Management, technology, finance and legal experts are deployed either on a long-term ongoing basis, or a concentrated short-term basis.
We target venture businesses that are aiming to go public, and small and medium enterprises that are undertaking management innovation or seeking solutions to management issues.
Management, technology, finance and legal experts are deployed depending on the management issues being faced.
SMRJ gives timely and appropriate advice to small and medium businesses, and supports their subsequent growth and development. Applications are accepted throughout the year.

- Business Initiation Support Project (Business Initiation Grants)
Although many entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises possess excellent technological "seeds" and business ideas, they have trouble starting new businesses. In response to this situation, SMRJ supports business initiation by providing financial assistance of up to five million yen in capital (or half the expenses of implementing the business plan to which the grant is being applied), in addition to offering consulting services designed to lead to the formation and application of concrete business plans.
We target small and medium enterprises, sole proprietors, and individuals not managing a business, but who are planning to establish a business or a company in the near future. In order to be eligible for grants, businesses must satisfy either (1) or (2) below, and must be judged to have a reasonable chance of operating on their own without grants from SMRJ within two years after the end of the grant period.
(1) Businesses based on new product or new technology developments,
(2) Businesses using innovative methods to offer products and services, and for which the grant period is twelve months or less.
Grants shall be equal to no more than half the costs of implementing the business plan to which the grant is being applied, and shall be between one million and five million yen.

Activities include:
- Venture Fair Japan
- The Venture Plaza
- SME Expo, "Sougoten"
- Research and Development Exchange Fair

Supporting collaboration between small and medium enterprises from different fields that are conducting new operations
We offer support to groups of two or more small or medium enterprises from different fields that are working together to establish new business activities (new collaborative projects), and this support is provided through "Regional Strategic Committees for the Promotion of New Partnerships (Strategic Committees)," which we have established in each regional block. Through the "Strategic Committee Office," we provide comprehensive support for collaborations, from the business planning stage to the establishment of new businesses and the bringing to market of new products and services.

Supporting venture businesses aiming to go public, and small and medium enterprises attempting to enter new business areas or establish new businesses
SMRJ provides capital and managerial support to venture businesses and small and medium enterprises looking to develop new business operations, by investing in limited liability investment partnerships (funds) established by private investment companies.
Operation of funds (investment in individual companies) is conducted by the investment companies.