Hojyokin Cloud Starts Business Alliance with Ibaraki Shinkumi, Backing Local Companies' Growth Investments with Combined Subsidy and Loan Support
Stayway Inc., operator of 'Hojyokin Cloud', has launched a business alliance with Ibaraki Shinkumi. They will provide integrated financial support combining subsidies and loans to promote sustainable growth and investment among regional companies in Ibaraki Prefecture.
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Stayway Inc. (Headquarters: Osaka City, Osaka; Representative Director: Jun Sato; hereinafter "Stayway"), which operates Hojyokin Cloud, will start a business alliance with Ibaraki Shinkumi (Head Office: Mito City, Ibaraki; Chairman: Takeshi Watanabe) to strengthen support for growth investments by local companies.
Through this alliance, Ibaraki Shinkumi, which has an extensive network among local businesses, and Stayway, which excels in subsidy utilization support, will collaborate to provide integrated growth investment support combining subsidies and loans, thereby backing the sustainable growth of companies in Ibaraki Prefecture.
Background of the Business Alliance
Ibaraki Shinkumi has been advancing initiatives to revitalize the local economy by providing smooth fund supply and core business support—such as sales channel expansion, business succession, and management improvement—to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and small businesses affected by soaring raw material prices and labor costs.
Under such circumstances, subsidies serve as one means to lower the cost of taking on new challenges for companies and to encourage growth investments. For financial institutions, supporting this provides an opportunity to deeply engage with customers' businesses and carefully grasp their needs for core business support.
However, due to the large number of subsidy systems and the complexity of application procedures, the burden of support work is significant, making the construction of a support structure a critical issue.
Through this alliance, by combining the localized customer base and network possessed by Hojyokin Cloud and Ibaraki Shinkumi, we will provide optimal financial support to more local companies, encouraging sustainable growth and investment promotion.
Overview of the Business Alliance
Based on this agreement, customers of Ibaraki Shinkumi who wish to utilize subsidies will be able to use the application support provided by "Hojyokin Cloud" through the union. A professional team, including certified public accountants and administrative scriveners, will provide hands-on support from information gathering to application preparation, aiming to reduce the burden of subsidy applications on customers and improve the adoption rate.
Furthermore, since a certain amount of funding is required to implement the business even after a subsidy is adopted, it will be possible to provide financial support combined with loans from the union. This will further promote the utilization of subsidies by customers and back initiatives aimed at growth, such as new businesses and capital investments.
Comments on this Alliance
Jun Sato, Representative Director, Stayway
We are very pleased to be able to build a high value-added support structure that supports the growth of local companies through our partnership with Ibaraki Shinkumi. By combining our expertise in subsidies with the union's locally-rooted network, we will realize the promotion of subsidy utilization and the optimization of fundraising. Going forward, we will continue to support companies' growth investments through Hojyokin Cloud and contribute to the revitalization of the local economy.
About the "Hojyokin Cloud" Series
"Hojyokin Cloud" is a subsidy application DX service for financial institutions, operating companies, and professionals. It aims to build a platform where all SMEs can have fair growth opportunities through subsidies. This is achieved by collecting and centralizing complex information on subsidies that are dispersed across national and local governments, providing information tailored to the needs of each SME, and utilizing data and technology for visualization, analysis, and efficiency improvements.
For detailed functions and pricing plans, please contact us.
"Hojyokin Cloud" Website: https://www.hojyokincloud.jp/
About Stayway Inc.
Stayway is a professional firm structured by certified public accountants formerly with Deloitte, featuring strong technological capabilities. Services are primarily provided by members who have experienced M&A advisory operations, financial DD, valuation, and IPO support at major firms.
Additionally, in the subsidy and grant domain, which faces many challenges, Stayway is promoting "Subsidy Tech" to improve efficiency using technology in collaboration with regional financial institutions and operating companies nationwide. At FIN/SUM 2025, Stayway was selected as a FinTech startup chosen by the Financial Services Agency and Nikkei Inc. (https://stayway.co.jp/news/1367/)
■ Company Name: Stayway Inc.
