today, a department dedicated to innovation is led by koji murota.niversities. the funding allowed the university to set up two funds to invest in its own new ventures. since then the number of start—ups have more than doubled to 242, second only to tokyo university. kyoto specialises in deep tech, that is new technology that has a potential to change the world. this area requires a long time and a large amount of money. so, sometimes it a private investment company hesitates to enter the investment. one of the start—ups which received funding from the university is enecoat technologies. they're developing the next technology of solar cells, called perovskite solar panel, which can create energy, not just from sunlight but also from artificial light. they are also making this. look how thin it is! it is like a piece of paper. they are hoping to make it printable in the next three years, and they are also making it transparent. so it won't be as dark as this, and you can just put it on your window and create energy without blocking any sunlight. trans