Code Republic, an entrepreneurship incubator program jointly operated by Z Venture Capital Corporation and East Ventures — a member of the SoftBank Group and one of the largest seed VC firms in Japan and Southeast Asia, respectively — has fully renewed operations and will begin accepting new applications on December 20.

As an accelerator program, Code Republic has provided start-up capital and weekly mentoring/study sessions with VCs to selected companies since 2016, and has supported a total of 39 companies. The total amount raised by the supported companies’ Series A is over 12 billion yen.

Code Republic will invest 10 million yen in companies which pass their assessment. It also includes support for entrepreneurs, such as the provision of office space.

The company will make full use of the SoftBank Group and East Ventures networks to provide support in future funding rounds.

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