Masami Takahashi, the president of Scrum Studios
Headquartered in San Francisco and Tokyo, Scrum Ventures is understood for its accelerator programs concentrated on sports, food and clever city tech. Today it revealed the launch of a brand-new incubator program that will assist start-ups from service collaborations with Japanese corporations.
Called Scrum Studio, it will be drawn out as an independent entity from Scrum Ventures, and headed by Masami Takahasi, who was formerly method officer and basic supervisor for WeWork Japan. Prior to that, he led Uber’s operations in Japan.
Takahasi informed TechCrunch that Scrum Studio is presently concentrated on the start-ups in its present accelerator programs (Sports Tech Tokyo, SmartCityX and Food Tech Studio), however prepares to release brand-new programs in the future that likewise fixate particular verticals. Through Scrum Studio, start-ups will have the ability to develop subsidiaries in Japan, or kind joint endeavors with Japanese business.
Scrum currently has more than 50 Japanese business partners, consisting of Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance coverage, energy business Idemitsu Kosan Co and East Japan Train Business for Smart City X, and Fuji Oil Holdings, Nissin Food Holdings and ITO EN for Food Tech Studio.
” We are wanting to deal with start-ups and innovation that can assist resolve a few of the difficulties that our society deals with today,” Takahasi stated in an e-mail. “These consist of, however are not restricted to, sustainability, health, security, waste decrease, and performance of cities and their individuals.”
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