Ritsumeikan Social Impact Fund

The president’s Pitch Challenge helps students refine their projects to a business level and present them to the president.

The president’s Pitch Challenge helps students refine their projects to a business level and present them to the president, with support from Sony’s Startup Acceleration Program.

The Ritsumeikan Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Support Office consolidates startup programs and university-born venture initiatives under the RIMIX platform.

The company established the ‘Startup Department’ (nicknamed ‘Deguchi Dojo’) to support students seriously considering entrepreneurship, led by President Haruki Deguchi, who is himself a venture entrepreneur.

The Ritsumeikan University Student Venture Contest, held since 2004, aims to foster entrepreneurship and create university-born ventures.

MoneyForward and Ritsumeikan University collaborate to support Ritsumeikan’s social entrepreneurship platform, RIMIX.

Kyoto dye studio Shōbi-en explores new possibilities with traditional *rōketsu* dyeing techniques passed down for over 60 years in Kyoto.

The RIMIX office recruits participants for Ritsumeikan University’s ‘Innovation Architect Training Program (EDGE+R),’ a practical program for cultivating next-generation innovators.

RIMIX is a support platform for ‘Impact Makers’—people creating value for society—backed by Ritsumeikan University.

The company’s vision of innovation, ‘Glass Roots,’ connects people addressing regional challenges to create better futures through shared knowledge and practice.

The RIMIX Supporters Club is a membership group of alumni volunteers supporting RIMIX-related startups by Ritsumeikan students, graduates, and faculty.

ADDress, a coworking service provider backed by RSIF, expands its impact-driven ecosystem.

The Glass Roots Innovation Center (GIC) will open in 2025 at Ritsumeikan University’s Biwako-Kusatsu Campus to foster open innovation among students, researchers, and businesses.

RIMIX accepts consultations from students, teachers, and researchers seeking support through its office staff.