FY2025 TeSH GAP Fund Program Seeds Collection “INNOVATORS 2025” is now available.
NEWS
Apr 7, 2026
Mar 30, 2026
New materials are now available in English.
FY2025 GAP Fund Activity Report and Plan for the Next Fiscal Year
Dec 19, 2025
An advertorial featuring Professor Miyako of the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), who presented at BioJAPAN as the representative of TeSH, has been published in the online edition of Nature.
Nov 21, 2025
Tech Startup HOKURIKU (TeSH) DEMO DAY 2025 was held.
→ TeSH DEMO DAY Event Report
Oct 15, 2025
Professor Miyako of JAIST, representing TeSH, won the Grand Prize in the Research Seeds category at the Pitch & Matching Conference organized by NINEJP at BioJapan 2025.
Oct 07, 2025
TOYAMA Interdisciplinary Fes. 2025 was held.
Sep 24, 2025
Tech Startup HOKURIKU (TeSH) presented its initiatives during the second TeSH Metropolitan Event, "Toward the Creation of Global Startups from the Hokuriku Region," held at Tokyo Innovation Base on September 22.
Sep 12, 2025
TeSH presented its initiatives at the 12th Hokuriku Industry-Academia Collaboration Forum and Site Visit hosted by the Hokuriku Economic Federation.
Sep 01, 2025
FUKUI Interdisciplinary Fes. 2025 was held.
Aug 27, 2025
2nd TeSH Premium Session was held.
Aug 25, 2025
Research overviews in Japanese and English have been added to the list of successful candidates for the FY2025 TeSH GAP Fund Program "STEP1".
Aug 6, 2025
The results of the TeSH Step 2 project "Transcendental Cancer Bacterial Therapy" (Principal Investigator: Professor Eijiro Miyako, JAIST) were published in the online version of Nature Biomedical Technology Engineering (August 5, 2025).
July 29, 2025
Research overviews in Japanese and English have been added to the list of successful candidates for the FY2024 and FY2025 TeSH GAP Fund Program "STEP2".
July 4, 2025
The number of participating organizations in TeSH has reached 100.
Jun 30, 2025
New materials are now available in Japanese and English.
Research overview materials have been added to the List of Successful Candidates for the TeSH GAP Fund Program “STEP2” in FY2024 and FY2025.
Jun 23, 2025
TeSH initiatives were presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Intellectual Production in Hakodate.
May 29, 2025
Annual Schedule for TeSH Events in FY2025
May 27, 2025
New materials are now available in Japanese and English.
Five materials, including the latest and previous versions, are now available in both languages on our website.
May 23, 2025
List of Successful Candidates for the FY2025 TeSH GAP Fund Program “Step 1”
May 23, 2025
List of Successful Candidates for the FY2025 TeSH GAP Fund Program “Step 2”
Mar 21, 2025
Tech Startup HOKURIKU (TeSH) exhibited at UPDATE EARTH 2025 MIRAI MATSURI
Feb 26, 2025
Participation in the "ICT Startup Competition 2025" hosted by the International College of Technology
Dec 10, 2024
List of Successful Candidates for the FY2024 TeSH GAP Fund Program “Step 2”
Nov 20, 2024
The first Tech Startup HOKURIKU (TeSH) DEMO DAY was held.
→ TeSH DEMO DAY Event Report
July 12, 2024
List of Successful Candidates for the FY2024 TeSH GAP Fund Program “Step 1”
ABOUT
Tech Startup HOKURIKU (TeSH) is a startup ecosystem platform dedicated to fostering university- and technical college-originated startups in the Hokuriku region. Led by the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) and Kanazawa University, TeSH brings together 14 universities and three technical colleges across the three Hokuriku prefectures.
TeSH aims to significantly enhance both the quality and quantity of startups emerging from universities and technical colleges in the region. By nurturing globally competitive new industries and future publicly listed companies, TeSH seeks to revitalize the regional economy, generate demand for highly skilled talent, encourage capital investment, and help address regional social challenges.
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PROGRAM
The Startup Ecosystem Co-Creation Program supports the development of ecosystems that foster the continuous creation of university- and technical college-originated startups. The program seeks to identify and nurture promising technologies and innovations from across Japan, strengthen initiatives that promote startup creation and expansion into global markets, and establish sustainable ecosystems in which talent, knowledge, and capital circulate while the network of participating institutions continues to grow.
TeSH, proposed by 12 universities and three technical colleges in the Hokuriku region, was selected as one of two regional platforms under the Regional Platform Co-Creation Support initiative launched in FY2023 as part of the Startup Ecosystem Co-Creation Program.
The GAP Fund Program, supported by the Startup Ecosystem Co-Creation Program, has two funding stages. STEP 1 supports applied research, from application exploration to the stage immediately preceding proof of concept (PoC). STEP 2 supports activities from PoC through startup creation and commercialization.
Logo Design Concept
Inspired by the initial "T" of TeSH (Tech Startup HOKURIKU), the logo symbolizes the collaboration and unity of the three Hokuriku prefectures and embodies the spirit of startups embarking on new journeys, propelled by the wind in their sails.
Color symbolism
▷Red = Human potential and talent
▷Yellow (Gold) = Tradition, safety, and well-being
▷Blue = Knowledge and technological capability
