iii. Participated in the “Tokyo Railway Innovation Partnership” as a partner company. Creating further innovation

iii. Participated in the “Tokyo Railway Innovation Partnership” as a partner company. Creating further innovation ​
General Incorporated Association Transportation Urban Development Research Institute Press release: March 24, 2025 Participated in “Tokyo Railway Innovation Partnership
(abbreviation: TRIP)” as a partner company. To create further innovation. ～Open innovation and startup support launched by the “Railroad Cluster” selected in “TIB CATAPULT” and made up of 12 railway operators and TIS～ The Institute for Transport and Urban Development (Location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Yoshimasa Urushibata, hereinafter referred to as “III”) is a general incorporated association that promotes
industry-academia-public-private collaboration, realizes smart cities, etc., and supports small and medium-sized enterprises and start-up companies. Tokyo Railway Innovation is a railway cluster consisting of Yasushi (hereinafter referred to as “TIS”) and railway operators with diverse assets throughout Tokyo (Odakyu Corporation, Keio Corporation, Keikyu Corporation, JR East Startup Co., Ltd., Seibu Holdings Co., Ltd., Tokyu Corporation, Nishi-Nippon Railway Co., Ltd., Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd., Tobu Railway Co., Ltd., Sotetsu Holdings Co., Ltd., Nagoya Railway Co., Ltd., and Central Japan Railway Company). We will participate in the Partnership (abbreviation: “TRIP”) as a partner company to further create innovation and strengthen support for startups.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/86707/54/86707-54-ab24d011cad5aac3a949b4c12f764422-850×448.jpg Tokyo Railway Innovation Partnership ◆Overview of “Tokyo Railway Innovation Partnership (TRIP)” – Official website
https://tib-trip.com/ This railway cluster “Tokyo Railway Innovation Partnership (hereinafter referred to as “TRIP”)” is “TIB CATAPULT*1, railway operators with diverse assets throughout Tokyo (Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd., Keio Corporation, Keikyu Corporation, JR East Startup Co., Ltd., Seibu Holdings Co., Ltd., Tokyu Corporation, Nishinippon Railway Co., Ltd., Led by Kyoto Metro Co., Ltd., Tobu Railway Co., Ltd., Sotetsu Holdings Co., Ltd., Nagoya Railway Co., Ltd., and Central Japan Railway Company) and TIS, it is a cluster*2 that creates innovations that have a social impact, such as solving social issues and expanding possibilities for creating the future. *1 “TIB CATAPULT” is a project of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government that aims to promote collaboration and collaboration with startups in the cluster area and create innovation, with which clusters and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government have concluded an agreement.
https://tibcatapult.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/ *2 A “cluster” is a group of organizations consisting of companies, universities, and overseas support organizations.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/86707/54/86707-54-2b54306b02be5aae7c857e49875d676c-1216×681.png Overall picture of Tokyo Railway Innovation Partnership This is a cluster that has been selected as a target project for “TIB CATAPULT,” a cluster creation project that challenges global innovation, which is one of Tokyo’s startup support projects. “TIB CATAPULT” aims to discover promising startups and foster globally active startups by creating multiple clusters and turning the entire city into a field of innovation. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has entered into agreements with clusters of companies formed in various industry and technology fields in Tokyo, and aims to promote collaboration and collaboration with startups and create innovation.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/86707/54/86707-54-e464b6dfad6943dddfe93b68a2364694-680×98.jpg TiB CATAPULT TRIP aims to create collaborative results between more than 20 companies and startups over the three years until 2027. By making the most of the diverse assets and networks in each field such as transportation, real estate, retail, and leisure, we will support startups from Tokyo that are taking on the challenges of Japan and the rest of the world. We will communicate the results of our
collaboration and the examples we have created to the citizens of Tokyo and our domestic and international stakeholders. As a support partner, iii will focus on supporting networking and matching from a startup perspective to create collaborative results, as well as providing support for disseminating each result and case study.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/86707/54/86707-54-4e735d09c25877d3b43e11a6dca2e719-986×556.jpg Tokyo Railway Innovation Partnership logo ◆Railway cluster “TRIP” constituent companies (as of March 12, 2025) ・Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. ・Keio Electric Railway Co., Ltd. ・Keikyu Corporation ・JR East Startup Co., Ltd. ・Seibu Holdings Co., Ltd. ・Tokyu Corporation ・Nishinihon Railway Co., Ltd. ・Tokyo Subway Co., Ltd. ・Tobu Railway Co., Ltd. ・Sotetsu Holdings Co., Ltd. ・Nagoya Railway Co., Ltd. ・Central Railway Company ・TIS Co., Ltd. (representative company) ◆Comments from stakeholders regarding this project ・Comment from Shinsuke Mizufune, Senior Manager, Strategy & Innovation Consulting Department, Business Innovation Division, TIS Corporation In this initiative, we are building an innovation cluster that can powerfully support startups with a global focus by collaborating not only with cluster member companies but also with many supporters in the ecosystem. We would like to support the growth of even more startups by taking advantage of the characteristics of our three-year agreement and creating a system that allows us to provide the necessary support to startups at all times. ・Comment from Yoshimasa Urushibata, Representative Director of the Transportation and Urban Development Research Institute Through this initiative, we will be able to provide growth support through demonstration experiments and social
implementation to more startups than ever before, which is very exciting. In addition, by properly disseminating various good examples and results, startups will be able to discover various possibilities and clues for further development, such as leading to further developments. We would like to take full advantage of the concept of “transportation city type” which is also the name of our group, and create an environment that can produce many more world-class startups in the future. ◆About TIS Co., Ltd. As a business partner of more than 3,000 companies in a variety of industries including finance, industry, public services, and distribution services, TIS, a member of the TIS INTEC Group, addresses all of our customers’ management issues and provides “IT to support their growth strategies.” Using the industry knowledge and IT construction capabilities we have cultivated over more than 50 years, we aim to realize a prosperous society by providing IT services that co-create with society and customers in Japan and the ASEAN region. ◆About the Transportation and Urban Development Institute (iii), a general incorporated association Since its predecessor, this organization has supported the creation of a stage for small and medium-sized enterprises and start-up companies to gain more attention through cooperation in the creation of the Gotanda Valley and support for community formation at innovation hubs such as WeWork. In addition, we have promoted industry and urban development by collaborating with other exchange facilities and start-up support facilities to create events and communities aimed at creating new value, leading to the creation of sustainable content. In the future, we will further strengthen these activities and accelerate our efforts to support the formation of startup ecosystems across the country. 【General Incorporated Association Transportation Urban Development Institute】 Representative Director: Yoshimasa Urushibata Address: 14th floor, JP Tower, 2-7-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Lab 1.: 9th floor, Building 2, Shinanomachi Campus, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Keio University Shinanomachi Research & Incubation Center Lab 2.: 1st floor, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Osaka Building, 3-6-3 Fushimi-cho, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group MUIC Kansai Established: August 2021 Business content: Promotion of industry-academia-public-private collaboration, realization of smart cities, etc., support for small and medium-sized enterprises and startup companies Homepage: https://iii.or.jp/ *Company names, product names, etc. mentioned in the text are registered trademarks or trademarks of each company.
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