Business areas of smart service's promotion

We will provide support in the areas such as wellness, mobility and community developmentrelated to smart cities. Our company has various track records in promoting communication between startups and Smart City's Field & Infrastructure Providers and helping them implement services reliably.

Overview of smart service promotion

First, we will create a model case for this project. By introducing smart services that have already been introduced by companies, we will engage other relevant players as stakeholders and create momentum to promote the implementation of smart services. As a specific example of the model case, we are thinking of using high-performance AI cameras to promote DX in various fields.

Our main activity in this project is to "support the implementation of startup services to Smart City's Field & Infrastructure Providers" . Since people who actually use the services are residents and users, we will try our best to implement smart services in Tokyo to make the residents and service users feel that they are living in a more convenient environment!
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Business areas of smart service's promotion

Our company has helped matching leading companies with startups in a variety of areas, including smart cities. In this project, we will utilize our network with major companies and startups to support the social implementation of smart services in the areas such as mobility, crime prevention, disaster prevention, and tourism.

Overview of smart service promotion

Our company will support both Smart City's Field & Infrastructure Providers and startups on the following four points.

1)Implement business matching between Smart City's Field & Infrastructure Providers and startups

2)Implementation of project management of service implementation

3)Providing mentoring and services in conjunction with external partners

4)Providing networks for major companies and others

With the mission of "Realization of a society in which people are connected to each other through the utilization and application of data to create a "Safe, Secure, Suitable" society in urban areas", in this project, our company aims to promote the interaction of urban operating systems and smart services to improve the well-being of residents!

Business areas of smart service's promotion

TIS collaborates with various business stakeholders to launch businesses through smart city activities and open innovation in multiple areas. We have also accumulated knowledge on data utilization through the launch of urban operating systems and platform businesses.
Based on the knowledge we have gained from our activities and our technical capabilities as a system integrator, we will support startups with originality and agility to implement many smart services.

Overview of smart service promotion

Early adoption of attractive startups with excellent service, as well as supporting networking, commercialization, and promotion, we also provide technical assistance as a system integrator and support service implementation.
Similar cases:

・In the Tokyo 5G Booster Project, which is operated by the Bureau of Industrial and Labor Affairs of Tokyo Metropolitan Government, TIS is acting as a promoter, helping startups launch 5G-enabled services.

TIS has various track records and expertise in business co-creation and service implementation with various players, including startups, as part of its participation in smart city activities and open innovation initiatives.
By using these achievements and know-how to support the implementation of services by attractive startups, we aim to create an environment in which many people can use convenient services with confidence, thereby improving the QOL of Tokyo residents.

Business areas of smart service's promotion

The office space of CIC Tokyo, one of the largest startup hub in Japan, will be used as a site for small-scale demonstrations, and trials will be conducted to test and improve the service, thereby enabling smooth service implementation through agile development. We will recruit startups in three areas: ESG (Environment, Social and Governance), healthcare, and next-generation office to promote data and area utilization.

Overview of smart service promotion

The office space of CIC Tokyo, one of the largest startup hub in Japan, will be used as a site for small-scale demonstrations, and trials will be conducted to test and improve the service, thereby enabling smooth service implementation through agile development. We will recruit startups in three areas: ESG (Environment, Social and Governance), healthcare, and next-generation office to promote data and area utilization.
We will use our specialized CIC staff and CIC's network of experts (in technical fields, legal and intellectual property, etc.) to provide support. We also provide support for funding and external funding when implementing services. We will also support companies looking to expand overseas by exhibiting at overseas exhibitions and other events.

CIC's mission is "Fix the world though innovation". In this business, we will use the new technologies and businesses of startups to solve the problems of people in Tokyo and enrich their lives. We will also continue to generate innovation around the world by developing innovations from Tokyo in Japan and overseas.

Business areas of smart service's promotion

We will implement smart services in the three areas of mobility, energy and community development by utilizing our knowledge of ""acquisition of real behavior data,"" ""analysis by AI"" and ""behavior change through media.""
In the area of mobility and energy, we assme the implementation of a smart mobility hub with proposals for optimal means of transportation and destinations from the perspectives of congestion reduction, excursion promotion and decarbonization. In the area of community development, we assme the implementation of a city media system in which information on community activities and disaster prevention is communicated to the people who need it at the right time.

Overview of smart service promotion

1)Data and Quantification of the City
By understanding the city through data that includes workers and visitors, we can embody the issues and needs of the city and support the development of services that reflect the characteristics of the city.

2)Efficient media utilization
From the exposure of potential targets based on data, it contributes to the efficient acquisition of cognition and the creation of behavior change.

3)Supporting collaboration with Smart City's Field & Infrastructure Provider
Leveraging our connections with multiple Smart City's Field & Infrastructure Provider, we will contribute to field provision that maximizes results and reducing communication costs on the smart service side.

