The "Deep Tech Venture of the Year 2025" award ceremony was held!

On Wednesday, January 29, 2025, the "Deep Tech Venture of the Year 2025" award program was held to recognize deep tech ventures that are taking on the challenge of solving deep issues, and a total of 12 companies were honored.

In 2025, a total of 12 companies made presentations and received awards: 5 in the Startup category (companies established within 3 years), 4 in the Growth category (companies established within 3-15 years), and 3 in the Boost category (companies that have gone through IPO or M&A).

He also delivered a keynote speech to commemorate the publication of his book, "How to Create Innovation and Organizational Structure: How One Person's 'Passion' Can Create a World-Changing Business in the New Era. The keynote speech was given by Yukihiro Maru, Representative Director and Group CEO of LIVERNESS Co.

Deep Tech Venture of the Year 2025
Date: Friday, February 9, 2024, 10:00-12:20 (doors open at 9:45)
Venue: Center of Garage (1-16-3 Yokogawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo)
Participants: Closed, pre-registration required
Web page:https://techplanter.com/deep_tech/

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Deep Tech Venture of the Year JAPAN 2025 List of award-winning companies]

Startup Division

NERON Corporation
Yasuhisa Nagasaki, Representative Director
Mission: Well-Being of the World with the Microbiome
Core technology: Technology to extract a cocktail of intestinal bacteria for mental and physical wellbeing, healthy life extension, etc.

MOLMIL Corporation
Eiichiro Mori, Representative Director
Vision: To contribute to human health through science and technology
Core technologies: two molecular kinetic evaluation techniques CHEmir (analytical chemistry method) and MAGmir (solution nuclear magnetic resonance NMR)

PITTAN Corporation
Kazuya Tsujimoto, Representative Director and CEO
Vision: Lifelong Positivity
Core technologies: Know-how to analyze very small amounts of components in sweat with high accuracy and speed, on-site analyzer development technology, and data analysis technology.

3DC Corporation 
Takuma Kuroda, Representative Director and CEO
Mission: Bringing clean energy to the world of the future through the power of materials
Core Technology: Graphene Mesosponge, an innovative carbon material

ShrimpTech JIRCAS Corporation
Marcy Wilder, President and Representative Director
Mission: Delivering shrimp farming technology through advanced science
Core Technologies: Indoor Shrimp Production System (ISPS), Maturity control technology without ocular excision

Growth Division

Fight Lipid Technologies, Inc.
Hiroyuki Ota, Representative Director and CEO
Vision: To contribute to the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions through the production of useful lipids by the photosynthetic oil-rich microalgae Nannochloropsis, thereby improving the global environment and realizing a more sustainable society.
Core technologies: High-density culture technology of Nannochloropsis and technology for high production of oils and fats including metabolic modification.

CAST Corporation
Representative Director Kei Nakatsuma
Mission: Sensors Everywhere: Creating a sensor-based society by converting all physical phenomena into data.
Core Technology: Piping monitoring system utilizing heat-resistant and flexible piezoelectric device technology

CULTA Corporation
Representative Director and CEO Shuhei Noaki
Mission: To make producers and consumers happy through "the right crop in the right place for the right future
Core technologies: generation acceleration in artificial environments, genome information analysis, and high-speed breeding technology through image analysis.

Hydronext Corporation
Masaaki Nagai, Representative Director and CEO
Vision: Save the world with Hydrogen
Core technology: Purification of high-purity hydrogen from various hydrogen-containing gases in a single process

Boost Division (of the Imperial Japanese Army)

QPS Research Institute, Inc.
Shunsuke Onishi, President and CEO
Vision: To make Japan the birthplace of space innovation from Kyushu. Through satellites, we free people from anxiety and support their daily lives.
Core technology: Development and operation of small satellites

Liberaware Inc.
Representative Director and CEO Hong-Kyung Min
Vision: Visualizing Unseen Risks
Core Technology: World's smallest drone and infrastructure DX solution specialized for inspection and measurement of "narrow, dark, dangerous" and "indoor spaces

Rain Wind Sun Co.
Taizo Otsuka, Director, Head of Human Resource Creation Division
Mission: Stir urban and rural areas
Core technology: CtoC platform "Pocket Marche

Contact]

Riverness Corporation, Founding Development Division/Investment Development Research Center

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TEL: 03-5227-4198