Press Release

December 13, 2022

Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR)

ATR in Keihanna Science City signed a Memorandum of Understanding with
Startup Terrace Kaohsiung in Taiwan
～ Started collaboration in support of startup companies ～
Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International （located in Kyoto; President: Toru Asami; hereinafter “ATR”） has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Startup Terrace Kaohsiung, a startup support organization in Taiwan.
　Since October 2016 when Keihanna Research Complex project began, ATR, located in Keihanna Science City, has developed a collaboration network with innovation promotion institutions and individuals around the world, particularly Spain, Israel, Canada, New York City in the USA, India and Babaria in Germany. Effectively utilizing such network, ATR conducts a global startup acceleration program called “KGAP+” and open innovation business creation programs called “KOSAINN” and “KOSAINN+” which are large Japanese enterprises and startup from Japan and abroad work jointly. These activities, as a result, have been contributing to establish a global innovation ecosystem at Keihanna Science City.
　Toward enhancement of the network in the East Asia region, ATR and Startup Terrace Kaohsiung which is a startup support organization located in Kaohsiung Software Technology Park and established by Small and Medium Enterprise Administration of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on October 12 at ATR in the presence of Ms. Chia-Ying Wu, Deputy Director General and Mr. Ming-Teh Hsiang, Director General (Consul General) of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Osaka. With this MOU, two startups supported by Startup Terrace Kaohsiung, are participating in the 8th cohort of KGAP+ (October 18, 2022 - February 1, 2023) for the first time from Taiwan, and will be pitching at an event organized by ATR and its partner organizations on December 16 and 21, which will seek for the two companies’ potential partners in Japan.
　ATR and Startup Terrace Kaohsiung will strengthen mutual cooperation in their initiatives to boost startup-ecosystem, pursuing their contribution to promoting business between Japan and Taiwan.
(From left hand side: Mr. Ming-Teh Hsiang, Director General (Consul General), Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Osaka; Mr. Po-Jen Hsiao, Executive Vice President, Institution of Information Industry; Ms. Chia-Ying Wu, Deputy Director General, Small and Medium Enterprises Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan; Dr. Hiroyuki Suzuki, Executive Vice President, ATR)
■　Reference: Joint Pitch Events with Partner Organizations
A pitch event (business presentation) will be held jointly with KGAP+ partner organizations as an opportunity that KGAP+ startups pursuing business expansion in collaboration with Japanese enterprises and Japanese enterprises seeking for collaboration with startups with innovative products and services, will meet up
 • Global Startup Pitch （KGAP+ Batch8） in Kyoto
SG AITEK Inc., a Taiwaniese startup which provides a health management system using video data taken by smartphone will be pitching.
Date, time and venue:
December 6, 18:30-20:30, at Open Innovation Cafe "KOIN" (Kyoto Economic Center), online
December 16, 15:00-17:00 at Shimadzu Mirai Kyoso Lab (SHIMADZU Corporation in Keihanna Science City), online
Organized by： ATR and Keihanna Research Complex
Co-hosted by：Kyoto Prefecture, Public Foundation of Kansai Research Institute - Kansai Headquarters, Kyoto Chiesangyo Sozonomori, Kyoto Shinkin Bank, and SHIMADZU Corporation
Cooperated by: Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, JAPAN; Keihanna Interaction Plaza Incorporated; Advanced Science, Technology & Management Research Institute of KYOTO; Kyoto Research Park and Nara Institute of Science and Technology
 • DOYOUKAI＆KANKEIREN＆JSSA＆ATR＆Keihanna Science city　Collaboration project “What is the startup from ATR that is pushing forward to the world? 【part3】 ～Speakers from Japan, Taiwan and Israel （Material, Reduction of Environment Impact, Manufacturing 、MICE, etc.）～”
VM-Fi Inc., a Taiwanese startup which provides of groundbreaking speech translation system will be pitching.
Date, time and venue：
December 21st 10AM～12AM, online
Organized by：Kansai Association of Corporate Executives, Kansai Economic Federation, and Japan startup support association
Co-hosted by：ATR and Keihanna Research Complex
■　Startup Terrace Kaohsiung（亜湾新創園）
Startup Terrace Kaohsiung is a startup support organization located in the Software Technology Park and was established by the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan to make Kaohsiung a gateway to the world for startups in southern Taiwan and to build a global startup ecosystem and an international entrepreneurs’ hub in Kaohsiung. The Startup Terrace Kaohsig promotes industrial development and internationalization through the application of 5G, AI, and IoT technologies by startups, corporate partners and international accelerators, the use of local companies and five major PoC fields in the vicinity to transform traditional industries, and the development of unique startups and the acceptance of international startups.
URL: https://www.yawan-startup.tw/
■　Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR)
Location: 2-2-2 Hikaridai Seika-cho, Sorakugun, Kyoto, Japan (Keihanna Science City)
President: Tohru Asami
Overview: ATR pursues world-leading, brilliant research achievements in computational neuroscience, deep interaction science, wireless communications, and life science as well as business developments, with collaboration among industry, academia and government
URL: https://www.atr.jp/
■　Contact
Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR)
Strategic Planning and Publicity Division
TEL： 0774-95-1176　　　Email： pratr.jp