Startup Factory
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry program aimed at overcoming the obstacles to mass production by building bases to support startups and other parties with design and prototyping for mass production.
News
New Topics
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- 2019.2.14
- Interview with Tsuyoshi Yoshida posted.
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- 2019.1.23
- Interview with Hiroyuki Ono posted.
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- 2018.12.20
- Startup Factory Meetup Held in Tokyo
Startup Factory Latest Topics
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2019.1.11
Startup Factory Meetup in TOKYOPanel Discussion Report
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2018.12.20
Startup Factory Meetup Held in Tokyo
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2018.11.20
Model Project for Startup-Manufacturer Collaboration Launched
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2018.11.15
Startup Factory Meetup Held in Osaka
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2018.9.28
Startup Clinic Takes Place
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2018.7.20
Startup Factory Kickoff Meeting held.
Startup Factory List
Locations supporting startups with prototyping and design for mass production
You can narrow down your search for the startup factory you need from “Assistance Stage” and “Assisted Technology”
Click on the conditions you want to narrow down.
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| 1Business Design (Consulting) |
2Specifications examination (requirement analysis) |
3Prototype design/ manufacture |
4Design for mass production | 5Mass production manufacture/ assembly (small lots okay) |
6Product testing | ||
| Support technology |
AMechanical | ABC-1 | A-2 | A-3 | A-4 | A-5 | A-6 |
| BElectrical | B-2 | B-3 | B-4 | B-5 | B-6 | ||
| CSoftware | C-2 | C-3 | C-4 | C-5 | C-6 | ||
Display by region
B-5
Mass production manufacture/assembly (small lots okay)
Electrical
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record - Able to
assist - Unable to
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Local Incorporated Administrative Agency
Aomori Prefectural Industrial Technology Research CenterProducts assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- IoT devices
- Smart agriculture
- Smart factories
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Conversational
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Conversational
- Technical meeting
- Conversational
- IoT/
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KOIWAI Co., Ltd.
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Manufacture of 3D printers for use in various fields
- Aerospace: High-melting point alloys and parts fabricated from difficult-to-cut materials
- Automotive: Thin complex metal parts for engines, etc.
- Medical: Metal implants for dentistry, hips and vertebra, etc.
- Electric/electronic/general industry: Thin, hollow complex design metal parts
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Business
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Conversational
- Technical meeting
- Conversational
- IoT/
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Co-LABO MAKER
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Development, prototypes (all kinds, but especially materials and life sciences)
- Some mass production design and trial production
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Conversational
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Conversational
- Technical meeting
- Conversational
- IoT/
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NOEX Inc.
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Product design and prototyping for mass production of electronic equipment (especially IoT devices) and multi-product low-volume production
- Machining equipment prototyping (Prototypes)
- Production line prototyping (Prototypes)
- We handle every process of the above, from planning to development to product design and prototyping for mass production, mass production, right up to market entry.
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- with an Interpreter
- Sales / Concept meeting
- with an Interpreter
- Technical meeting
- with an Interpreter
- IoT/
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Zeon Corporation/Zeon Opto Bio Lab Co., Ltd.
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Support for prototype development and mass production in the bioscience field (microfluidic chips, etc.)
- Support for the development of plastic-molded part prototypes for use in the medical field (regenerative medicine/diagnosis, etc.) and mass production
- Other plastic-molded parts (for all industries)
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Business
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Native
- Technical meeting
- Native
- IoT/
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Elephantech Inc.
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Contract development of and advice in the area of prototypes and mass production using flexible PCBs
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Conversational
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Business
- Technical meeting
- Conversational
- IoT/
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KIKUCHI SEISAKUSHO CO., LTD.
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Support for planning and development and general prototype production, with a focus on the following areas.
- Service and support robots (particularly able to support up to mass production and market entry)
- High-tech equipment, ICT devices
- Medical devices
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Business
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Business
- Technical meeting
- Conversational
- IoT/
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GLOCALINK Inc./Leave a Nest Co., Ltd./Hamano Products.Co.,Ltd./KOBATA GAUGE MFG. CO., LTD./Seiko Seimitsu Co., Ltd.
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- All industries
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Native
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Native
- Technical meeting
- Native
- IoT/
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Asia Startup Office MONO
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Able to provide support with a focus on IoT, AI, and robotics domains.
- Co-working space with workshops, providing support for design, parts supply, and manufacturing aimed at mass production, and an environment for collaborative development with startups in other technology domains.
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Business
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Business
- Technical meeting
- Conversational
- IoT/
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Copla Co., Ltd.
