SYP announced that it has concluded the 2024 'Superior Startup 1000+ Relay IR @ Tokyo' event as the organizer of the investment attraction division of the super gap startup 1000+ project. 

The "Super Gap Startup 1000+ Project" is a project that is overseen by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and is exclusively responsible for supporting commercialization, R&D, open innovation, investment attraction, and policy funds to foster promising start-ups in 10 ultra-gap fields, including AI and big data. 

The event, which was held in Tokyo, Japan for three days from July 10, consisted of a detailed program of pre-mentoring IR Deck tailored to Japan, visiting local institutions and seminars, workshops, and demo days aimed at boosting the entry of ultra-gap startups into the Japanese market and attracting investment. In particular, the event was organized with a special lecture on the "Japan's AI Ecosystem" under the theme of artificial intelligence, which is a global trend, as well as a special order to invite local AI startups to network with ultra-gap startups. 

The Demo Day event, which took place on the 12th, was attended by around 30 leading Japanese local investment institutions, including △PKSHA Capital △ Global Brain △ Lotte Ventures Japan △ Rakuten Capital △ KDDI Group △ Vector Group △ SBI Investment △ Deloitte Japan. 

There are 20 ultra-gap start-ups that participated in the event, including △CROCUS △ DouwiseChem △ TWIGFARM △ Pion Corporation △ Infofla △ AIRS Inc., △ Neurogrin Inc., Phantomics △ Emotiv △ Grade Health Chain. 

On a visit to a local institution, he visited Tokyo Innovation Base (TIB), which is operated to support startups in Tokyo, and held a seminar on the Japanese government's support projects for startups as well as local infrastructure available to startups. 

In the case of the workshop, under the theme of strategy for entering the Japanese market, Sales Maker Kasuki Umemura gave a special lecture on "Strategy to Enter the Japanese Market," and YJ Inc. CEO Yang Young-joon gave a special lecture on "Japanese Local Business Ecosystem."