Japan: university-based startup establishments 2023| Statista

About 253 university-based startups were newly established in Japan between January and October 2023. This marked a decrease from 363 newly established university-based startups in the previous year. An upward trend was observed in case of the total number of university-launched startups in Japan.

Number of newly established university-based venture businesses in Japan from 2014 and 2023

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Release date

May 2024

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

2014 to 2023

Special properties

startups actively operating as of October 2023

Supplementary notes

*As of October 2023.

Based on a survey conducted among national, public, and private universities (including junior colleges), technical colleges, technology licensing organizations, incubation facilities, and prefectural authorities throughout Japan.

Venture businesses (VBs) are defined as university-developed venture businesses if they meet one of the following criteria:

Research-based VB: a newly established VB with the aim of commercializing patents and new technologies and business methods based on research results achieved at universities.
Joint-research VB: a VB that conducted joint research with a university within five years of its establishment in order to commercialize the technology and know-how of the founders. This includes those that had no special relationship with the university at the time of establishment.
Technology-transfer VB: a VB that underwent technology transfer from a university within five years of its establishment in order to maintain and develop an existing business. This includes those that had no special relationship with the university at the time of establishment.
Student VB: a student VB that has a deep relationship with a university. This applies only to those in which current students are or were involved.
Faculty-member VB: A faculty-member (e.g., faculty members, researchers, and postdoctoral fellows) VB that has a deep relationship with a university.
Relation VB: a VB that has a deep relationship with a university (e.g., those funded by a university).

Including NPOs, general incorporated associations, sole proprietorships, and only those startups founded in Japan.

Universities include technical colleges.

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