Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation at Kobe has been advancing various initiatives to support startups in the life sciences field since 2018. As a result, approximately 70 startups are actively pursuing their R&D and business development activities in the Kobe Biomedical Innovation Cluster.
To foster startups with global presence from Kobe and the Kansai region, we have cooperated with many companies and organizations with KLSAP aimed at supporting the oversea expansion of life sciences startups. We hope and expect to see many startups achieving significant growth through this program.

• Kobe Biomedical Innovation Cluster
• https://www.fbri-kobe.org/kbic/english/

Kobe Biomedical Innovation Cluster was launched as an earthquake disaster reconstruction project and has grown into one of the leading biomedical clusters in Japan with more than 360 companies and organizations.
City of Kobe also has been focusing to support startups, providing the “Kobe Life Science Gap Fund Subsidy” to accelerate R&D activities for commercialization. In 2020, “Creative Lab for Innovation in Kobe”, an incubation facility for startup equipped with shared research facilities has established to provide startups for their research development environment.
We hope that KLSAP which aims to support startups to build overseas networks will be utilized as a foothold to expand their business globally.

• Life-Tech KOBE
• https://life-techkobe.smartkobe-portal.com/