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[Interview summary] Toyo Keizai “Amazing Venture 100” 2022 edition announced

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On September 9th, Toyo Keizai announced this year's "Amazing Ventures 100", which includes companies that are expected to become a future unicorn (an unlisted company established less than 10 years ago and valued at over $1 billion). JP Startups (Japasta) has also selected many companies that have been featured so far.

Last year's keywordswere "serial entrepreneur", "Femtech", "university collaboration", "computing (secret computing, quantum computing, etc.)", "media/entertainment", "sales", "business management and efficiency", and "communication."

Four "Featured industry" for this issue were raised at the beginning of the special feature: "Web3", "ESG", "DX" and "Sports". While the DX business, which tends to have stable sales, continues to attract attention due to public awareness, coupled with the awareness of being listed on the stock exchange, Web3 and ESG are the ones that are seeing rapid market expansion. The technology trends that had been concentrated on quantum computers quickly turned to Web3, such as Blockchain and XR. Amidst rumors of an NFT bubble, it will be interesting to see which genres and IPs, such as games and animation, will be combined with Web3 in the entertainment field that is compatible with fandom. In addition, there is a movement to secure stable sales by capturing enterprise needs for ESG, such as visualization of corporate CO2 emissions. A trend is formed around the leading players who have caught the tides of the times.

Toyo Keizai's editorial department and 7 hand-picked companies

Of the 100 companies selected as "Amazing Ventures" list, 7 companies have been carefully selected by the Toyo Keizaieditorial staff, three of which you can also read about in JP Startups (Japasta).

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Editor's Comments

The startups that JP Startups (Japasta) interviewed in 2022 are lined up. From next year, we expect to see green fintech, which combines sustainability and fintech, and XR and DAO, that will be featured ahead of the Web3 technology selection as DX/SaaS continue to gain momentum, the fields become more diverse, and peripheral services are enhanced. We will continue to watch for changes in trend words.

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