March 26, 2025
On Thursday, March 13, 2025, BULL Inc. (Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture; Representative Director/CEO: Yasushi Uto), a venture company spun out of Teikyo University, whose Chief Technology Officer is Associate Professor Masaaki Kawamura of the Department of Aerospace Engineering Faculty of Science and Engineering Faculty of Science and Technology, Teikyo University, was selected for the J-Startup program, a startup company development support program promoted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
In order to create startups that can operate globally, this program provides intensive support to promising companies through government agencies and private "J-Startup Supporters." Selected companies will aim to expand their businesses globally by taking advantage of various government support measures and growth support from private supporters.
BULL, Inc., which was selected for the fifth round of the program, is a university-based venture company established using the research results and human resources of our university. In 2023, the university awarded the company the title of "Teikyo University-based Venture Company." The company is also a startup company with the vision of "making interplanetary travel commonplace," aiming to "provide inexpensive and simple space utilization services by utilizing (re)entry technology into celestial bodies."
Teikyo University will continue to support startups in order to commercialize and implement the research results of its faculty members and others in society.
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry News Release
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