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Pitch competition · Osaka, Japan

Tech Osaka Award Pitch Contest

The startup pitch contest at Tech Osaka Summit for seed to early-stage startups in bio and life sciences, healthcare, green tech and digital. Finalists pitch in English in Osaka and the grand prize is JPY 2 million.

Open · closes 28 Oct 2026 Run by Osaka Business Development Agency / Osaka Innovation Hub

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Verified 19 October 2026 · From the programme's own pages

Terms

Funding
¥2,000,000 Grand Prize JPY 2,000,000; Excellence Award JPY 500,000
Instrument
Prize
Equity taken
not published
Programme fee
No fee Free to enter; participants pay their own travel and accommodation, and finalists based outside Japan may have travel to the final covered up to JPY 250,000 per startup
Duration
not published
Cohort size
not published
Cohorts
not published
Delivery
In person
Stages
Seed
Sectors
Biotech, Health tech, Climate
Open to founders from
Anywhere
Perks
  • Booth at Tech Osaka Summit 2027 for finalists
  • Possible place in an Osaka Innovation Hub global expansion support program (tentative)
  • Sponsor and partner benefits (tentative)

First-round results by 6 November 2026; online interviews in English from 9 to 20 November 2026; up to nine startups from this call reach the final, alongside winners of an overseas preliminary round in Manchester. Applicants may not enter both rounds.

Application dates

Open · closes 28 Oct 2026Tech Osaka Award 2027

Who can apply

  • Seed to early-stage startups founded within the past 10 years, working in bio and life sciences or healthcare, green tech, or digital
  • Aiming for global expansion, with a unique technology, service or business model
  • Startups based outside Japan need a track record of, or intention to, expand into Japan or the Kansai region
  • Able to pitch in English and attend the final in person on 27 January 2027
  • Stage: seed

What founders should check

  1. The programme does not publish how much equity it takes. Ask before you accept a place.
  2. It charges no programme fee.
  3. It runs in person in Osaka. Plan to be there for the length of the programme.
  4. Applications are open until 28 October 2026. That is less than a month away, so start the form now.

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