HashPort Accelerator will help international entrepreneurs to enter the Japanese market, assisting them with fundraising and localisation.

Japan-based blockchain technology provider HashPort has co-founded an accelerator subsidiary called HashPort Accelerator with Mai Fujimoto, chief executive of industrial investment firm Grecone.

HashPort was founded as blockchain-oriented investment firm R3 Ventures before pivoting to focus on assurance, consulting and accelerator activities when it rebranded in May this year.

The accelerator will support blockchain projects from outside Japan that intend to enter the country, assisting with fundraising and localisation activities including public relations, community management, investor relations and administrative procedures…

Edison Fu

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