Implementation structure

The Greater Tokyo Innovation Ecosystem (GTIE) platform designed 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. GTIE supports the approaches made by the Startup Ecosystem Tokyo Consortium established in January 2020.

GTIE aims to form startup ecosystems in the Greater Tokyo in cooperation with universities, local governments, venture capital, corporate venture capital, accelerators, and private companies in the Metropolitan area. 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-originated startups, and cooperative organizations composed of universities, and other local governments.

Host Organizations / Program Representatives

Someya Takao Ph.D. (Engineering)
Executive Director and Vice President, The University of Tokyo
Since April 2009, he has been a Professor of the Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. In April 2015, he became a chief Scientist at RIKEN (Institute of Physical and Chemical Research). From April 2020 to March 2023, he served as the Dean of the Graduate School of Engineering and the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo. As of April 2023, he assumed the role of Executive Director and Vice President of the University of Tokyo, a position he currently holds. He received the 16th Leo Esaki Prize and the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in 2019.
Wakao Shinji Ph.D. (Engineering)
Vice-President, Office of the President, Waseda University
coming soon
Furukawa Tetsushi Ph.D. (Medicine)
Executive Vice President for Research and Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration, Institute of Science Tokyo
He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University in 1983 and earned his PhD in medicine from TMDU in 1989. He served as a research assistant professor in the Department of Cardiology at the University of Miami, USA from 1989 to 1990. Upon returning to Japan, he served as an associate professor at Akita University from 1999 to 2003. In 2003, Furukawa returned to TMDU as a professor at the Medical Research Institute, where he served until 2023. He held several leadership roles during this period, including executive director and vice president of TMDU.

Host Organizations / Program Head of Directors / Program Co-Director

Program Head of Directors
Tsujimoto Masaharu Ph.D.
(Public Policy Briefing & Debate)
Associate Director of Innovation Design Platform, Institute of Science Tokyo/ Professor, School of Environment and Society
After serving at the University of Tokyo, Shibaura Institute of Technology, and Hosei University, he joined Institute of Science Tokyo in 2010. To date, he has served as a Guest Professor at Nagoya University, Guest Professor at Hamburg University of Technology (2014-2015), Guest Researcher at ETH Zurich (2017 and 2019). Received the 2011 Tokyo Tech Challenging Research Award.
Program Head of Directors
Takahashi Hiroyuki Ph.D.
(Engineering)
Project Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Executive Vice President, Kumamoto University

March 1987: Master of Engineering, The University of Tokyo January 1989: Research Associate, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo October 1993: Lecturer, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo October 1996: Associate Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo April 2005: Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo January 2016: Professor, Institute of Engineering Innovation, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo November 2017-March 2026: Special Advisor to the President, The University of Tokyo April 2022- March 2026: Director, Nano-system Integration Center, The University of Tokyo April 2023- March 2026: Director, Research into Artifacts, Center for Engineering, The University of Tokyo February 2025- March 2026: Director, Transport Innovation Centre, The University of Tokyo Research area: Radiation Detection and Measurements: Sensor, Signal processing, System development Membership: IEEE, IEEJ, IEICE, AESJ, JSAP
Program Head of Directors
Ishii Hiroyuki Ph.D. (Engineering)
Director of Center for Entrepreneurship, Waseda University
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Host Organizations / Deputy Program Director

Mashio Kiyoko
Specially Appointed Professor / Associate Director - General Innovation Design Platform, Institute of Science Tokyo
Hirata Mikito
Project Senior Specialists and director, Division of University Corporate Relations, The University of Tokyo

Host Organizations / Principal

Joint Organization for Creating Startups

Program Representatives of Joint Partners

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Nakauchi Yasushi
　(Director General of Headquarters for International Industry-University Collaboration, University of Tsukuba)
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Haneishi Hideaki
　(Director of Academic Research & Innovation Management Organization, Chiba University)
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Itakura Yasuhiro
　(Chief Academic Officer, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
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Otani Yasuo
　(Chairman, Kanagawa University of Human Services)
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Osawa Masatoshi
　(Vice Provost, Association of International Arts and Science, / Dean, School of Economics and Business Administration, Yokohama City University)
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Saiki Toshiharu
　(Executive Director, Keio University)
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Hotta Takashi
　(Vice President (in charge of research), Tokyo Metropolitan University/ Director, Organization for Research Promotion, Tokyo Metropolitan University)
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Nishikawa Hiroyuki
　(Executive Director, Shibaura Institute of Technology)
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Tamura Koji
　(Tokyo University of Science)
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Kuramoto Shigeru
　(Ibaraki University)
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Sakaguchi Yutaka
　(The University of Electro-Communications)
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Hatano Shinji
　(Tokai University)
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Sato Haruhiko
　(Institute of Physical and Chemical Research（RIKEN）)
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SHIKATA Junji
　(President, Yokohama National University)
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Hamakawa Satoshi
　(National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST))
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Hirakuri Kenji
　(Vice-President, Tokyo Denki University)
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Imamura Yasutada
　(Kogakuin University)

