Business Summary

Aiming to quickly turn RIKEN’s research results into value for society, we are focusing on Intellectual Property & Licensing, Startup support, and Promoting joint research.

Our Main Business Activities

Intellectual property commercialization

• Discovery of intellectual property, consultation regarding inventions, formulation of intellectual property strategies based on market needs, consultation on acquisition of rights
• proposing licensing opportunities to industry, negotiation of licensing agreements

Support for startups leveraging RIKEN’s research

• Pre-startup support (business idea generation, business plan development, etc.)
• post-startup support (financing, management support, etc.)

Promoting collaborative research for commercial implementation of RIKEN’s research

• Finding, negotiating, concluding joint research projects
• Obtaining competitive funding from government bodies