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Based on our network with electronic equipment manufacturers mainly in the Tohoku region, and the knowledge of our people who have previously worked at major electronics plants, we assist start-up companies (particularly IoT product-related companies) with prototype development and consistent support from trial mass production to full mass production and marketing. We have office and consulting service in both Tokyo and New York. Please contact us for more information.
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Native
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Business
- Technical meeting
- Business
- IoT/
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NISHIOGI PLACE/FabFoundry
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Prototyping
- Product design and prototyping for mass production
- Multi-product low-volume production
- Provision of advice for mass production and market entry
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Native
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Native
- Technical meeting
- Native
- IoT/
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DMM.make AKIBA
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Hardware co-working spaces (shared offices, shared factories, event spaces)
- Mock-up production, development of prototyping equipment, small-lot production
- Basic IoT training and lecture program
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Native
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Native
- Technical meeting
- Native
- IoT/
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TechShop Japan Ltd./Fujitsu Ltd./Fujitsu Advanced Technologies Limited/Fujitsu Quality Laboratory Ltd.
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Manufacturing support services: Requirement definition, specifications production, factory matching, project management, etc.
- Hardware education: Education in both business and technology (design, manufacturing, quality)
- Pre-seed funding support
- Startup support hub consulting
- Open innovation support: Support for launching joint projects by startups and large corporations, etc.
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Native
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Business
- Technical meeting
- Native
- IoT/
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Toshin-Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Trial production, development, product planning
- Mass production trials, design
- Production launch support in Japan and overseas
- Commercialization support (marketing, business tie-ups, financing, etc.)
- Product environmental compatibility design
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Native
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Native
- Technical meeting
- Native
- IoT/
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Novars Inc
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Support for planning of IoT products/services
- Contracting of prototype development
- Contracting of product design and prototyping for mass production
- Manufacturing services for mass produced products
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Conversational(Prefers to be contacted by email)
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Conversational(Prefers to be contacted by email)
- Technical meeting
- Conversational(Prefers to be contacted by email)
- IoT/
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Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Business development for AI, IoT, robotics, and medical-related startups, etc.
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Business
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Business
- Technical meeting
- Business
- IoT/
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Minami Design Co., Ltd.
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Providing support to startups aiming at production lots of 100 units (ultra small-scale mass production)
- Providing advice to companies engaged in small-scale mass production
- We offer support in all areas of manufacturing, from design, prototyping to mass production (all performed in-ho
- Comprehensive development support company
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Cannot Respond
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Cannot Respond
- Technical meeting
- Cannot Respond
- IoT/
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Rayama Pack Co., Ltd.
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Provision of a “materialization factory” to provide support to startups to give form to their ideas, including development, design, and prototype production based on plastic processing technologies; leveraging of group network to support mass production.
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Business
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Business
- Technical meeting
- Business
- IoT/
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ATRUS Co., Ltd.
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Support services for production using carbon 3D printing technologies originating in Silicon Valley
- One-stop support services, ranging from hardware design and the production of prototypes to assembly
- Support services for the design and production of prototypes for plastic and metal parts
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Cannot Respond
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Cannot Respond
- Technical meeting
- Cannot Respond
- IoT/
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NEC Corporation
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Information terminals (IoT, displays, security, wearable devices, sensors, etc.)
- Equipment (embedded systems, telecommunications equipment, control systems, etc.)
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Conversational
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Conversational
- Technical meeting
- Conversational
- IoT/
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Furukawa Electric Industrial Technology Inc.
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Prototyping for start-up companies domestically and abroad. Specializing in hardware platforms for a wide range of products including IoT(Internet of Things), robotics and home appliances. Support low-volume production for multiple product designs.
- Technical services and professional advice for design and development for mass production and material selection.
- Customer support, technical guidance and consultations in English for startups abroad.
- Our comprehensive network of SCM solutions can seamlessly source any material you want to implement in your product.
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Business
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Business
- Technical meeting
- Business
- IoT/
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CONNECTEC JAPAN
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Development of semiconductor chip bonding and other related technologies
- Low temperature bonding of MEMS chips etc.
- Device bonding on low heat resistant substrates, including PET, etc.
- Electronic device proof of concept planning and the development of prototypes and related bonding technologies
- Development of small desktop semiconductor assembly equipment
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Business
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Business
- Technical meeting
- Business
- IoT/
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Shinano Kenshi, Co., Ltd.
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Motors, actuators and electronic devices that incorporate them
- System equipment (data loggers, etc.)
- Control software/programming
- Development and production framework for the automotive, medical and welfare industries
- Development and production framework for robot components
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Native
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Native
- Technical meeting
- Native
- IoT/
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SWANY Co., Ltd.
