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Report】Agri-Tech Grand Prix 2024: Grand Prize Won by YAXIE Co.

2024/09/30

The Agri-Tech Grand Prix 2024 was held on Saturday, September 28, 2024 at the Center of Garage to select the winning teams for the Grand Prize and the Company Prize.

Since 2020, Tech Planter has been promoting the concept of "Deep Issue & Deep Tech Explorer," in which unsolved issues (deep issues) are solved with the collective power of science and technology (deep tech). On the day of the event, the 12 finalists of the Agri-Tech Grand Prix, selected from among the 336 teams that applied for the Tech Planter 2024 competition, passionately presented their ideas for developing fundamental technologies that could lead to solutions to various social issues through the use of technology.

YAXIE has developed the world's first naturally occurring and biodegradable nano-sized hydrogel. Using this new material, which is gentle to both the human body and the earth and can encapsulate and release a variety of substances, YAXIE is taking on the challenge of solving global water issues such as drought in the field of agriculture.

YAXIE's technology was not developed to solve the challenges of the agri-industry from the beginning, but it has great potential to solve global water issues related to agriculture. However, it has great potential to solve the global water challenges of agriculture. Enter agri-tech, discovering and solving deep issues on the ground. We selected this team for the Grand Prize in the hope that they will be the future of agri-tech.

YAXIE Inc. along with the Tech Planter Grand Prize winning teams in six other areas,The Japan Society for Hyperdifferentiation 2025 Tokyo-Kanto Conference(March 7 and 8, 2025) to participate in a special pitch session. Furthermore, the two teams that excel in this session will participate in the TECH PLANTER Asia Final 2025. Through these initiatives, we aim to unite Japanese and Southeast Asian ventures, large and medium-sized companies to develop solutions to deep issues in Southeast Asia.

Grand Prize winner YAXIE Corporation and the entire jury

List of Company Awards and Grand Prizes

Team Name	theme	winning (a prize)
YAXIE Corporation	Nano-hydrogel technology from nature to make agriculture sustainable	Grand Prize Kyocera Award
WEAD Inc.	Biostimulant effect materials utilizing "garbage	Focus Systems Award
TOKUITEN Co.	Using Robots and AI to Achieve Sustainable Organic Farming	KOBASHI Award
Tenchijin Co.	Agriculture and Leakage Risk Assessment System Using Satellite Data
Quantum Flowers & Foods, Inc.	Neutron Beam Breeding Technology to Unlock the Infinite Potential of Cells	Plantex Award
Erie Co.	Mass production of "elite silk" using waste crops and silkworms	Hasegatora Spinning Award
LEAF Corporation	Development of high-performance compost using local resources
BioPrimer	Photosynthetic bacteria bio-priming for fertilizer reduction	Fuso Chemical Industry Award
GreenDrop	Diagnostic platform focusing on plant signaling molecules	Nipun Award
Chicken Care Solutions	Development of individual behavior analysis platform for chickens and food ducks
plus toof	Turning Waste Plastic into Fertilizer	Real Tech Fund Award ShinMaywa Industries Award
eneco corporation	Development of a biogas plant utilizing unused local resources

Demo Day Implementation Overview
Name of the Grand Prix: Agritech Grand Prix 2024
Location: Center of Garage (1-16-3 Yokogawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-0003, Japan)
Date: Saturday, September 28, 2024, 13:00-19:00
Participation: Closed, pre-registration required (entry teams, partner companies, Super Factory Group Professional Supporters)
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