About

Keio UniversityOffice of Innovationand Entrepreneurship

Resonating aspirations,
changing the future.

We know what it takes to become world-changing pioneers.
If we can unite our aspirations,
they will resonate with each other, amplifying our voices.

And when these aspirations come to fruition, we will find the starting point for changing the future.

To that end, our mission is to collect new information on startups, and do our utmost we can as a team to collaborate with and support people working toward their aspirations.

Changing the future starts now.

Messages from the Vice-Presidents

Masayuki Amagai

Masayuki Amagai

Keio University Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Head, Vice-President for Research

What is the “innovation” in our office’s name? For companies, innovation may refer to the creation of new services and products. But for universities, innovation is the process of finding real-world applications for researchers’ work to improve people’s lives—the end result being ingenuity that benefits many. A university is a place where bright and talented young people can get together and engage on a deep level with experts who are leaders in advanced disciplines of learning. In due time, these young people will become the leaders of the next generation with the ability to change organizations and make a lasting impact on society. The Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship utilizes academia’s strengths while serving as an organization to create a pro-innovation environment around the world. And at the root of that is the spirit of Keio University founder Yukichi Fukuzawa’s philosophy “kyuko jissen“, or acting on one’s principles.

Kotaro Yamagishi

Kotaro Yamagishi

Keio University Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Deputy Head, Vice-President for Entrepreneurial Development and Support

The Keio University Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship has three divisions that implement social applications from the university’s research findings: the Open Innovation Division, the Startup Division, and the Intellectual Property Division. By creating startups to commercialize research findings and conducting major joint research with companies based on the findings, the university can obtain compensation and revenue from intellectual property. With these funds, we can reinvest in further research and educational programs to create new technologies with more real-world applications. This cycle is the innovation ecosystem,the goal of the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Just as researchers who devote their lives to studying one subject, we will stimulate the ecosystem and overcome social issues with passion and a business mindset.

Organizational Chart

The Keio University Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Support System

The Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship was established as a platform to create advanced, knowledge-intensive industries through the formation of an innovation- and startup-inducing ecosystem that uses intellectual assets such as expert knowledge, technology, and human resources accumulated at Keio in collaboration with industry. Launched in April 2023, the office comprises the Open Innovation Division, Startup Division, and Intellectual Property Division, with the Strategic Planning Section coordinating the three divisions.

Organization chart