WE AT Participates as an Ecosystem Partner in GITEX ASIA 2026, Accelerating Asian Market Expansion with WE AT CHALLENGERS
General Incorporated Association WE AT has announced its participation as a Startup Ecosystem Partner at the global tech event "GITEX ASIA 2026" in Singapore. Along with startups selected from its pitch contest, known as "WE AT CHALLENGERS", WE AT will exhibit at the event to support their expansion into the Asian market and foster collaborations with local partners. The initiative aims to facilitate social implementation and provide practical opportunities for business development and global growth for Japanese startups.
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The General Incorporated Association WE AT (hereinafter "WE AT") announces its participation as STARTUP ECOSYSTEM PARTNERS in the global tech event "GITEX ASIA 2026" held in Singapore.
In this initiative, WE AT will set up a booth with the startups "WE AT CHALLENGERS" (*), selected from the pitch contest "WE AT CHALLENGE," which aims to be one of Asia's largest well-being festivals. Furthermore, WE AT will promote support for expansion into the Asian market and the creation of opportunities for collaboration with local partners.
About GITEX ASIA 2026
GITEX is one of the world's leading technology events, deployed primarily in the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. It is a global innovation platform where startups, large corporations, investors, and government officials gather.
Its Asian version, "GITEX ASIA," functions as a hub connecting startups with capital, industry, and policy in growth markets centered around Southeast Asia. Through exhibitions, pitches, and networking, it is positioned as a place to create substantial opportunities for fundraising, business alliances, and overseas expansion.
Scheduled to be held from April 9 to 10, 2026, at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, it will bring together over 23,000 technology leaders, companies, startups, investors, government officials, and ecosystem partners from more than 110 countries to discuss and shape the social implementation of AI, its governance, and how it should be deployed in the real economy.
Background and Significance of This Participation
While startups originating from Japan have seen an expansion in the number of creations and the amount of funds raised in recent years, challenges still remain in realizing business development and large-scale growth in the global market.
Especially in the Asian market, due to differences in demographic structure, infrastructure environment, and medical/industrial structure, it is required to build businesses based on collaboration with local companies and adaptation to use cases, rather than merely deploying products.
GITEX ASIA brings together investors, companies, and government officials, making it a place where such "collaboration premised on social implementation" is easily established, positioning it as one of the important expansion bases for startups from Japan.
Through this participation, WE AT will go beyond merely providing exhibition opportunities and will promote the global expansion of Japanese startups by providing implementation-level support such as:
Building relationships with local companies and investors, business collaboration and creation of PoC opportunities, and materializing expansion strategies in the Asian market
to drive the global expansion of Japanese startups.
Participating Startups (WE AT CHALLENGERS)
Ashirase, Inc.
Develops and provides a navigation platform that digitalizes movement in indoor spaces. Realizes improved visitor experience and facility value through high-precision guidance that can be introduced without special equipment or construction.
Comment
In Asia, where high-density and complex urban environments are spreading, we will implement the digitalization of indoor mobility and establish a new standard.
BHQ Inc.
Supports health and productivity management and dementia prevention through the visualization and control of brain information using the international standard brain health index BHQ.
Comment
In Asia, we will work with partners to promote the social implementation of brain health solutions and engage in sustainable value creation.
Dots for Inc.
Eliminates the digital divide in rural Africa through decentralized digital hubs and provides digital services rooted in the community.
Comment
We will replicate in Asia our track record of "the joy of connection" and "the birth of an economic zone," which we have proven in African villages with no connectivity.
FerroptoCure Inc.
Develops oral anticancer drugs applicable to all types of cancer utilizing ferroptosis.
Comment
To deliver orally administrable anticancer drugs with a novel mechanism to cancer patients, we would like to expand our connections with partners.
LIFESCAPES Inc.
Develops Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) medical devices that achieve motor function recovery and QoL improvement for stroke patients.
Comment
In the Asian market, where there are many patients with motor paralysis, we will advance relationship building with partners toward the social implementation of BCI rehabilitation.
Physiologas Technologies Inc.
Develops ultra-compact home hemodialysis equipment that does not require water supply and drainage.
Comment
To deliver highly advanced and free hemodialysis medical care to every corner of Asia, overcoming infrastructure barriers with next-generation technology that does not require water supply and drainage, we look forward to collaborating with partners.
TopoLogic Inc.
Develops technology that utilizes topological materials to reduce semiconductor memory power consumption to 1/10 and increase thermal sensor detection speed by 100 times.
Comment
In Southeast Asia, which is becoming increasingly important in the semiconductor supply chain, we will strengthen development collaboration and build cooperative relationships toward social implementation.
WE AT will continue to support the global expansion of startups from Japan while connecting domestic and international ecosystems, and work to accelerate the creation of industries and social implementation in the well-being domain.
* For this program, we selected startups that have a strong interest and track record in business expansion into the Asian market, in addition to their intention to exhibit at GITEX AI ASIA.
<WE AT Overview>
Corporate Name: General Incorporated Association WE AT
Founders: The University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Institute of Science Tokyo, UTokyo IPC, Hakuhodo, Sumitomo Life Insurance, Canon MJ
Member Companies: Kyoto University Innovation Capital, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Panasonic Holdings, Nissan Motor, Mitsubishi Electric, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, TBS Holdings, ABeam Consulting, Tokyu Land Corporation
Date of Establishment: May 16, 2024
Location: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
Representatives: (Co-Representative Directors) Itaru Yoshizawa, Hiroki Fujimoto (Vice Representative Director) Daisuke Kanama
Business Content: Discovery and nurturing of social entrepreneurs, various support for startup creation and growth
Holding events, sponsoring/co-sponsoring/supporting other events, etc.
Services such as human resource development for the development of ecosystems, research and studies in related fields,
Proposals, and businesses incidental or related to the above
Official Website: https://www.we-at.tokyo/
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General Incorporated Association WE AT
Contact Details: https://we-at.tokyo/about/