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NEDO Seed-stage Technology-based Startups Support (STS)

研究開発型スタートアップ支援事業／シード期の研究開発型スタートアップに対する支援（STS）

Status

Usually opens in April and May and June

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Closed

Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.

Amount
70,000,000 JPY

助成上限は原則7,000万円（VCからの出資額に応じて変動）、助成率2/3以内。認定ベンチャーキャピタル（VC）等からの出資が交付の前提となる、いわゆるマッチング型の助成金。

You must co-fund 33%. Work out the cash you need

Funder

国立研究開発法人新エネルギー・産業技術総合開発機構（NEDO）

public · national

Deadline: Closed — 年度ごとに1〜2回の公募。近年は春（4〜6月）に公募が行われ、認定VCの推薦・出資確約が前提。

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
major

Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.

You fund 33% yourself.

Who can apply

日本国内に登記された中小企業・スタートアップで、NEDO認定VC等からの出資を受けることが要件。設立後おおむね10年以内。

How to apply

  1. NEDO認定ベンチャーキャピタル（VC）等と面談し、出資の内諾を得る。
  2. 認定VCからNEDOへの推薦を受ける。
  3. NEDOの公募期間中に研究開発計画・事業化計画を提出する。
  4. 書面審査・面接審査（技術の新規性、事業化可能性、経営体制）。
  5. 採択後、助成契約を締結し、四半期ごとの実績報告に基づき精算払い。

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.nedo.go.jp/content/800026078.pdf

"NEDOが認定したベンチャーキャピタル等(認定VC)から助成対象費用の1/3以上の出資を受けること"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.nedo.go.jp

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