)
Location : Tokyo Innovation Base (TiB) 2F STAGE
Format : On-site (partially hybrid)
Admission : Free
Organizer : Greater Tokyo Innovation Ecosystem (GTIE)
Target audience : Startup ecosystem professionals, researchers, students, and GTIE staff
– Program of the day (tentative) *Details will be updated at a later date.
12:45 Opening
Opening Remarks: Mr. Tetsushi Furukawa, Director and Vice President (Innovation), Tokyo University of Science
Mr. Tetsushi Furukawa
Introduction of GTIE: Prof. Masaharu Tsujimoto, Assistant Director, Innovation Design Organization, Tokyo University of Science / Professor, School of Environmental and Social Science
Prof. Masaharu Tsujimoto
13:05-13:30 Keynote Session:
New Innovation in Japan through University Startups: Six Years of Kyoto Fusioneering” by Dr. Masaharu Tsujimoto, Professor, School of Environmental and Social Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University / Co-founder, Kyoto Fusioneering Co.
Hidetaro Takeda
13:40-17:30 Pitches (presentations by GAP Fund recipients)
17:30 Closing remarks
Hiroyuki Ishii, Director, Entrepreneurship Center, Waseda University
Hiroyuki Ishii, Director, Entrepreneurship Center, Waseda University
17:30-18:00 Networking
18:00 Closing
-List of Pitch Speakers (order may change)
- Masaaki Kondo (Tokyo University of Science, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences)
- Nobuatsu Tanaka (Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ibaraki University)
- Manabu Ihara (Tokyo University of Science, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Applied Chemistry)
- Tetsuya Yamada（Tokyo University of Science, Institute for Future Industry and Technology)
- Hideyuki Maki（Keio University, Faculty of Science and Technology)
- Kumi Kuroda（Tokyo University of Science, School of Bioscience and Biotechnology)
- Hiroaki Yano（University of Tsukuba, Systems and Information Sciences)
- Yoshima Ogawa（Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University)
- Yasuo Yoshimi (Shibaura Institute of Technology)
- Yuta Kurashina（Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
- Shoto Sekiguchi（Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
- Takumi Noda (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
- Ryuji Nagai (Tokai University, Graduate School of Agriculture)
- Kiyotaka Iwasaki（Waseda University)
- Masanari Umemura (The Jikei University School of Medicine, School of Medicine)
- Junji Fukuda（Yokohama National University, School of Advanced Science and Technology)
- Takashi Nanada（Division of Neuroinflammation and Repair, Institute for Intractable Diseases, Tokyo University of Science)
- Kenji Suzuki (Tokyo University of Science, School of Science and Technology)
- Jin-ichi Hirano (Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Keio University, Japan)
- Yukiken Ozaki（Department of Business Science, University of Tsukuba)
- Satoshi Miura（Tokyo University of Science, Faculty of Engineering)
- Masao Tanabe（Faculty of Design Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology)
- Takeshi Takaya（University of Tsukuba, Systems and Information Sciences)
– Click here for the program
– How to register
Please register and participate from Peatix below.https://peatix.com/event/5006042/
*Greater Tokyo Innvation Ecosystem (GTIE) is a platform for building a university startup ecosystem consisting of universities (**) in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
***GAP Fund is a program that supports activities aimed at bridging the gap between basic research and commercialization at universities and creating university-launched startups.
***GTIE is working with 23 universities and research institutes, more than 150 local governments, and private companies to foster a university-launched startup ecosystem in the Tokyo metropolitan area through a variety of activities. (As of May 2026)
20 universities and research institutions eligible to apply for the GTIE GAP Fund: 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, University of Electro-Communications, Tokai University, RIKEN, Yokohama National University, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo Denki University, Kogakuin University