{"id":390,"date":"2025-08-27T08:46:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T23:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/?p=390"},"modified":"2026-07-26T08:49:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T23:49:57","slug":"bayspo20250827","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/news\/390","title":{"rendered":"11 Startups Selected to Create New Businesses from Hokkaido \u2014 BAYSPO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Published: 2025.08.27<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BAYSPO covered the selection of 11 startups for business creation initiatives based in Hokkaido.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the article here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bayspo.com\/news\/business08272025&quot;\">https:\/\/bayspo.com\/news\/business08272025<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published: 2025.08.27 BAYSPO covered the selection of 11 startups for business creation initiatives based in Hokkaido. Read the article here. https:\/\/bayspo.com\/news\/business08272025","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/?post_type=news&p=174","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-information","en-US"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>11 Startups Selected to Create New Businesses from Hokkaido \u2014 BAYSPO | HOKKAIDO F VILLAGE X\uff08HFX\uff09<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Scrum Ventures, headquartered in San Francisco, and Tokyo-based Scrum Studio have selected 11 startups to participate in \u201cHokkaido F Village X,\u201d a business creation program aimed at enhancing Hokkaido\u2019s appeal and addressing regional challenges through initiatives based in Hokkaido and at Hokkaido Ballpark F Village.The program attracted applications from 310 companies across 29 countries. The selected cohort comprises one Japanese startup and 10 overseas companies, including Tokyo-based TechMagic, which develops AI- and robotics-powered automation solutions for commercial kitchens and food factories, and Texas-based Apptronik, a developer of general-purpose humanoid robots.The startups will now move into the business co-creation phase, working alongside program partners including Yamato Holdings and the City of Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/news\/390\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"11 Startups Selected to Create New Businesses from Hokkaido \u2014 BAYSPO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Scrum Ventures, headquartered in San Francisco, and Tokyo-based Scrum Studio have selected 11 startups to participate in \u201cHokkaido F Village X,\u201d a business creation program aimed at enhancing Hokkaido\u2019s appeal and addressing regional challenges through initiatives based in Hokkaido and at Hokkaido Ballpark F Village.The program attracted applications from 310 companies across 29 countries. The selected cohort comprises one Japanese startup and 10 overseas companies, including Tokyo-based TechMagic, which develops AI- and robotics-powered automation solutions for commercial kitchens and food factories, and Texas-based Apptronik, a developer of general-purpose humanoid robots.The startups will now move into the business co-creation phase, working alongside program partners including Yamato Holdings and the City of Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/news\/390\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"HOKKAIDO F VILLAGE X\uff08HFX\uff09\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-26T23:46:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-25T23:49:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bayspo20250827.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1502\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"998\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"hfx_admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"hfx_admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/news\/390#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/news\/390\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"hfx_admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/#\/schema\/person\/7f92d0973f4d0df5c45f31d362e60271\"},\"headline\":\"11 Startups Selected to Create New Businesses from Hokkaido \u2014 BAYSPO\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-26T23:46:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-25T23:49:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/news\/390\"},\"wordCount\":32,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/news\/390#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bayspo20250827.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"INFORMATION\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/news\/390\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/news\/390\",\"name\":\"11 Startups Selected to Create New Businesses from Hokkaido \u2014 BAYSPO | HOKKAIDO F VILLAGE X\uff08HFX\uff09\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/news\/390#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/news\/390#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bayspo20250827.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-26T23:46:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-25T23:49:57+00:00\",\"description\":\"Scrum Ventures, headquartered in San Francisco, and Tokyo-based Scrum Studio have selected 11 startups to participate in \u201cHokkaido F Village X,\u201d a business creation program aimed at enhancing Hokkaido\u2019s appeal and addressing regional challenges through initiatives based in Hokkaido and at Hokkaido Ballpark F Village.The program attracted applications from 310 companies across 29 countries. The selected cohort comprises one Japanese startup and 10 overseas companies, including Tokyo-based TechMagic, which develops AI- and robotics-powered automation solutions for commercial kitchens and food factories, and Texas-based Apptronik, a developer of general-purpose humanoid robots.The startups will now move into the business co-creation phase, working alongside program partners including Yamato Holdings and the City of Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/news\/390#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/news\/390\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/news\/390#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bayspo20250827.