Program Co-Director

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Iida Kaori
　(Vice-President, Tokyo Science University)
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Nishino Yoshitaka
　(Specially Appointed Professor, Headquarters for International Industry-University Collaboration, University of Tsukuba)
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Katagiri Daisuke
　(Specially appointed Professor, Academic Research & Innovation Management Organization, Chiba University)
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Kondo Toshiyuki
　(Vice Director of University Research Management Organization : URMO, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
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Tei Yuuichi
　(Director & Vice-President, Kanagawa University of Human Services/ Dean, School of Health Innovation)
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Ito Chiaki
　(Associate Professor, Association of International Arts and Sciences, Yokohama City University)
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Shindo Nobuaki
　(Specially Appointed Professor, Office of Innovation and entrepreneurship, Keio University)
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Yang Ming
　(Advisor to the President (in charge of research promotion), Tokyo Metropolitan University/ Advisor to the Director, Organization for Research Promotion, Tokyo Metropolitan University)
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Kose Toshihiro
　(Deputy director of Headquater, Headquarters for Promotion of Multi-Phase Industry-Academia Collaboration, Shibaura Institute of Technology)
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Soga Kohei
　(Tokyo University of Science)
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Sakai Munetoshi
　(Ibaraki University)
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Sakaguchi Yutaka
　(The University of Electro-Communications)
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Nakajima Takashi
　(Tokai University)
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Sato Haruhiko
　(Institute of Physical and Chemical Research（RIKEN）)
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Manabe Seiji
　(Dean, College of Business Administration, Yokohama National University)
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Okuma Takashi
　(National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST))
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Saito Hiroyuki
　(Tokyo Denki University)
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Kobayashi Motoyasu
　(Kogakuin University)

Participant Organizations

Host Organizations

Joint Organization for Creating Startups

Cooperative Organizations

In addition to the host and joint organizations, the following cooperative organizations are participating in GTIE.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Yokohama City
Tsukuba City
Kawasaki City
Ibaraki Prefectural Government
Shibuya City
LINK-J
cic tokyo
SHIBUYA QWS
Kanagawa Prefectural Government
Shinjuku City
Toyama Prefecture
Saitama Prefecture
Sagamihara City
Chuo University
Tsukuba University of Technology
Kanagawa University
Kanto Gakuin University
Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology
Tama Art University
Shiga University of Medical Science
Yamagata University
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST)
Shumei University
Shinshu University
St. Marianna University School of Medicine
Nihon University
SHOWA University
Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
J. F. Oberlin University
TOYO UNIVERSITY
SOPHIA University
National Institute of Technology
Babson College
Sten K. Johnson Centre for Entrepreneurship at Lund University
School of Management, Binghamton University, State University of New York
UC San Diego
Santa Clara University
Universitat Tel-Aviv
Yokohama Minato Mirai21
Tsukuba Global Innovation Promotion Agency
National Institute for Materials Science
National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST)
Research Institute Corporation Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS)
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
National Institute for Environmental Studies
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Japan External Trade Organization
Japan International Cooperation Agency
Japan Finance Corporation
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
The Bank of Yokohama
SOMPO Holdings
Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
Tokyu Land Corporation
Mori Building Co., Ltd.
Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.
Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.
KPMG AZSA LLC
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Nomura Agri Planning & Advisory Co., Ltd.
UTokyo Innovation Platform Co., Ltd.
Keio Innovation Initiative, Inc.
Tokyo University of Science Innovation Capital
Tokyo University of Science Invest Managment
Beyond Next Ventures
WERU Investment Co., Ltd.
Corundum Innovation Co., Ltd.
Coral Capital
Landing Pad Tokyo
Incubate Fund
Startup Brain
Scale Out
Integral Investment Inc.
Academic Gangstar
Dialogue Cafe Club
FieldUP
Maximize, Inc.
iSGS Investment Works Inc.
ABCash Technologies
Miraisozo Investments
RIKEN Innovation Co., Ltd.
Advanced Technology Acceleration Corporation
Culture Vision Japan
Okawa Dream Foundation
Silicon Valley Japan Platform (SVJP)
Plug and Play Japan
500 Global
Sozo Ventures
Scrum Ventures
Environmental Partnership Council
Nihon Biodesign Gakkai
Japan Medical Venture Association
NVIDIA LLC.
JGC JAPAN CORPORATION
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation
ANRI Co., Ltd.
ARRK CORPORATION
WiL, LLC
addlight Inc.
Strip Japan, Inc.
Wantedly, Inc.
Global Brain Coreporation
epST Ventures, Inc.
Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO) Ibaraki Office
Joyo Capital Partners, Ltd.
Joyo Bank, Ltd.
AIST Solutions Company
Tsukuba Center, Inc.
KABIKI CONSTRRUCTION CO., LTD.
INDEE Japan Ltd.
Abdul Latif Jameel Genera Trading Co. Ltd.
Fortience Consulting Inc.
esse-sence inc.
MPO, inc.
Mynavi Corporation
GLOBIS CAPITAL PARTNERS Co., Ltd.
Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.
Yanmar Ventures Co., Ltd.
SBI Investment Co., Ltd.
Nocturne Capital Co., Ltd.
honda motor co. ltd
KAJIMA CORPORATION
NTT Uban Development Corporation
EPS Holdings, Inc.
Grand Story Inc.
MIYAKO CAPITAL Co., Ltd.
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital Co.,Ltd.
Japan Post Bank Co., Ltd.
Mizuho Capital Co., Ltd.
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
MEDIPAL HOLDINGS CORPORATION