WOMB

We name the platform incubating new healthcare & wellbeing businesses, WOMB which pronounces sound like the word for have a child, give birth and mature in Japanese.

Don't you give up solving healthcare issues as they are too complicated?

Starting a healthcare related business is very challenging because it is necessary to discuss ethics, resolve legal problems and conform to safety standards.

Therefore, we create the incubation platform where challengers can develop their ideas in a leisurely pace by providing services which support them get through initial hurdles in starting up a business.
  • Wellbeing : what is your definition of wellbeing
  • Origin : what drives and motivates you
  • Mission : what is your mission of your life
  • Business : what is an issue which you want to solve
Why don't you apply as a challenger to solve a healthcare&wellbeing issue?

Who should apply to WOMB?

People who concern a healthcare & wellbeing issue.

Starting a healthcare related business alone is very challenging because it is necessary to discuss ethics, resolve legal problems and conform to safety standards.
If you need mentors and advisors of various professional fields, the platform is the community for you to join to reflect yourself and your business idea through discussions.

People who have a firm resolve and strong will to start a business in a year.

If you only dream about starting a business someday, you will never fulfill the aspiration. We believe that only people who set a time-bound goal can achieve their dreams. We are looking forward to welcoming challengers who have such a clear time-bound goal and firm will to start a business.
The program's board members ourselves also share the same will to create new businesses in the industry. Let's developing new businesses by learning from each other.

People who want to rededicate yourself to your life purpose and restart a business.

If you already have started up a business, we welcome those who want to reflect themselves to think their life mission and vision through mentoring and discussions with professionals. We also accept challengers who want to expand their business through our 10 months program.

What We Do?

WOMB provides services which support challengers to develop their ideas deeply through 10 months incubation program.
See issues and oneself from glocal perspectives.

See issues and oneself from glocal perspectives.

Reflecting a global situation and analyzing a market trend is significantly important to address a familiar topic as a business idea. Based on a fundamental issue found through the analyzation process, we support to create an effective promotional message and strategy.

Gain fundamental knowledge to get through initial hurdles in starting up a business.

Gain fundamental knowledge to get through initial hurdles in starting up a business.

You can acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to start up a business including finance, research, design and operational management skills. Although some entrepreneurs are confused or bothered by unnecessary information and inappropriate advice, through WOMB program, you can gain fundamental knowledge and skills from professionals.

Find peers, supporters and customers.

Find peers, supporters and customers.

No entrepreneur has full skills and knowledge such as about science, technology and finance from ground zero.We support you to find peers who share your mission and would devote to achieve to your goal.

Speakers and Mentors

Famous speakers and mentors support challengers throughout the program.
Hiromi Okuda
Mission&Vision

Hiromi Okuda

Founder&CEO Wiz. Group, Inc.

Kazuo Wakamiya
Business Ideation

Kazuo Wakamiya

M.A.(Aesthetics), Architect(Class-1) uni'que Inc. Founder/CEO, Artthinking Catalyst

Tetsuya Yamashita
Business Design

Tetsuya Yamashita

YAMASHITA Projct Inc. CEO
Japan Representative, SVVI LLC
Liaison Officer, 500KOBE

Goshi Yamaguchi
Business Strategy

Goshi Yamaguchi

54corp. CEO

Mariko Yazawa
Seed Funding

Mariko Yazawa

Plug and Play Japan, Ex-COO
Seed Finance Adviser

Shuji Honjo
Organizationnal structure and Team building

Shuji Honjo

Managing Director, Honjo International

Hiroaki Kato

Hiroaki Kato MD

Digital Hollywood University Visiting Professor Aillis,inc Chief Strategy Officer Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Associate Professor Chiba University Visiting Associate Professor Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare(MHLW) MEDISO Adviser Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare(METI) Healthcare Innovation Hub Adviser

