[Joyo Bank] New "Co-creation and Innovation" Webpage Established
Joyo Bank has launched a new special webpage titled "Co-creation and Innovation" to highlight its initiatives in collaborating with startups and businesses, offering financial and growth support. This platform aims to foster sustainable regional economic growth by promoting innovation through partnerships with diverse stakeholders, including local companies, governments, and academic institutions. The page details a comprehensive support system built on three pillars: financial assistance, growth support, and open innovation initiatives.
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Joyo Bank (President: Tetsuya Akino) is pleased to announce the launch of a new special webpage, "Co-creation and Innovation" (hereinafter referred to as "this page"), which introduces examples of co-creation with startups and operating companies, as well as initiatives for financial support and growth support, as detailed below.
Under its management philosophy of "Soundness, Co-creation, and Together with the Community," the Bank has strived for the development of local communities and regional economies. In recent years, sustainable growth of the regional economy has made collaboration with startups possessing innovative technologies and business models indispensable, in addition to the advancement of existing industries.
Against this backdrop, the Bank Group is maximizing its network to promote "Co-creation and Innovation" activities in collaboration with diverse stakeholders, including operating companies, startups, local governments, universities, and research institutions both within and outside the region. This page introduces a comprehensive support system*1 centered on three pillars: "Financial Support," "Growth Support," and "Open Innovation Initiative Support."
As a financial institution that accompanies businesses through each stage of their growth, the Bank will further deepen co-creation with stakeholders inside and outside the region, contribute to the creation of new businesses and services directly linked to solving social issues, and aim to realize sustainable innovation across the entire regional economy.
1. New Webpage "Co-creation and Innovation"
https://www.joyobank.co.jp/enterpri/innovation/
2. Main Contents
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We provide strategic financial support tailored to each stage of business expansion. ・Investment in deep tech fields ・Debt finance ・Investment through Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) We also introduce collaborations with support partners*2. |
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(2) Growth Support |
We promote business expansion by providing matching opportunities with local companies and local governments, and by holding business awards and tech contests. |
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We introduce initiatives for creating new value through "Nexus Bridge," a new business co-creation program implemented by the Bank. |
*1 System diagram of support centered on three pillars
*2 Example of collaboration with support partners
