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.

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.

Mr. Munehiko Eto - Managing Director of Dream Incubator India has written a column for Liiga, a career advancement support service for young adults. Here he talks about the current Indian startup ecosystem and challenges/opportunities of Japanese startups.