The four-month accelerator programme operated by banking group MUFG’s research subsidiary has begun accepting submissions by startups focusing on post-pandemic realities.

Leap Over, an accelerator backed by Japan-based financial services firm Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), has opened the application period for a fourth batch.

The initiative was formed in 2017 by Mitsubishi UFJ Research & Consulting (MURC), the research arm of MUFG, and has support from fellow group subsidiaries MUFG Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital and Japan Digital Design.

Electronics manufacturer Mitsubishi Electric is also a partner for the programme, as are the municipal governments of the cities of Echizen, Kitakyūshū,…

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Edison Fu

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