Swiss corporate venture builder Creative Dock has established a Japanese entity and announced plans to support the creation of new businesses by Japanese companies. It is establishing a structure to provide end-to-end support, from identifying business opportunities in the Japanese market through to market launch.
Creative Dock Group of Switzerland announced that it established the Japanese entity Creative Dock Japan GK effective 19 October. It plans to begin supporting the development and launch of new businesses for Japanese companies, and has outlined a policy of establishing a dedicated execution structure to support the commercialization of technologies, intellectual property and existing assets.
Creative Dock was founded in Prague, Czech Republic, in 2012 and has created more than 140 ventures worldwide. Its international team of more than 450 people has combined expertise in venture creation with an AI venture-building platform to support the creation, launch, operation and scaling of new businesses. The group currently has approximately 100 million users of its products worldwide and operates more than 25 ventures, according to the announcement.
Through its Japanese entity, Creative Dock aims to commercialize companies' technologies, intellectual property and existing assets and create new businesses with growth potential in Japan and overseas. Using corporate venture-building methods, it will provide end-to-end support from opportunity identification and validation through launch, operation and scaling.