The Fukuoka City IPO support program to support start-ups, which began in 2021, is now in its fourth year. The six companies selected — six being the most supported in a single year so far — are Cocoheli, ARCELL Technologies, Capsule Japan, Medmain, Layered, and OneAI.

The selected companies will receive advice from experts in management and public listing until March 2025. At the adoption ceremony, Mayor Soichiro Takashima expressed his hopes that the companies would “absorb the know-how for public listing and develop services that contribute to society.”

Support services will be outsourced to WARC, which provides management advice to start-ups.

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