Regarding the Selected Companies for the JR East Startup Program 2025 Autumn

○ East Japan Railway Company (President and CEO: Yoichi Kise, hereinafter "JR East") and JR East Startup Co., Ltd. (President and CEO: Yutaka Shibata) have been promoting the "JR East Startup Program," a business creation activity through collaboration with venture companies and individuals with excellent business ideas, since 2017. ○ For the Autumn 2025 recruitment, we solicited participants from October of last year and selected 7 proposals out of a total of 191. ○ The 13th iteration of this event, the real-world event "13th JR East Startup Program DEMODAY," gathering past program alumni and the newly selected Autumn 2025 companies, will be held on Thursday, June 4 at LUMINE 0, JR Shinjuku Station. ○ At the "13th JR East Startup Program DEMODAY," we will hold a "PITCH STAGE" where the selected companies of the Autumn 2025 program present their future co-creation cases, and an "EXHIBITION" introducing various business co-creations forged by combining various ideas and technologies. 1. Regarding the Selected Companies for the JR East Startup Program 2025 Autumn We solicited participating companies from October 2025 under three themes: "Regional Co-creation," "Digital Co-creation," and "Earth Co-creation (SDGs)," and selected 7 proposals from a total of 191. The selected companies will present the details of their collaborations at the "Presentation and Judging Session" of the "13th JR East Startup Program DEMODAY." S-Innovation Co., Ltd., Ollo Inc., Kailas Robotics Inc., Thinker Inc., Smart City Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd., Muso Action Inc., ECOMMIT Co., Ltd. *For details of each company and collaboration content, see [Reference 1] What is the "JR East Startup Program" (hereinafter referred to as the program)? It is a program that solicits proposals for businesses and services utilizing the management resources and information assets of stations, railways, and group businesses from venture companies and individuals with various ideas, and realizes them after brushing them up. Held for the first time in FY2017, a total of 149 proposals have been selected so far, including this one. It received the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award at the 1st Japan Open Innovation Prize sponsored by the Cabinet Office in FY2018, and the Minister of the Environment Award at the 3rd Prize in FY2020. 2. Overview of the "13th JR East Startup Program DEMO DAY" The "13th JR East Startup Program DEMODAY" held this time will feature a "PITCH STAGE" (presentations) where the selected companies of the Autumn 2025 program announce new co-creation plans, and an "EXHIBITION" (booth exhibition) showcasing and introducing various business co-creations by JTOS selected companies in addition to the Autumn 2025 selected companies. *JTOS (Cross-Railway Social Implementation Consortium) is an initiative promoted by JR East Startup Co., Ltd., Tokyu Corporation, Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd., and Seibu Holdings Inc. in collaboration, to advance business co-creation and social implementation utilizing the resources and assets of participating companies. ◆ Date and Time: Thursday, June 4, 2026, 13:20-18:00 ◆ Venue: NEWoMan Shinjuku 5F LUMINE 0, JR Shinjuku Station ▲ "JR East Startup Program DEMODAY" Key Visual 3. About "PITCH STAGE" (Presentations) We will hold a presentation and judging session for future co-creation cases by the 7 companies selected for the Autumn 2025 program. At the judging session, external judges will participate to decide the overall Grand Prix "Startup Grand Prize," as well as the "Excellence Award" and "Audience Award." We will announce the award-winning companies and recipients on our website (https://jrestartup.co.jp/program/) and elsewhere at a later date. In addition, as a "Special Session," we will introduce JTOS initiatives and have presentations of co-creation cases by 2 JTOS selected companies. ◆ Speaker Timetable: See [Reference 2] ◆ Content: Presentations and judging session by companies selected for the Autumn 2025 program ▲ "PITCH STAGE" Image (from the previous event) ▲ "PITCH STAGE" Image (from the previous event) Judges (in alphabetical order): Soichi Kariyazono Globis Capital Partners & Co. Co-founder and Executive Advisor Established Globis Capital Partners in 1996. A leading figure in Japanese venture capital...