Shibuya Startup Support (SSS) participated in the Mongolia Open Innovation and Co-creation for SDGs (MICS) held in Ulaanbaatar on February 6 and 7, 2024. Tsutomu Nakaya from Shibuya City and Naomi Shimada from the Visa team attended the event and interacted with key players in the local startup ecosystem.
Final Pitch at MICS (Photo: Shibuya City)
DAY1: MICS FINAL PITCH EVENT
MICS is a program that aims to solve social issues facing Mongolia by bringing together diverse stakeholders from Japan and Mongolia with technology, ideas, experience, and funds.
Ten projects were presented by the teams participating in MICS to showcase the results of their collaboration in solving social issues and achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Mongolia. A panel was also held to discuss achieving the SDGs from the perspectives of Japan and Mongolia.
UB START-UP DAY(Photo: Shibuya City)
DAY2: UB START-UP DAY
Alongside SSS, Gotanda Valley and Plug and Play Kyoto were also present at UB START-UP DAY on February 7, representing Japanese startup support organizations. They participated in a panel session, with SSS introducing their visa program and the Web3 conference EDCON that will be held in Shibuya in July 2024.
(Photo: Shibuya City)
Impressions
Tsutomu Nakaya, Shibuya City: Mongolia is focusing on developing skilled human resources in the technology sector. We hope that our future collaboration will lead to attracting engineers, which is in demand in Japan.
Naomi Shimada, Shibuya Startup Support visa team: The city of Ulaanbaatar contains 1.6 million people — half of Mongolia’s total population! — and so faces various difficulties in transportation and medical care. We also learned how the Mongolian people promote sustainable coexistence of people, livestock, and nature.
I spoke about SSS’s efforts in supporting entrepreneurs and startups at the event, and how we can support each other by taking advantage of the uniqueness of our two countries.
If you are a startup interested in Mongolia or if you are in Mongolia interested in the Shibuya Startup Support program, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Be sure to follow us on social media to keep up-to-date on upcoming events!
More information on Shibuya’s Startup Visa program: https://shibuya-startup-support.jp/sws/
Shibuya Startup Support’s social media accounts:
LinkedIn：https://www.linkedin.com/company/shibuya-startup-support/
Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/shibuya.startup.support
Twitter：http://twitter.com/ShibuyaStartup
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