
He founded the company in Nagoya in 1981. Four decades later, Minoru Kamura had taken it public, given it the name of its workforce software, and begun handing over the presidency.
Kazuhiro Ikumi founded MEDICOLAB after reconsidering his place in research. His next chapter has been an education in partnerships, patient company-building and putting other people’s ideas to work.
The Central Japan Startup Ecosystem connects founders to manufacturers, university labs and public support across Japan’s industrial heartland. Its most revealing story starts with a robot that would not sell.