SDGs Challenge, an entrepreneurship support program run by Hyogo Prefecture, Kobe City and UNOPS, will hold “Open Pitch & Meetup!” to match companies, investors, governments, and entrepreneurship support organizations mainly in the Kansai region.

SUN will join the event called “SDGs Challenge 2022 Interim Demo Day & Business Matching” as a speaker. We hope many of you will join in!

■What is “SDGs Challenge”? https://sdgs-challenge.jp/
The “SDGs Challenge” is an entrepreneurship support program run by Hyogo Prefecture, Kobe City and UNOPS. It supports startups, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and others aiming to solve the world’s SDGs issues to grow their businesses and expand overseas.

■What we present at the event
Japanese language education app ” Learn about Japan, love Japan. Live life your own way”.
SUN provides a Japanese language learning application, “Kurashi Study. It has been sold in Japan and nine other countries around the world, and has been downloaded more than 100,000 times. The main feature of this application is that it allows users to learn not only Japanese language but also the rules and manners necessary for living in Japan. It also has an online lesson function that provides one-on-one lessons with a professional Japanese language teacher. You can learn reading, listening, and speaking skills with just one app, wherever and whenever you want.

At this event, we will tell you about the features of the app, and talk about its prospects and possibilities in Japan and overseas markets.

■Event Outline

Title	SDGs Challenge2022 Interim DEMODAY & Business Matching
Date & Time	Friday, November 18, 2022, 15:00-18:00
Venue	【Online and offline sessions will be available.】 Offline venue Entrepreneurship Plaza Hyogo Coworking Space Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Kobe Headquarters Bldg. 2F, 56 Naniwa-machi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan https://www.kigyoplaza-hyogo.jp/access/ Online Venue If you purchase an online ticket, you will receive a participation URL by e-mail by the day before the event date.
Program	15:00: SDGs Challenge2022 Pitches from 14 companies 16:30: Reverse Pitch 3 companies produced by Kansai Economic Federation 17:00: Meetup (business card exchange & business meeting) 18:00：End ※Online streaming will be available only for pitches from 15:00 to 17:00. ※The program on the day may be changed.
Participation and Registration	If you attend the event, please apply from the following page. https://sdgs-challenge-20221118.peatix.com/
Event co-sponsors	Hyogo Prefecture, Kobe City, UNOPS, Kansai Economic Federation
Operated by	SDGs Challenge Office（https://sdgs-challenge.jp/）
Official website	https://sdgs-challenge-20221118.peatix.com/