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Selected for Google for Startups International Sales Academy, Google's program to support startups' overseas expansion

~ PROMOTED OVERSEAS EXPANSION OF SALES ENGAGEMENT SERVICE "UPWARD

(Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Ryusuke Kaneki; hereinafter "UPWARD"), whose mission is to "Innovate the last mile of the workplace," announced on December 8, 2022, that it has been selected for the "Google for Startups International Sales Academy," a support program sponsored by Google that targets startups aiming to expand their business overseas. (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Ryusuke Kaneki) announced today that it has been selected for the "Google for Startups International Sales Academy," a Google-sponsored support program for startups seeking to expand overseas.

With the adoption of this program, we will put into practice what we learn through this program, including advice and mentoring from Google, and create a business that will have an impact not only in Japan but also globally. We will expand our sales engagement service "UPWARD" overseas to solve issues at the sales frontlines globally, improve the user experience (UX) for sales representatives, and achieve DX that starts from the sales frontlines.

KATSUNORI ARAKI, DIRECTOR AND CFO, CORPORATE GROUP GENERAL MANAGER, UPWARD CO.

We are very pleased that UPWARD has been selected for the Google for Startups International Sales Academy. We believe that this will be a valuable opportunity to receive support from Google, which has a great track record globally, and we will use what we learn from this program to implement and promote our overseas expansion.

What is Google for Startups International Sales Academy?

Google for Startups offers programs around the world to help startups grow further, including the Google for Startups International Sales Academy, a nine-week program starting in December that teaches startups the sales skills and practices necessary to acquire new customers, partnerships, and funding in international markets. The nine-week program, which will begin in December, teaches startups the sales skills and practices necessary to acquire new customers, partnerships, and funding in overseas markets.  

For more information about Google for Startups, please visit
https://www.campus.co/intl/ja_jp/tokyo/

ABOUT UPWARD

UPWARD IS A SALES ENGAGEMENT SERVICE THAT UTILIZES ADVANCED LOCATION-BASED TECHNOLOGY TO AUTOMATICALLY DETECT AND RECORD SALES ACTIVITY DATA IN CRM TO OPTIMIZE THE SALES ACTIVITIES OF SALES REPRESENTATIVES IN THE FIELD. BY AUTOMATICALLY OVERLAYING ACCUMULATED SALES ACTIVITY DATA AND CRM DATA ON A MAP AND AUTOMATICALLY NOTIFYING OPTIMAL APPROACH DESTINATIONS, UPWARD SUPPORTS THE FORMULATION OF STRATEGIC SALES PLANS UTILIZING CRM DATA.

About Us

name of company

UPWARD, Inc.

Location

26F Marunouchi Eiraku Building, 1-4-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

representative

RYUSUKE KANEKI, REPRESENTATIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO

Establishment

March 2002

capital stock

100 million yen

Business

DEVELOPMENT AND PROVISION OF UPWARD SALES ENGAGEMENT SERVICE

Press Contact

PR TEAM, CORPORATE GROUP HEADQUARTERS, UPWARD CO.

Tel.

03-6897-3683

Mail

pr@upward.jp

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