Exhibitors

American Express was founded in the United States in 1850 and has been doing business in Japan for over 100 years. For corporate clients, we provide corporate cards for small, medium, and large companies, including startups, to help them streamline operations through digitization, improve cash flow, and manage expenses based on data. We also provide free consultants to accompany businesses, helping startups with limited resources to grow their business by supporting their accounting aspects.

At our booth, based on the concept of an Amex Café, we will introduce testimonials from Amex customers who are expanding their businesses from Japan to the global market. Please stop by and visit us.

Austria's startup scene has seen new record investments of more than €1.2 Bil. for young companies in 2021 and ranks 4th in terms of unicorns EU wide. ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA, with 100+ offices in 70+ countries and 800+ employees, is dedicated to helping Austrian startups to internationalize, to connect to the best startup hubs globally and to find investors with a long-term business vision. Looking for the perfect business location in Europe? Look no further, Austria has all you need. Don't miss Vienna Up'23 - the decentralized community-driven startup festival in Vienna, 30.5.-7.6., 2023.

Berlin is a dynamic and international top startup hub with particular strengths in the field of digital and impact economy, a special attraction for founders and talents from Germany and abroad. The city offers its 4,500 startups a positive investment climate, excellent infrastructure and support programes.

A quarter of all new startups in Germany are founded in Berlin, including the 25 Unicorns. In 2021, VCs invested 11 billion US dollars in Berlin startups. With the AsiaBerlin network platform, the city supports cooperation between startup ecosystems throughout Asia and Berlin.

Busan, a city blessed with beautiful mountains, rivers and the sea, is the number one trading hub in South Korea. The city has a vision to grow with the Asian start-up ecosystem and to revitalize the Asian start-up networks by holding annually the Asia Start-up Expo, FLY ASIA, where policy-makers and stakeholders have spirited exchange of investment, technology and policy. In addition, Busan aspires to establish a sustainable urban foundation by presenting a new paradigm of the start-up ecosystem based on its unique geography and culture with cutting-edge IT technology

We are the agency of entrepreneurship and innovation of the National Government of the Republic of Colombia, which, together with the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, accompanies the acceleration of high-potential ventures and innovative and financing processes that allow scaling the country's companies to generate more economic development, equity and opportunities for all Colombians.

Denver Economic Development & Opportunity, City and County of Denver is the largest city and capital of the U.S. State of Colorado. It is an urban city with an exceptional balance of a thriving economy and a healthy lifestyle, located at the base of the Rocky Mountains. Businesses and talent are attracted to the region’s vigorous and business-friendly ecosystem.

ENEOS is Japan's leading petroleum company, but with an eye on promoting the energy shift away from fossil fuels, we announced our ""2040 Long-Term Vision"" in 2019, and as part of this vision, the Future Business Promotion Department and CVC (ENEOS Innovation Partners) were established in the same year to conduct ""discontinuous business creation.""

We have been promoting collaboration with startups in the five areas of ""urban development,"" ""mobility,"" ""low-carbon society,"" ""recycling-oriented society,"" and ""data science & advanced technology,"" and invested in more than 35 companies in the past 4 years.

Under the slogan of ""handing over what matters to the future,"" we are taking speedy measures to create businesses that connect to the future.

Connect with Finland's leading smart city players in Espoo. Finland's most important innovation organisations, VTT Technical Research Center of Finland and Aalto University, are in Espoo. The biggest Finnish companies like Nokia, Fortum and Neste are headquartered and test solutions in the city. You can also access Finland's official smart city business and research network and the leading startup community. Enter Espoo and Smart City Innovation Cluster offer you opportunities to pilot and develop innovations, do R&D, and start your business in Espoo — Finland's leading innovation community.

As one of Europe’s top 5 innovation leaders, Flanders (Belgium) interconnected R&D scene and supportive government offers plenty of collaboration opportunities for innovative startups.

Fukuoka City is the fastest growing city in Japan.

People are flocking here, and Fukuoka has the highest population growth rate of any Japanese city.While the population grows, the prices in the city are still some of the most reasonable in Japan.Furthermore, Fukuoka's location in the center of the East Asian region makes it an ideal base for international and domestic business, with many direct flights to and from the city.

In addition, the city offers an ideal environment for starting a business, with start-up visas, tax breaks, deregulation, and other measures to support entrepreneurship, as well as the incubation facility, Fukuoka Growth Next (FGN).

Hamamatsu is an ordinance-designated city with a population of approximately 800,000 located in the center of Japan. The city has long been a center of manufacturing, and has produced some of Japan's leading manufacturing companies, including SUZUKI, YAMAHA, KAWAI, Hamamatsu Photonics, HONDA.
Hamamatsu City is called the City of Startups. In cooperation with the government, the company is accelerating its activities to support and attract start-up companies. The goal is to realize a city where manufacturing companies and venture companies coexist and create innovation one after another.

As well as being a highly dynamic international business city, Hong Kong is one of Asia’s most vibrant tech hub. With 18 Unicorns emerging from 3,755 startups in the city, Hong Kong’s startup ecosystem continues to thrive and attract many new businesses. Fintech, Logitech, ICT are the major tech areas with AI/Robotics, Greentech and Biotech growing rapidly. Easy-to-start, business-friendly environment with many advantages is ready for you to flourish in the city. InvestHK, a Hong Kong Government Department helping foreign companies to set up, will guide you to make the city your startup home.