Ecotech Grand Prix

Ecotech Grand Prix 2022 Preliminary Report: Grand Prize Winner is Aster Inc.

2022/10/24

The Ecotech Grand Prix 2022 was held on Saturday, October 22, 2022 at the Center of Garage to select the winning teams for the Grand Prize and the Company Prize.

Starting with the 2020 season, the Tech Planter will evolve its concept to "Deep Issue & Deep Tech Explorer," which will use "Deep Tech," a collection of science and technology, to solve unsolved "Deep Issue" problems. Tech Explorer," which is a collection of science and technology to solve "Deep Issues" through "Deep Tech.

In addition, this year we have added "ability to expand overseas" to the existing four criteria of "novelty, feasibility, potential to change the world, and passion" as a new criterion for judging. The intent is to encourage early-stage companies to look globally, and to accelerate new development through collaboration with the 1126 Alumni teams (as of September 1, 2022) and other overseas tech planters sponsored by RIVANES.

On the day of the event, the 12 finalist teams of the Eco-Tech Grand Prix, selected from among the 349 teams that applied for the Tech Planter 2022, passionately presented their ideas for solving global problems by utilizing various technologies such as renewable energy, new materials, plastic removal, energy-saving cooling, CO2 recovery, and energy circulation systems. The teams made passionate presentations on their ideas for solving global issues by utilizing various technologies such as renewable energy, new materials, de-plastics, energy-saving cooling, CO2 recovery, and energy recycling systems.

And the winner of the prestigious Grand Prize was Aster Inc.

Mr. Masaomi Suzuki of Aster Corporation gave a presentation titled "Reducing Earthquake Casualties to Zero with Reinforced Resin and Earthquake Resistant Design. Aster's application of reinforced resin can improve the earthquake resistance of masonry buildings and is expected to be deployed in earthquake-prone regions, including Southeast Asia, which led to the award of the Grand Prize.

Members of the Grand Prize winner, Aster Inc. and the entire jury

List of Company Awards and Grand Prizes

Team Name	Theme name	winning (a prize)
Panta Rhei Co.	Accelerate decarbonizationRooftop-mounted wind power generation for safety and security
Oita CELEENA Corporation	Bamboo-derived celluloseCreation of de-plasticized products	Ecolio Prize
OPTMASS Corporation	Research and development of transparent power generation window glass	Origin Award BIPROGY Award
Aqua Solutions, Inc.	With microbubble generatorAims to improve fuel combustion efficiency	Taiko Holdings Award
Hello Space Co.	Development of self-powered electric mobility that does not require external recharging	JR East Award
JSC Technology Corporation	Innovating Data Center GreenUltra energy-saving cooling	Nittetsu Engineering Award
Aster Corporation	Reinforced Resin and Earthquake Resistant Design Reduces Earthquake Casualties to Zero	Grand Prize Real Tech Fund Award
Environmental Microbiology Laboratory	Decompose plant-based residuesSmall-scale methane fermentation system	Focus Systems Award
co-junkan	Co-JUNKAN Platform Opens the Door to Decarbonization through Heat Transfer	EBARA Award
DAC Research G in Shinin Univ.	CO2 Capture by Selective Direct Air Capture
EN-KEEP	Coating film sensors to facilitate IoT of paints and coatings
heat sink	Do not burn!Novel power generation methods for high-efficiency biomass and lignite coal	Daikin Award

Results of public voting (votes by non-jury partner participants and finalist teams)

1st place	OPTMASS Corporation
2nd place	Aster Corporation
3rd place	Environmental Microbiology Laboratory

Demo Day Implementation Overview

Grand Prix name: Ecotech Grand Prix 2022
Location: Center of Garage (1-16-3 Yokogawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-0003, Japan)
Date: Saturday, October 22, 2022, 13:00-19:00
Eligibility: Closed, pre-registration required (entry teams, partner companies, Superfactory Group Professional Supporters)
Website:https://techplanter.com/ecotech/2022/
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