{"id":172782,"date":"2025-08-21T14:07:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T05:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=172782&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-08-21T14:08:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T05:08:02","slug":"ryukyu-bank-launches-2b-startup-fund","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/ryukyu-bank-launches-2b-startup-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryukyu Bank Launches \u00a52B Startup Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ryukyu Bank and Ryukyu Capital have launched a \u00a52 billion venture fund to support mid-stage startups. The new fund is ten times the size of earlier versions and will operate for 10 years starting in September. The bank also announced its first venture loan program, offering up to \u00a5200 million per company. The initiative aims to bridge a funding gap for growing businesses in Okinawa that have moved beyond the seed stage. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryugin.co.jp\/corporate\/news\/88015\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ryukyu Bank<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172792\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_ryukyubank_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C1359&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ryukyu Bank\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_ryukyubank_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_ryukyubank_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C291&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_ryukyubank_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C994&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_ryukyubank_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C746&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wikimedia Commons<\/span><\/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>Ryukyu Bank and Ryukyu Capital have launched a \u00a52 billion venture fund to support mid-stage startups. The new fund is ten times the size of earlier versions and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":172792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-172782","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-okinawa-prefecture","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/172782","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=172782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}