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Takumi Innovators 匠新
Takumi Innovators is a unique platform supporting startups and innovation between Japan and China, offering a range of services to help Japanese ventures succeed in China.
Overview
What Takumi Innovators 匠新 does
What Takumi Innovators 匠新 is
Takumi Innovators is a unique platform supporting startups and innovation between Japan and China, offering a range of services to help Japanese ventures succeed in China.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports funder and program host and community capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Accelerator
- Founded
- Founded in 2015
- Approximate age
- About 11 years
- Structured capabilities
- Funder · Program host · Community
- Last reviewed
- March 29, 2026
What Accelerator means
An accelerator is a structured, short-term program designed to speed up a startup's progress toward product-market fit, traction, fundraising, or scale.
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Capability profile
Takumi Innovators 匠新 as a funder
Investment thesis
Takumi Innovators aims to foster innovation and collaboration between Japan and China, creating new business value and a community for innovation.
Focus narrative
Takumi Innovators provides strategic information, talent incubation, strategic investments, and business development services. Their focus includes supporting Japanese companies in their expansion into the Chinese market and facilitating open innovation between Japanese and Chinese enterprises.
Focus and fit
- Stages
- Accelerator
- Regions
- Asia
Availability
- Currently deploying
- Not published
Capability profile
Takumi Innovators 匠新 as a program host
Program thesis
Takumi Innovators focuses on fostering innovation and collaboration between Japan and China, aiming to create new business value and a community for innovation.
Focus narrative
Takumi Innovators provides strategic information, talent incubation, strategic investments, and business development services. Their focus includes supporting Japanese companies in their expansion into the Chinese market and facilitating open innovation between Japanese and Chinese enterprises.
Capability profile
Takumi Innovators 匠新 as a community
Community overview
Takumi Innovators (匠新) is an organization founded in 2015, based in Shanghai, China. It focuses on fostering innovation and collaboration between Japan and China, aiming to create new business value and a community for innovation.
Community focus
Takumi Innovators provides strategic information, talent incubation, strategic investments, and business development services. Their focus includes supporting Japanese companies in their expansion into the Chinese market and facilitating open innovation between Japanese and Chinese enterprises.
Member value
Members benefit from access to strategic information, talent incubation, and business development services tailored for Japanese startups looking to expand into China. They also receive support through various programs and events designed to foster innovation and collaboration.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- hybrid
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
- Next recorded event
- December 4, 2025
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Investors · Corporate Innovators
- Benefits
- mentorship and network-access
- Program types
- accelerator and community
- Selection criteria
- open
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed
- Regions
- Asia
Community activity
Events and activity
Takumi Innovators hosts several key events, including the 2025 Japan-China Innovation Day scheduled for December 4-5, 2025, in Tokyo, and the 'Venture to China' online pitch and matching event connecting Japanese startups with Chinese investors. Additionally, they offer a series of lectures focusing on management strategies for Japanese companies operating in China.
Notable members
The team includes notable figures such as Toshikazu Tanaka, the Founder and CEO, and various advisors and managers with expertise in innovation acceleration and ecosystem operations.
Common questions
What to know about Takumi Innovators 匠新
Upseed classifies Takumi Innovators 匠新 under the Accelerator organization type. Its current public profile includes funder, program host, and community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
Know what this page is based on
Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
March 29, 2026
Known limits
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