We recognize that our company's approach to behavior change through the use of data, quantification, and media is positioned more as a "city infrastructure" than an "individual service." Based on this infrastructure, we envision a model in which smart services can be easily implemented in the city, and a smart city can develop on its own by forming an ecosystem of various services. Through this project, we hope to create a successful model and contribute to accelerating the deployment of smart services in Tokyo and other smart cities nationwide.

Business areas of smart service's promotion

Based on investments in smart services in a wide range of areas and a track record of supporting collaborations, Digital Garage, Inc. proposes and supports the sourcing and social implementation of startups that meet the needs of each area, rather than focusing on specific areas or industries.

Overview of smart service promotion

In this business, Digital Garage, Inc. will promote the implementation of smart services from diverse aspects by leveraging its experience in nurturing startups in the Open Network Lab and supporting social implementation with large companies, as well as its track record of domestic and international startup investments, business know-how in payment platforms and marketing, and its research and development capabilities in next-generation technologies.

Through this project, Digital Garage, Inc. will draw on a wide range of assets typical of Digital Garage, including its knowledge of startup investment and support, business development know-how, and its ability to research and develop next-generation technologies, to promote social implementation by startups and area businesses toward the implementation of smart services in Tokyo to realize a Smart Tokyo.

Business areas of smart service's promotion

DNP provides smart services that combine real and virtual services in a metaverse environment in order to build an environment where even people with restrictions such as location and time can receive government services without discrimination. Through this, we aim to realize a variety of services that provide new experience value to consumers by adding themes such as education and health, as well as administrative relations, and to create an environment where all residents, including those in island areas, can equally enjoy services that improve QOL (Quality of Life).

Overview of smart service promotion

①Support and joint development of smart services
We will conduct joint research and development that makes use of the resources of both DNP and startups.

②Matching support with infrastructure providers
Utilizing DNP's network, we provide sales support and implementation support for startups.

③Visualization of efforts and information dissemination through the portal site
The portal will be created and operated to list the services that startup companies can provide and the issues that smart city infrastructure providers face, and to match them. "

DNP has the advantage of combining the latest technologies with traditional services such as real and virtual, analog and digital, manufacturing and service. By creating new services while taking advantage of the advantages of existing technologies, we will reduce physical and psychological barriers, and develop and provide new value to realize a variety of barrier-free activities.

Business areas of smart service's promotion

We will contribute to the realization of a society in which everyone can take advantage of their individuality and play an active role, as set forth in the Future Tokyo Strategy, by promoting the social implementation of smart services in areas that have not been implemented in previous years, such as promotion of women's active participation, support for people with disabilities, and correction of educational disparities.
Specifically, we will support start-ups in the seed stage in the aforementioned fields over a period of several years to nurture the seeds of their businesses and provide consistent support to businesses and local governments through their implementation and steadily promote social implementation.

Overview of smart service promotion

[Hands-on support with exclusive mentors]
Dedicated mentors provide close mentoring to support business development and development of implementation candidates

[Development of Implementation Partners]
Contributing to the creation of use cases by partnering with our large clients and participating in this project as an initial implementation partner

[Matching]
Steadily publicize this activity through liaison with VCs, presentation of results, and promotion of the business in cooperation with the media.

Since our foundation, we have contributed to solving social issues and developing regional industries by creating innovation through the co-creation of large companies and startups, commercialization of technology seeds from universities and technical colleges, and social implementation of innovation seeds in local governments.
Through these businesses, we intend to make full use of the know-how and networks we have accumulated so far, and contribute to the spread of effects not only in Tokyo but throughout Japan, the growth of leading startups, and the creation of new industries.

Business areas of smart service's promotion

The open innovation platform "AUBA" has a total of 30,000 registered companies and includes companies of various sizes, from large to small companies and startups, covering a wide range of fields from primary industries to AI, new energy, and aerospace. This project will focus on areas such as wellness, mobility, environment and energy, tourism, and education to improve the QOL of Tokyo residents.

Overview of smart service promotion

●Two Program Deployments

・Accelerators with joint participation of startups and infrastructure providers for early service implementation

・Matching program that maximizes the resources and fields of infrastructure providers and solicits proposals from startups

●Four types of startup support

・Brushing up on co-creation ideas

・Matching with infrastructure providers

・Providing pitch opportunities for infrastructure providers

・Connection with external experts and VC/CVC

Based on the open innovation platform "AUBA," the project aims to implement services that contribute to improving the QOL of Tokyo residents from the 23 wards to the Tama area and islands area through co-creation by infrastructure providers (large to small businesses, local governments, etc.) and startups with outstanding technologies and ideas.
We are looking forward to the participation of infrastructure providers and startups, as well as research institutions, financial institutions, and support groups who can support the implementation together!