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NPO Seitaikai

Osaka non-profit that maps and connects the Kansai startup ecosystem through reports, events and advice.

🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan · Founded 2018

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NPO Seitaikai (NPO法人生態会) is a non-profit organisation in Osaka that aims to activate the startup ecosystem of the Kansai region. It gives consultations to founders and people who want to start a company, runs pitch, networking and matching events, and publishes the Kansai Startup Report four times a year. The report lists about 500 Kansai startups, mostly young companies within about five years of founding. The organisation was set up in November 2018 and is supported by members, donors and volunteers.

Open to

  • Specialist help
  • Customers & pilots

The site recruits student and working volunteers and pro bono professionals for event planning and startup interviews. It also invites individual, corporate and supporting members, donors, and buyers of the Kansai Startup Report.

Products and services

ProductPublished four times a year

Kansai Startup Report

A quarterly report on the state of the Kansai startup ecosystem with a list of about 500 startups.

Who it's for: Corporate new business teams, investors and financial institutions, government officials and university researchers

  • Covers market analysis, funding and exits, featured startups and acceleration programs
  • Over 60% of the listed startups are said not to be covered by Tokyo startup databases
  • Buyers get access to startup introductions and matching sessions
Standard 550,000 yen/yr; Community 990,000 yen (tax incl.)
Service

Startup consultation

Advice sessions for founders, including business plan feedback and introductions to support for people, resources and money.

Who it's for: Entrepreneurs and people who want to start a company

  • More than 100 consultations since founding
Service

Startup events

Regular events, pitch events and matching sessions for the Kansai startup community.

Who it's for: Founders, investors, corporates and supporters in Kansai

  • Includes regular events held with a local chamber of commerce
  • Members get event discounts and invitations to member-only meetings

Customers

Report buyers are corporate new business developers, venture capital firms and other investors, financial institutions, government regional development officials, and university researchers and entrepreneurship educators. Consultations and events serve founders and aspiring founders in Kansai.

Traction

Updated Oct 2026
100+startup consultations since founding
400+event participants (as of March 2020)
500Kansai startups listed in the report (approx.)
4reports published per year
100+individual donors (2025)

Team

Hiroko NishiyamaOperation DirectorView profile