Akihiko Soyama
Basic Knowledge on Wellness and Healthcare industry

Akihiko Soyama

Director President and Chief Executive Officer of LINK-J

Kazuhiro Obara
IT Platform business

Kazuhiro Obara

FUTURIST
Fujiwara Vietbridge Capital Advisors, Scholar

Chika Yamamoto Wolfson
Go to global market

Chika Yamamoto Wolfson

Founder Advisors and specialists Managing Director, CROSSBIE

ONODA Takashi
Legal work and compliance

ONODA Takashi

ONODA & TAKASAGO LAW OFFICE/Representative Lawyer

Chihiro Takenoshita
Global Healthtech/Femtech trend

Chihiro Takenoshita

International HealthTech Association/
Healthtech Women Japan President

Advisors and specialists

Challengers can have a consultation with advisors throughout the program.
Yukie Majima

Yukie Majima

Osaka Prefecture University, Graduate School of Humanities and Sustainable System Sciences,
Professor/Advisor to the President, Research Institute for Advanced Nursing Technology(RIANT)
Director,Research Center for the Diversity Research Environment Director

Hiroaki Kato

Hiroaki Kato

Digital Hollywood University Visiting Professor Aillis,inc Chief Strategy Officer Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Associate Professor Chiba University Visiting Associate Professor Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare(MHLW) MEDISO Adviser Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare(METI) Healthcare Innovation Hub Adviser

Hiroshi Nakamura

Hiroshi Nakamura

Professor | Ph.D. (Stanford University)
Graduate School of Business Administration, Keio University

Yahagi Naoya

Yahagi Naoya

MD(The University of Tokyo)
University of Tsukuba Faculty of Medicine
Nutrigenomics Research Group
Associate Professor

Carla Brenner

Carla Brenner

NPO Healthtech Women Founder and President

GOTO, Rei

GOTO, Rei

Associate Professor | Ph.D. (Kyoto University)
Graduate School of Business Administration, Keio University

Shuji Honjo

Shuji Honjo

Managing Director, Honjo International

Akihiko Soyama

Akihiko Soyama

Director President and Chief Executive Officer of LINK-J

Sasha Cahill

Sasha Cahill

On a mission to fix Healthcare.Serial technology entrepreneur, patient advocate, and MedTech commercialization strategist. Advisor; AI For Good, United Nations Platform IBM Cloud Hyper Protect Accelerator

ProgramOutline

Program Outline
Program Outline

*Challenger; WOMB program call a participant "challenger" who has a firm will to start up a business within a year through the program. Some of the seminars will be publicly open to anyone. However, one-on-one mentorings by professional advisors and pitch trainings are only for "challengers". We are looking forward to receiving applications filled with a strong will and issue-driven ideas from many people!

Program Schedule

Plan Title(Subject to change)
May to Jul 2020 "Three things, why, to think before starting up a business"
Entrepreneurial thinking method oriented toward self-XXXXXX
0 to 100 strategy map to develop business
Aug to Oct "Tell me your one-liner!" Leading to a business model from your pitch
Basic overview of Seed Financing -Introductory level of fund-raise-
Entrepreneurship and team building -Learning from best and failure cases-
Nov to DecHealthtech Business -Definite Do's and Don'ts-
Pitch & Mentoring (Interim Presentation)
Participate in a Pitch Contest
Jan to Feb 2021Mentoring in healthcare -Safety standards ,legal and Global perspectives-
BIRTH21 (Final Presentation)
※Incubation program fee for challengers includes all seminars'fee.Depends on seminars, some of them will be publicly open. If someone will only participate in the public seminars, it costs around 3,000 to 6,000 yen. Those people who only participate in the public seminars cannot get one-on-one mentoring and pitch training sessions.

Board Members

WOMB was established as a spin-off from Japan Healthcare Venture Summit run by Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Hiromi Okuda

Hiromi Okuda

Chairman

Founder&CEO Wiz. Group, Inc.

Chihiro Takenoshita

Chihiro Takenoshita

Co-Chairman

International HealthTech Association/Healthtech Women Japan President

Partners

Story behind our logo

The logo's red circle,flame, expresses a passionate new life which is incubated in the womb. An orange part around the red flame presents a womb and also hopes healthy fetal growth. Moreover, the orange colour is a colour of Buddhist monks' vestiaries, expresses a spirit of devotion and reflects the wishes for good health and happiness.