TradeWaltz was selected for the Startup City Acceleration Program sponsored by JETRO.

TradeWaltz Inc(President and CEO: Hirohisa Kojima), operator of TradeWaltz®, a trade information collaboration platform, is pleased to announce that it has been selected as a participating company in the Enterprise Business (B2B) course of the Startup City Acceleration Program (SCAP) organized by the Japan External Trade Organization (hereinafter referred to as JETRO).

■About Startup City Acceleration Program
　The Startup City Acceleration Program is an overseas support program for domestic startup companies organized by JETRO in cooperation with the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. In fiscal year 2022, the third such event will be held with the participation of 126 startup companies from all over Japan, mainly from eight startup ecosystem cities.
In this program, five world-class accelerators affiliated with JETRO offer five specialized courses. Through the following programs, which are offered in different elective courses, participating companies will aim to develop overseas markets and build networks. In addition, as a first attempt of the program, some of the programs will be held in the U.S., including Silicon Valley, this year.

<Program Contents> *Different for each course
・Lecture Sessions
・1-on-1 Mentoring
・Networking
・Demo Day for investors and overseas companies, etc.
・Local ecosystem visit (approx. 10 days)
（SCAP, an Acceleration Program to Intensively Support Startups’ Overseas Expansion, to Launch in Mid-September | Press Release – News & Press Releases – JETRO (jetro.go.jp)）

■About Enterprise Business (B2B) Courses
　The Enterprise Business (B2B) course, for which we have been selected, is designed for companies in the following growth stages and sectors, and is an online-based program of approximately 12 to 20 weeks. The program consists of two phases, and only those companies that pass the screening process will participate in Phase 2.

<Candidate companies>
1. Startups with headquarters in Japan
2. Series A – Series B (pre-startup to verified monetization)
3. Companies that provide services to corporate customers (B2B, B2B2C, SaaS companies)

(Reference) Program Structure


■Comments from stakeholders
Koutaro Hayashi, General Manager of Global Business and APAC Representative Office Manager, TradeWaltz Inc
‘We are pleased to announce that our company has been selected for the “Startup City Acceleration Program. We believe that our participation in this program will help us to strengthen our international expansion and realize our go-to-market strategy. With the support of Silicon Valley-based investors and businesses, we aim to further improve the quality of TradeWaltz® services and provide added value.’

Kaori Ueno, Global Business Team Leader, TradeWaltz Inc
‘Thank you very much for selecting us for the “Startup City Acceleration Program”. I have just moved to TradeWaltz from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in July of this year. At TradeWaltz, I have been involved in overseas projects as a team leader of the global business, and I am happy to continue to work as a bridge between Japan and other countries. In this program, I will receive mentoring directly from mentors who are experts in their respective fields, and will also have opportunities to meet with overseas companies to discuss business. We hope that this will be an opportunity to gain the knowledge and experience necessary to expand TradeWaltz® as a standard platform for digital trade in not only in Asia but also in the United States and other countries.

■Overview of TradeWaltz Inc.
Name: TradeWaltz Inc.
Representative: President & CEO Hirohisa Kojima
Location : KASUMIGASEKI BUILDING 36F WORKSTYLING, 3-2-5 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6036
Established: April 2020
Business description: Provision of the SaaS^(Note) of “TradeWaltz,” a trade-related information-sharing platform using blockchain
Number of Employees: 45 (full-time)
Website: https://www.tradewaltz.com
Shareholders: NTT DATA Corporation
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（Note） An abbreviation for “Software as a Service.” It is a structure where users use necessary software functions via the Internet.
*”TradeWaltz” is the registered trademark of TradeWaltz Inc. in Japan.
*Other product names, company names and organization names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies.