NEP Exploratory Track
Supports Japanese early innovators exploring deep-tech ideas before formal company formation through applied feasibility work.
NEP Exploratory Track is NEDO's (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization) entry-level support instrument for individuals — researchers, engineers, and would-be founders — who are validating deep-tech ideas before company formation. The track is the earliest rung in NEDO's startup support ladder, which extends upward through the NEP Advanced Track and ultimately to the Deep-Te…
Individuals (researchers, would-be founders) with deep-tech ideas in robotics, AI, biotechnology, space, advanced materials, energy. Pre-company-formation feasibility validation.
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