Summary of the Ecosystem Building Plan

1.Goals and KPIs of the ecosystem formation Startup Frontier HOKKAIDO

Number of startups Amount of funds raised by Funding size of Number of startup visas Number of startups from in Hokkaido that raise funds startups in Hokkaido startups in Hokkaido issued in Hokkaido universities in Hokkaido

FY2024: FY2024: A total of 5 billion yen A total of 40 cases A total of 150 companies 40 companies per year 10 billion yen per year by FY2024 by FY2024 by FY2024 (2018: 23 companies per year) (2018: 3.4 billion yen per year) (1 billion yen as of 2018) (starts in November 2019) (a total of 75 companies in 2018)

Sapporo/Hokkaido Startup Ecosystem Promotion Council 2024 Vision

An ecosystem that can be Support for Finding and attracting Realizing a city Active social implementation and challenged for any number of times visualizing R&D seeds managerial talent where ideas can be tested easily promotion of open innovation

Establishment of a city Growth support for Develop options where Develop abundant funding options Enhancement of with global human resources the Agri/Food/Green-Tech sectors space startups can become active based on the stage private sector supporters

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2.Organizations and Roles of each organizations

Government and local government Business and economic organizations Universities and researchers

■ Deregulation and provision of demonstration ■ Revealing hidden research seeds and supporting social ■ Provision of resources to speed up hypothesis verification fields for the introduction of advanced services implementations ■ Provision of collaboration opportunities with many different ■ Implementation of a government type of open ■ Attracting and finding top-quality managerial talent private partners innovation through collaboration with startups ■ Providing entrepreneurship education and community ■ Scale support utilizing corporate sales and sales channels ■ Human resource development of specialists, building in cooperation with universities in Hokkaido such as professionals who specialize in startups ■ Providing scale support partners and demonstration fields ■ Construction of a rapid GAP funding support scheme for for startups in primary industry ■ Implement entrepreneurship education for university-launched startups that are in the seed stage the young generation

・ Sapporo Chamber of Commerce ・ Hokkaido Association of Corporate Executives ・ Sapporo City University ・Hokkaido University ・ Sapporo・ Ebetsu・ Obihiro・ Hakodate ・ Hokkaido Economic Federation ・ Future University Hakodate ・Hokkaido Research Institute

Utilize Hokkaido resources or Hokkaido-based startups Supporting global scale

Financial institutions, VCs, and investors Supporting organizations Advisory organizations

■ Fund formation supporting startups in the primary and ■ Accelerators that are specialized in fields that utilize Hokkaido assets, including its space industries primary industries Incorporation of domestic and international investors ■ Program enticement ■ Summary of national startup support ■ Interests in startups that use Hokkaido assets, including its primary industries ■ Development of a financing environment that supports options and information sharing ■ Attract VCs, CVCs, and companies companies in the seed period (Debt/Equity) ■ Establishment of a support system for startups to reach a global scale ■ Promote the utilization of startup visas ■ Dispatch of managerial talents to R&D-type startups ■ Construction of a support menu that connects researchers and entrepreneurs to ■ Development of financing environment development the global community and exit support according to the stage ・ Sapporo AI Lab・ Sapporo Area Regional Data Utilization Organization・ Sapporo Industrial Promotion Foundation ・ SAPPORO BI LAB・ National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Hokkaido Center・ D2Garage ・ Hokkaido Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry ・ New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization ・ Sapporo Stock Exchange・ Sapporo Founders Fund ・ Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation Hokkaido Main Office of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry ・ Japan Finance Corporation・ Development Bank of Japan ・ Japan External Trade Organization Hokkaido Trade Information Center・ Food Valley Tokachi Promotion Council ・ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications ・ NoMaps Executive Committee・ Hokkaido Information and Communication Technology Association ・ Hokuyo Bank・ Hokkaido Bank・ Hokkaido Venture Capital ・ Northern Advancement Center for Science & Technology Hokkaido Bureau of Telecommunications

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3.Leaders of the Ecosystem

Universities and research institutions Private sector and entrepreneurs Financial institutions and VCs

Taku Nakahara Takuya Irisawa Toshifumi Murata Nitobe College Fellow, Representative of Ecomott Representative of Hokkaido University Sapporo Funders Fund

Joined as the founding member of a life science startup in the Founded an IoT/AI startup "Ecomott" in 2007. Listed on the Started his business while studying at graduate school and United States in collaboration with a Japanese pharmaceutical SSE Ambitious in 2017, and listed on TSE Mothers in 2018. founded several IT startups. One of them was listed in 2002, company. Leading of industry-academia collaborations, mega Representative of "STARS", a startup support organization. from which he then exited. Formed the Sapporo Founders company-startup collaborations, in-house entrepreneurship Fund in 2017, which is a group of angel investors that have projects, startup investments, etc. invested in six startups up to now.

Government / Municipality Supporting organizations Supporting organizations

Kyohei Fujima STARTUP CITY SAPPORO Secretariat Moved to Digital Garage after working in the sales Masaaki Abe Takeshi Hirose planning department at Hokkaido Shimbun Press. Sapporo City Economics and Secretary-General of Launched a seed accelerator program Open Network Lab HOKKAIDO in 2018. Currently focuses on open Tourism Bureau NoMaps innovation projects for private companies and startups.

Has established extensive networks with private companies as Joined a private think tank after working for a private company. Mina Akasaka the section head responsible for NoMaps and Startup City Has been involved in local revitalization projects for local Open Network Lab HOKKAIDO Secretariat Sapporo. governments in Hokkaido for 10 years. Was assigned to Digital Garage from Hokkaido Shimbun He has a wealth of experience in tourism and finance and is a Participated in the launching of NoMaps in 2016 and plays the Press in 2018. From 2019, led a seed accelerator program key player in supporting startups in Sapporo. role of a business coordinator. Has been in his current position "Open Network Lab HOKKAIDO" at D2Garage. since April 2017. Has fostered 10 startups so far.

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