The “Open Innovation Challenge TSUBASA 2021”, co-chaired by JICA and IDB Lab, has been successful beyond expectations “with a framework built to systematically source Japanese innovative social solutions,” said Toshitaka Takeuchi, Principal Advisor to IDB Lab’s CEO.

Social impact bonds (“SIBs”) are an innovative outcome-based financing scheme that governments across the globe use to mobilize private capital to tackle some of the most pressing social challenges. The report below aims to provide a brief overview of SIB based on our studies conducted over 2 years.

Following our North Star of “Creating Businesses and Changing Societies”, Dream Incubator Inc. (DI) has always strived to seek better ways of solving global social issues with corporate-startup, public-private collaboration and innovative financing schemes for nurturing socially impactful businesses.

Proudly entrusted by Toyota municipal government (Aichi Prefecture, Japan), Dream Incubator Inc. (“DI”) would like to announce that starting July 1, 2021 social services (online and offline) offered through “Zutto Genki! Project” – our social impact bond program for elderly preventive care is now available for senior residents aged 65 and over currently living in Toyota City.

Dream Incubator has recently established “Next Rise Social Impact Fund LLP” (hereinafter referred to as “the Fund”) and concluded investment agreements with Development Bank of Japan and Nippon Life Insurance Company

An interview with Representative Director & COO Takayuki Miyake is published on Business Insider Japan. In the interview he spoke about his views on Social Impact Bond (SIB), which is a powerful tool for DI to produce business that solves social issues.

Kamakura City (Kanagawa Prefecture) and Dream Incubator (DI) have signed an agreement to launch an industry-government-academia joint research project with an aim to realize a society that values diversity and inclusiveness.

We are recruiting private-sector social service providers for "Zutto tsunagaru project" (“Connecting always”), a long-term care prevention project jointly implemented by Toyota City (Aichi Prefecture) and Dream Incubator.

Toyota City (Aichi Prefecture) and Dream Incubator (DI) join forces to launch their first social impact bond (SIB) project aimed at reducing the number of senior citizens who need nursing care. SIB is an innovative type of public-private partnership in which the government carries out social projects using private investments through performance-based contractual arrangements with private service providers.

DI has launched “Next Rise Project” to promote the idea of social impact bonds (SIBs).

DI will join forces with local governments, private companies, and financial institutions to build an ecosystem that solves social issues and “create a new dawn” for Japan.

An interview with Mr. Kyohei Hosono – Dream Incubator Inc. (“DI”) COO and Representative Director has recently been published on Business Insider.

An interview with Mr. Takamitsu Miyaso - DI Executive Officer and DIMENSION CEO – is published on DIAMOND SIGNAL.