【Registration is now open】The largest healthcare-specific pitch event in Japan "HVC KYOTO 2024"

Kyoto Research Park Corp. (KRP) and Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), co-hosted with Kyoto Prefecture and Kyoto City, will hold a Demo Day for HVC KYOTO 2024, an innovation platform specialized in the healthcare field. HVC KYOTO has been holding pitches in English in collaboration with overseas universities, VC/incubators, and enterprises since its inception in 2016 to generate startups that are active in the healthcare field not only in Japan but also on the global stage. For this year, 25 startups are selected in the Biotech category and MedTech category. During the event, the startups will pitch to global pharmaceutical companies participating as advisors and partners and will also have opportunities to meet them.

If you are interested in partnering with these startups, please join us and watch this event.

＼We recommend this event to those who are interested in partnering with these startups. ／
・Management and corporate planning departments of large companies who are interested in partnering with startups.
・VCs and CVCs who are looking for startups to invest in.
・Researchers in academia who want to start their businesses in the future.
・University-industry-academia collaboration departments that want to promote technology transfer.

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HVC KYOTO (Healthcare Venture Conference Kyoto)2024 DemoDay

Date： July 8, 2024 (Monday) DemoDay Day１ (Individual Business Meetings, Reception Party)
　　　 July 9, 2024 (Tuesday) DemoDay Day2 (Finalists's Pitch, Keynote Speech) 　*Anyone can participate
Venue：Bldg. 4, Kyoto Research Park (93, Chudoji Awata-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto)
Contents：Pitches by startups, keynote speeches by experts from Japan and abroad
Admission： Free (advance registration is required)
Language： English (with simultaneous audio interpretation)
Registration (Apply to view)： https://hvckyoto2024.peatix.com
　　　　　　　　　　*Anyone can participate only on the Day2 by registration

＊If you are unable to attend the venue on the Day2, we will also prepare the archived viewing available at a later date (about a month later).
＊If you are a member of the media and would like to cover the event, please contact the secretariat listed at the end of this document.
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Selected Startups

We received a large number of applications this year, and 25 startups passed the selection process and were selected.
About 10 to 15 startups that have passed the screening process are scheduled to pitch at the Demo Day. The Biotech category is mainly for drug discovery, biotechnology, and regenerative medicine, while the MedTech category is mainly for digital health and medical devices.

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Medtech

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Lead advisor

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Partners

What's HVC KYOTO?

HVC KYOTO (Healthcare Venture Conference KYOTO) is an "innovation platform" for startups and entrepreneurial-minded researchers in the healthcare field aiming for overseas expansion, as well as business companies, investors, incubators, etc. that are actively involved in Open Innovation and support them.

Among the year-round programs, the DemoDay held in July every year has been held entirely in English, in order to launch into the global market. Over the past eight DemoDay events, a total of 149 Selected Startups have been made. After their presentations at the DemoDay, the speakers have gone on to achieve remarkable success, including major business partnerships, various awards, and fundraising.

In March 2023, HVC KYOTO was awarded the "Encouragement Award" in the Ecosystem Division of the "IP BASE AWARD," a commendation for players who have made remarkable efforts in all aspects of intellectual property, operated by Japan Patent Office.
Furthermore, in September of the same year, HVC KYOTO received international recognition as a platform by winning third place in the "Inspiring Solutions Programme 2023," an award program operated by the International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP), demonstrating its acclaim both domestically and internationally.


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