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bayspo20250827.jpg\",\"width\":1502,\"height\":998,\"caption\":\"Screenshot\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/news\/390#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"11 Startups Selected to Create New Businesses from Hokkaido \u2014 BAYSPO\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/\",\"name\":\"HOKKAIDO F VILLAGE X\uff08HFX\uff09\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Hokkaido F Village X\",\"alternateName\":\"HFX\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/logo.png\",\"width\":696,\"height\":696,\"caption\":\"Hokkaido F Village X\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/#\/schema\/person\/7f92d0973f4d0df5c45f31d362e60271\",\"name\":\"hfx_admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/61df8abf89a5ce1f24adb7bc0073f41c834706f31e3d0305dd044920f40cabf6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/61df8abf89a5ce1f24adb7bc0073f41c834706f31e3d0305dd044920f40cabf6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"hfx_admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/author\/hfx_admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"11 Startups Selected to Create New Businesses from Hokkaido \u2014 BAYSPO | HOKKAIDO F VILLAGE X\uff08HFX\uff09","description":"Scrum Ventures, headquartered in San Francisco, and Tokyo-based Scrum Studio have selected 11 startups to participate in \u201cHokkaido F Village X,\u201d a business creation program aimed at enhancing Hokkaido\u2019s appeal and addressing regional challenges through initiatives based in Hokkaido and at Hokkaido Ballpark F Village.The program attracted applications from 310 companies across 29 countries. The selected cohort comprises one Japanese startup and 10 overseas companies, including Tokyo-based TechMagic, which develops AI- and robotics-powered automation solutions for commercial kitchens and food factories, and Texas-based Apptronik, a developer of general-purpose humanoid robots.The startups will now move into the business co-creation phase, working alongside program partners including Yamato Holdings and the City of Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/news\/390","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"11 Startups Selected to Create New Businesses from Hokkaido \u2014 BAYSPO","og_description":"Scrum Ventures, headquartered in San Francisco, and Tokyo-based Scrum Studio have selected 11 startups to participate in \u201cHokkaido F Village X,\u201d a business creation program aimed at enhancing Hokkaido\u2019s appeal and addressing regional challenges through initiatives based in Hokkaido and at Hokkaido Ballpark F Village.The program attracted applications from 310 companies across 29 countries. The selected cohort comprises one Japanese startup and 10 overseas companies, including Tokyo-based TechMagic, which develops AI- and robotics-powered automation solutions for commercial kitchens and food factories, and Texas-based Apptronik, a developer of general-purpose humanoid robots.The startups will now move into the business co-creation phase, working alongside program partners including Yamato Holdings and the City of Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido.","og_url":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/news\/390","og_site_name":"HOKKAIDO F VILLAGE X\uff08HFX\uff09","article_published_time":"2025-08-26T23:46:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-07-25T23:49:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1502,"height":998,"url":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bayspo20250827.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"hfx_admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"hfx_admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/news\/390#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/news\/390"},"author":{"name":"hfx_admin","@id":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/#\/schema\/person\/7f92d0973f4d0df5c45f31d362e60271"},"headline":"11 Startups Selected to Create New Businesses from Hokkaido \u2014 BAYSPO","datePublished":"2025-08-26T23:46:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-25T23:49:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/news\/390"},"wordCount":32,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/news\/390#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bayspo20250827.jpg","articleSection":["INFORMATION"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/news\/390","url":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/news\/390","name":"11 Startups Selected to Create New Businesses from Hokkaido \u2014 BAYSPO | HOKKAIDO F VILLAGE X\uff08HFX\uff09","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/news\/390#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/news\/390#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bayspo20250827.jpg","datePublished":"2025-08-26T23:46:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-25T23:49:57+00:00","description":"Scrum Ventures, headquartered in San Francisco, and Tokyo-based Scrum Studio have selected 11 startups to participate in \u201cHokkaido F Village X,\u201d a business creation program aimed at enhancing Hokkaido\u2019s appeal and addressing regional challenges through initiatives based in Hokkaido and at Hokkaido Ballpark F Village.The program attracted applications from 310 companies across 29 countries. The selected cohort comprises one Japanese startup and 10 overseas companies, including Tokyo-based TechMagic, which develops AI- and robotics-powered automation solutions for commercial kitchens and food factories, and Texas-based Apptronik, a developer of general-purpose humanoid robots.The startups will now move into the business co-creation phase, working alongside program partners including Yamato Holdings and the City of Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/news\/390#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/news\/390"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/news\/390#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bayspo20250827.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bayspo20250827.jpg","width":1502,"height":998,"caption":"Screenshot"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/news\/390#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"11 Startups Selected to Create New Businesses from Hokkaido \u2014 BAYSPO"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/#website","url":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/","name":"HOKKAIDO F VILLAGE X\uff08HFX\uff09","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/#organization","name":"Hokkaido F Village X","alternateName":"HFX","url":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/logo.png","width":696,"height":696,"caption":"Hokkaido F Village X"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/#\/schema\/person\/7f92d0973f4d0df5c45f31d362e60271","name":"hfx_admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/61df8abf89a5ce1f24adb7bc0073f41c834706f31e3d0305dd044920f40cabf6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/61df8abf89a5ce1f24adb7bc0073f41c834706f31e3d0305dd044920f40cabf6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"hfx_admin"},"url":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/author\/hfx_admin"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":391,"href":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390\/revisions\/391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hfx.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}