On December 12th, JANE hosted a members’ seminar on “Achieving breakthrough in new business: the case of 500 Kobe Pre-Accelerator”.

The seminar was presented by Mr. Shigenori Tanabe, group manager of Kobe city government’s new industry group, who successfully partnered with the renowned VC firm 500 Startups to launch a six-week pre-accelerator program in Kobe City.

The full seminar report is available in Japanese here

Mr. Shigenori Tanabe (Kobe City Government)