SciTech

Name

SciTech

Legal name

株式会社サイテック

Website

https://corp-scitech.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Training & Innovation Consulting

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Business Schools and Computer and Management Training (6114)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Innovation & Design Thinking Programs (EDAMAHAD)

Keywords

• Design thinking training
• Innovation consulting
• Corporate education services
• Workshop facilitation
• Engineering design consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Training and Workshop Programs: One-day workshops to multi-month training programs focused on design thinking and innovation team building. Content is customized based on client requests.
2. Corporate Lectures: Lectures on design thinking, innovation talent development, and engineering design education provided to enterprises.
3. Consulting Services: Consulting on new business development talent cultivation, in-house project advice, and hands-on support. Customized plans are created based on each company's culture and department situation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

SciTech (株式会社サイテック) delivers practice-oriented design thinking training programs, corporate lectures, and consulting services aimed at helping Japanese enterprises build in-house innovation teams. Programs range from one-day workshops to multi-month engagements with prototype implementation, drawing on the founder's expertise from Stanford d.school and Tokyo Institute of Technology's Engineering Design Project (EDP) program.

Product overview

SciTech offers a unified portfolio of design thinking education and consulting services for corporations. The core offerings consist of three interconnected service lines: (1) Design Thinking Training Programs — hands-on workshops ranging from single-day sessions to multi-month engagements with prototype implementation; (2) Corporate Lectures — talks delivered by experienced instructors on design thinking, innovation human resource development, and engineering design; and (3) Consulting — advisory and accompaniment support for new business human resource development and in-house project guidance with customized plans. The company also publishes the book 'Design Thinking for Engineers' as a supplementary educational resource. All programs leverage insights cultivated through Tokyo Institute of Technology's Engineering Design Project (EDP) and training at Stanford d.school.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Design Thinking Training Programs (デザイン思考研修プログラム) Hands-on workshop programs for corporate clients ranging from one-day sessions to multi-month engagements focused on practical application of design thinking methodology, including prototype implementation and demonstration. Target audience: corporate teams developing innovation capabilities.
• Corporate Lectures (企業向け講演)
• Consulting Services (コンサルティング)

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Professor Richard Dasher (Stanford University)notableStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 August 2023Professor Richard Dasher, Director of the US-Asia Technology Management Center at Stanford University and a renowned expert in innovation research, has provided personal recommendation for SciTech. He has observed and worked with SciTech's Representative Director Shigeki Saito as a Visiting Scholar at Stanford for one year, and has since observed his success in developing university programs to teach design thinking. This serves as a significant third-party validation of SciTech's capabilities.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Deloitte Digital (Human Capital / Design): Deloitte Digital offers design thinking and innovation consulting as part of its enterprise transformation services, including Japan operations. It is comparable as a broad incumbent offering design thinking training and innovation team development at scale, though as part of a much larger advisory portfolio.
• McKinsey & Company (Design Practice): McKinsey operates a global Design Practice within its consulting portfolio that helps enterprises build design capabilities and innovation teams. It competes with SciTech for Japanese enterprise innovation transformation budgets but offers a much broader strategic consulting scope.

Emerging players

• Goodpatch: Goodpatch is a Japan-based design firm offering digital product design, design consulting, and corporate training including design thinking. It overlaps with SciTech on Japanese enterprise design thinking training and innovation consulting, though its primary focus is on UI/UX and product design.

Direct peers

• DesignThinkers Academy: DesignThinkers Academy is a Netherlands-headquartered training provider offering design thinking courses, certifications, and in-house corporate programs. It directly mirrors SciTech's design thinking training and corporate workshop model, though it operates across more geographies.
• IDEO: IDEO is the original design thinking consultancy that pioneered the methodology taught at Stanford d.school. It is directly comparable to SciTech as both offer design thinking training, consulting, and innovation team development for enterprises, though IDEO operates at much larger global scale.
• AJ&Smart: AJ&Smart is a Berlin-based design sprint and innovation training firm specializing in Jake Knapp's Design Sprint methodology and corporate workshops. It is comparable to SciTech as a fellow practice-oriented design thinking training provider serving enterprise clients with hands-on workshop formats.
• frog (frog design): frog is a global design and innovation consultancy offering design research, strategy, and product design services. It is comparable to SciTech as a fellow design-thinking-led consultancy serving enterprise innovation needs, with deeper industrial design roots but overlapping enterprise training offerings.

Regional players

• BECAUSE Inc. BECAUSE is a Japan-based design thinking consultancy founded by former IDEO Tokyo members, offering training, workshops, and innovation consulting to Japanese enterprises. It is the closest Japanese-headquartered peer to SciTech with overlapping target customers and methodology.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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