■ Representative: Representative Director Jun Sato, CPA / Certified Support Agency
■ Date of Establishment: July 7, 2017
■ URL: https://stayway.co.jp/
■ Locations:
Osaka Headquarters: Osaka Tiger Building 8F, 4-3-4 Bingo-machi, Chuo-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Tokyo Headquarters: Growth Tamachi ROOM2, Sumitomo Fudosan Tamachi Building 3F, 3-12-7 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo
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Other locations: Sapporo, Sendai, Niigata, Shizuoka, Nagoya, Kobe, Okayama, Fukuoka
■ Business Activities:
1. Subsidy DX Business
2. BPass (BPO x SaaS) Business
3. Consulting Business
■ Main Operated Services:
1. Subsidy and Grant Compliance Support Tool
Through this alliance, Ibaraki Shinkumi, which has an extensive network among local businesses, and Stayway, which excels in subsidy utilization support, will collaborate to provide integrated growth investment support combining subsidies and loans, thereby backing the sustainable growth of companies in Ibaraki Prefecture.
Background of the Business Alliance
Ibaraki Shinkumi has been advancing initiatives to revitalize the local economy by providing smooth fund supply and core business support—such as sales channel expansion, business succession, and management improvement—to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and small businesses affected by soaring raw material prices and labor costs.
Under such circumstances, subsidies serve as one means to lower the cost of taking on new challenges for companies and to encourage growth investments. For financial institutions, supporting this provides an opportunity to deeply engage with customers' businesses and carefully grasp their needs for core business support.
However, due to the large number of subsidy systems and the complexity of application procedures, the burden of support work is significant, making the construction of a support structure a critical issue.
Through this alliance, by combining the localized customer base and network possessed by Hojyokin Cloud and Ibaraki Shinkumi, we will provide optimal financial support to more local companies, encouraging sustainable growth and investment promotion.
Overview of the Business Alliance
Based on this agreement, customers of Ibaraki Shinkumi who wish to utilize subsidies will be able to use the application support provided by "Hojyokin Cloud" through the union. A professional team, including certified public accountants and administrative scriveners, will provide hands-on support from information gathering to application preparation, aiming to reduce the burden of subsidy applications on customers and improve the adoption rate.
Furthermore, since a certain amount of funding is required to implement the business even after a subsidy is adopted, it will be possible to provide financial support combined with loans from the union. This will further promote the utilization of subsidies by customers and back initiatives aimed at growth, such as new businesses and capital investments.
Comments on this Alliance
Jun Sato, Representative Director, Stayway
We are very pleased to be able to build a high value-added support structure that supports the growth of local companies through our partnership with Ibaraki Shinkumi. By combining our expertise in subsidies with the union's locally-rooted network, we will realize the promotion of subsidy utilization and the optimization of fundraising. Going forward, we will continue to support companies' growth investments through Hojyokin Cloud and contribute to the revitalization of the local economy.
About the "Hojyokin Cloud" Series
"Hojyokin Cloud" is a subsidy application DX service for financial institutions, operating companies, and professionals. It aims to build a platform where all SMEs can have fair growth opportunities through subsidies. This is achieved by collecting and centralizing complex information on subsidies that are dispersed across national and local governments, providing information tailored to the needs of each SME, and utilizing data and technology for visualization, analysis, and efficiency improvements.
For detailed functions and pricing plans, please contact us.
"Hojyokin Cloud" Website: https://www.hojyokincloud.jp/
About Stayway Inc.
Stayway is a professional firm structured by certified public accountants formerly with Deloitte, featuring strong technological capabilities. Services are primarily provided by members who have experienced M&A advisory operations, financial DD, valuation, and IPO support at major firms.
Additionally, in the subsidy and grant domain, which faces many challenges, Stayway is promoting "Subsidy Tech" to improve efficiency using technology in collaboration with regional financial institutions and operating companies nationwide. At FIN/SUM 2025, Stayway was selected as a FinTech startup chosen by the Financial Services Agency and Nikkei Inc. (https://stayway.co.jp/news/1367/)
■ Company Name: Stayway Inc.
■ Representative: Representative Director Jun Sato, CPA / Certified Support Agency
■ Date of Establishment: July 7, 2017
■ URL: https://stayway.co.jp/
■ Locations:
Osaka Headquarters: Osaka Tiger Building 8F, 4-3-4 Bingo-machi, Chuo-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Tokyo Headquarters: Growth Tamachi ROOM2, Sumitomo Fudosan Tamachi Building 3F, 3-12-7 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo
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Other locations: Sapporo, Sendai, Niigata, Shizuoka, Nagoya, Kobe, Okayama, Fukuoka
■ Business Activities:
1. Subsidy DX Business
2. BPass (BPO x SaaS) Business
3. Consulting Business
■ Main Operated Services:
1. Subsidy and Grant Compliance Support Tool