Morus selected for Texas/Austin course of “Beyond JAPAN Zero to X,” global innovator development program

We are pleased to announce that Morus has been selected for the Texas/Austin Course run by “Beyond JAPAN Zero to X”, a global innovator development program. Ms. Fujii, a food scientist at Morus and a former scientist at Beyond Meat, a leading US company in the plant-based meat industry, will participate in this program. We will take this selection as an opportunity to further accelerate global business expansion and international recruitment.

■Texas/Austin Features
▪ No. 1 Tech Town in the U.S.
The city has been ranked No. 1 in CompTIA’s Tech Town Index for three consecutive years beginning in 2019. Some of the world’s largest tech companies have relocated or expanded to Austin in the past few years, including Tesla, Apple, Google, and Amazon.

▪The Austin Model
Austin is also known as the “Silicon Hills” because of its successful development of an ecosystem centered on IC, an industry-academia partnership operated by the University of Texas, and the “Austin Model,” which is one of the leading clusters of high-tech industries in the U.S., with a focus on university-launched ventures.

▪Focus on Clean Tech
In recent years, the interests have expanded into circular economy, energy, food/agritech, healthcare, transportation, and water, with cleantech attracting particular attention.

■What is Beyond JAPAN Zero to X?
Beyond JAPAN Zero to X fosters entrepreneurs and leaders who will become the next generation of innovators and contribute to Japan’s growth strategy. The program provides customized support and training based on startups’ business phase and understanding of the North American market’s unique culture, business practices, and social codes of conduct.

■ About Morus
Morus is an R&D-focused startup company that conducts research and produces biomaterials made from silkworms, the insects that have supported the development of the Japanese economy. Our mission is to solve global problems such as the protein crisis by creating new raw materials from silkworms and supplying them to multiple industries through efficient mass production.

Silkworms are naturally rich in protein, have abundant nutrients, and are full of potential. There have been great advances in the research of silkworms’ unique nutrients that are not found in other insects. Silkworms are suitable for mass production because of their nature of not escaping and not cannibalizing, which has been developed over the long history of domestication. Ongoing research on silkworms continues to yield discoveries. We believe silkworms will solve the global food crisis and even health problems using Japanese technologies and new research findings.

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