Challenge-Responsive Public-Private Collaboration Boost-up Project: Call for Applications Begins!

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is promoting collaboration with startups that contribute to solving social and administrative challenges, accelerating these efforts under the updated startup strategy "Global Innovation Strategy 2.0 STARTUP & SCALEUP" in November 2025. As part of this, the "Challenge-Responsive Public-Private Collaboration Boost-up Project," which introduces commercialized startup solutions to quickly resolve urgent metropolitan issues, will be newly implemented this fiscal year. We are pleased to announce the start of recruitment for startups aimed at solving challenges, as detailed below. ### 1. Program Overview The "Challenge-Responsive Public-Private Collaboration Boost-up Project" aims to quickly resolve urgent metropolitan issues by rapidly conducting public recruitment and selection of startups, and by expediting the certification process for policy-driven discretionary contracts* to enable swift contracting and implementation. *A Tokyo Metropolitan Government certification system based on Article 167-2, Paragraph 1, Item 4 of the Local Autonomy Act Enforcement Order (a provision that allows for the procurement of products and services through discretionary contracts, without competitive bidding, from entities certified as those seeking to open up new business fields through the production of new products or provision of new services). ### 2. Implementation Amount Two types are set according to the nature of the challenge and the scale of the project: (1) General Type: Up to 2 million yen (2) Large-scale Type: Up to 30 million yen ### 3. Recruitment Challenges (for May 2026) Bureau Name Challenge Overview Planned Implementation Amount Planned Implementation Period Environmental Bureau Due to the frequent fires caused by lithium-ion batteries in recent years, we urgently want to implement appropriate sorting initiatives for recycling, utilizing technologies such as AI. Large-scale Type (Up to 30 million yen) Late June Recruitment challenges for June and beyond will be posted on the website as they become available. ### 4. Schedule (Planned) (1) Application Deadline: May 20 (Wednesday), 5:00 PM (2) Pitch-style Interview Screening (only for companies that pass document screening): Late May (3) Contract Signing, Product/Service Implementation: Late June ### 5. How to Apply and Program Details Applications are accepted via the application form. For program details, please check the special website. (1) Application Form https://forms.office.com/e/MPxAxPC02K (2) Special Website https://boost-startup.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/ This initiative promotes the "2050 Tokyo Strategy." Strategy 10: Startups "Building a field where startups are born and grow." Keywords: