Hot off the wire Cnet Japan just announced Japan Startup Awards – voting is open w/18 companies nominated http://bit.ly/1bzFUEK

Machine Translation:
From the incubator and venture capital in the country, companies elected by the start-up as a candidate. Based on the results, and posted on the special website on the 18 companies that were selected by the Steering Committee by THE BRIDGE Editorial and CNET Japan. Implementation of the votes cast by readers. To determine each award based on the voting results. Event held on December 10 ” CNET Japan Live 2013 I do a spot on the “inside.

Everyone of the incubator and venture capital had you cooperation (in alphabetical order).
ANRI, Beenos, KDDI, KLab Ventures, MOVIDA JAPAN, Skyland Ventures, YJ capital, eye Mercury Capital, Infinity Ventures LLP, Gree Ventures, the global brain, Globis Capital Partners, CyberAgent Ventures, cyber agent investment business headquarters, Samurai incubation, venture united, Read Capital Management, Itochu Technology Ventures, Business Co-creation platform.

Update: Congrats to the Grand Prize Winner – Tokyo Otaku Mode!

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