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Product design, planning and development
- Prototyping (Prototype)
- Product design and prototyping for mass production and molds for small-scale mass production
- Mass production and market entry
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Conversational(Prefers to be contacted by email)
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Conversational(Prefers to be contacted by email)
- Technical meeting
- Conversational(Prefers to be contacted by email)
- IoT/
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SEIREN Co., Ltd./SABAE SEIKI Co.,Ltd./Harue Electronic Corporation/YAMADA-GIKEN Co., Ltd./Industrial Technology Center of Fukui Prefecture
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Provides standard buses for startup businesses developing only missions for nanosatellites.
- Product design and prototyping for mass production and multi-product low-volume production of nanosatellites
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Conversational(Prefers to be contacted by email)
- Sales / Concept meeting
- with an Interpreter
- Technical meeting
- with an Interpreter
- IoT/
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Uryuyama Academic Foundation, Kyoto University of Art and Design/X-tech Management, Ltd.
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Support for production processes using Fab Labs (IoT/IoE products, web services and other industries including traditional crafts)
- Assembling and putting to effective use the knowledge held by large companies and research institutions and matching with investors
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Conversational(Prefers to be contacted by email)
- Sales / Concept meeting
- with an Interpreter
- Technical meeting
- with an Interpreter
- IoT/
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JOHNAN Corporation
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Electronic devices
- Robot automation, intelligent devices
- Medical devices
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Native
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Native
- Technical meeting
- Native
- IoT/
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Darma Tech Labs Inc.
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Startups that need hardware and business support including IoT (IoT, robotics, AI, computer vision, healthcare, medical devices, nursing, lifestyle, agriculture, environment/energy, etc.)
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Native
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Native
- Technical meeting
- Conversational
- IoT/
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HILLTOP Co., Ltd.
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- We provide support to all hardware manufacturing startups from the production of prototypes right to the mass production stage.
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Native
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Native
- Technical meeting
- Native
- IoT/
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GLOCALINK Inc./Leave a Nest Co., Ltd./Hamano Products.Co.,Ltd./KOBATA GAUGE MFG. CO., LTD./Seiko Seimitsu Co., Ltd.
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- All industries
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Native
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Native
- Technical meeting
- Native
- IoT/
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NISHIOGI PLACE/FabFoundry
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Prototyping
- Product design and prototyping for mass production
- Multi-product low-volume production
- Provision of advice for mass production and market entr
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Native
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Native
- Technical meeting
- Native
- IoT/
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Sharp Corporation
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Provision of general manufacturing training programs necessary for IoT startups
- Support in the form of mentoring and consulting in the field of manufacturing for startups
- One-stop support, from product design, prototyping, mass production to after sales services in the field of manufacturing for startups
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Conversational
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Conversational
- Technical meeting
- Conversational(Prefers to be contacted by email)
- IoT/
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Kyushu Institute of Technology
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Networking support and space provision for nanosatellite startups
- Design, development, production, testing, and operation of nanosatellites
- Mass production design, prototyping and testing of nanosatellite constellations
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Business
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Business
- Technical meeting
- Business
- IoT/
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SANMATSU Co., Ltd.
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Agency and support for planning, development, prototypes, mass production design, prototyping, and mass production processes of automation and labor-saving equipment using robots, sensors, etc.
- Express manufacturing service for metal processed components.
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Conversational(Prefers to be contacted by email)
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Conversational(Prefers to be contacted by email)
- Technical meeting
- with an Interpreter
- IoT/
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TAKAHA KIKO Co., Ltd.
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Sharing the know-how to help students and young people aspiring to setup their own hardware company through each manufacturing process to develop a finished product
- We can accommodate small production lots to mass production with our fully integrated production facilities (metal dies to pressing and cutting, etc.)
- Advice on product design and part selection, etc. for mass production
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Conversational(Prefers to be contacted by email)
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Conversational(Prefers to be contacted by email)
- Technical meeting
- Conversational(Prefers to be contacted by email)
- IoT/
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Braveridge Co., Ltd.
Products assisted
- IoT/
Information technology - Robots/
industrial machinery - Medical and welfare
- Aerospace
- Others
Area of support
- Planning, development, prototypes, design and prototyping for mass production and mass production of electronic devices for IoT devices and wireless telecommunications
- Planning, development, prototypes, design and prototyping for mass production and mass production for a range of products in other fields
- OEM/ODM services, EMS services
English Support Level
- Telephone/Mail support
- Business
- Sales / Concept meeting
- Business
- Technical meeting
- Business
- IoT/