The nutrition and biotechnology company is accepting applications for its five-month Ajinomoto Group Accelerator initiative, which is scheduled to begin in December.

Japan-based amino acid-based products supplier Ajinomoto partnered startup incubator and accelerator operator 01Booster to form a business creation and corporate accelerator on Wednesday.

Ajinomoto Group Accelerator will concentrate on areas including the future of food and health, rediscovery of traditional gastronomy, family, lifestyle and sustainability, and will leverage innovative technologies such as the internet of things, artificial intelligence, automation and electronics.

Applications from entrepreneurs and startups at any stage are being accepted until September 24, with five to eight teams…

Edison Fu

Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.