Japan’s KDDI Announces 5 Nominees For Its First Incubation Program

On Friday, KDDI’s Mugen Labo, a start-up incubation program by Japan’s second largest telco, announced five tech start-ups chosen for its first incubation period. During the next three months, the program will provide management advisory, a development environment, and also help them spread their respective services throughout the country.

After their further development, apps or services gaining high evaluations will be published on the telco’s local Android app market, au one Market.

Services/apps chosen to participate in the program are:

1. Synclunch by Makoto Fukuyama, an ex-Googler.

• In development
• Arrange “power lunch” appointments with someone by using your Facebook social graph.

2. Rearge by Kenta Nakahira, Galapagos

• In development
• A customizable social game for the Android in which you can be the star.

3. Qlippy by Yoichi Shirakata, Spinning Works

• A web-based platform for sharing comments among the same e-publication readers.
• Also an alumni of Digital Garage’s incubation program Open Network Lab.
• See video below.

4. Giftee by Mutsumi Ota

• Giftee allows you to send a “REAL” gift to someone in return for their nice tweets or messages.
• Also an alumni of Digital Garage’s incubation program Open Network Lab. We covered this last April.

5. A location-based social network for store owners to accelerate their business, by Yuichi Kyoho, Real Samurai

• In development
• A LBS for sharing updates with retail stores and their customers.