{"id":171712,"date":"2025-06-19T10:59:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T01:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=171712&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-06-19T10:59:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T01:59:21","slug":"fukuoka-selects-12-startups-for-growth-support-program","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-selects-12-startups-for-growth-support-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Selects 12 Startups For Growth Support Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka City announced the 12 startups chosen for the 2025 \u201cHigh Growth Program\u201d by Fukuoka Growth Next (FGN) on June 18. The initiative, now in its second year, provides targeted support through VC mentoring and expert guidance. Selected firms include aiESG, which analyzes corporate ESG practices using AI, and Tensor Energy, specializing in renewable energy forecasting. Mayor Soichiro Takashima encouraged participants to strive to become leaders representing Fukuoka. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/growth-next.com\/news\/high-growth-program-2025-startups\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka Growth Next<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-171713\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_fgn-companies_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C763&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Selects 12 Startups For Growth Support Program\" width=\"1400\" height=\"763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_fgn-companies_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_fgn-companies_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C164&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_fgn-companies_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C558&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_fgn-companies_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C419&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka City announced the 12 startups chosen for the 2025 \u201cHigh Growth Program\u201d by Fukuoka Growth Next (FGN) on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":171713,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-171712","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/171712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}