NEC X, Inc. is a venture studio located in Silicon Valley. NEC X fuses game-changing ideas brought by entrepreneurs with NEC’s groundbreaking technology, accelerating startups from inception to launch.
Venture Studio Program “Elev X!“
NEC X provides options for entrepreneurs to use NEC’s emerging technologies. Startups launched by the Elev X! Program are supported by NEC X in business development activities. Learn More
Emerging Technology
NEC X drives new, high-potential technology seeds emerging from NEC R&D. Through our Venture Studio Program, ideas grow from the concept stage to the development of a minimum viable product, ready for seed round investment or strategic partnership with another technology vendor.
Partners
NEC X works with startup projects until they are fully launched and graduated from the Venture Studio Program, often with the support of partner venture capital investments to help achieve revenue growth.
Our Team
Shintaro Matsumoto is CEO of NEC X. Previously, he led new business development in the AgriTech field at NEC Corporation, founded NEC’s AgriTech business “CropScope” and established the joint venture DXAS Agricultural Technology in Portugal. Learn More
Our Accolades
NEC X has received the following honors:
2020
- “NEC Corporation in 2020: Innovating for the Future” was published as a case study by Charles A. O’Reilly III et al. at Stanford Graduate School of Business, highlighting NEC X’s successes.
- Named the “Most Innovative Company of the Year” with a silver award for the small company category from Best in Biz.
- Highly commended for the joint GDPR data redaction solution with VACO, at FinTech Futures’ Banking Tech Awards, “Best Smart Banking Tech Solution” category.
- NEC Technologies was recognized with the “Global High-Performance Computing Product Leadership Award” from Frost & Sullivan for the SX-Aurora TSUBASA AI Platform and Vector Engine.
2021
- Listed for Outstanding Innovations in Corporate Finance from Global Finance’s Innovators 2021 Awards, for the PII Data Privacy Framework created with OppLane.
- Named the “Most Innovative Company of the Year” with a silver award for the small company category from Best in Biz (back-to-back).
2022
- Named Winner of BIG Innovation Award in the organization category by the Business Intelligence Group.
- NEC X startup graduate, eCommerceInsights.ai, named winner of AI Excellence Award in the organization category for natural language processing by the Business Intelligence Group.