Join the Startup Association (General Incorporated Association)
—Aiming to Develop the Startup Ecosystem and Accelerate Social Implementation—
We are pleased to announce that we have joined the Japan Startup Association, a general incorporated association that plays a central role in supporting startups in Japan.
Through this membership, we will contribute to the sound growth of the startup industry and work to promote information sharing and collaboration. We will also actively participate in the association’s policy recommendations and networking activities to help create an environment where startups can grow more easily.
Furthermore, through collaboration with the association, we will accelerate the social implementation of our products and promote initiatives aimed at solving social issues.
We will continue to take on the challenge of creating innovation and fulfill our responsibilities as a startup company.

◆About the Japan Startup Association
The Startup Association is a nonprofit organization launched in 2022 with the mission: “Through mutual support among startups, evolve Japan into ‘the best environment in the world for startups.’” It represents startup interests by startups themselves. Focusing its membership on startups as direct stakeholders, it conducts fact-finding, information sharing, and policy advocacy.
It carries out activities such as holding study sessions on startup-related laws and regulations and directly conveying startup voices to the national and local governments to encourage their reflection in policy.
・Name: Japan Startup Association
・Representative Director: Dai Sunagawa (President and CEO, SmartRound Inc.)
・URL: https://www.startup-kyokai.org/
Press release article
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000038.000088821.html