ECO TECH

Ecotech Grand Prix 2023

Standing up for solutions to society's problems
Manufacturing, IoT, artificial intelligence, materials, energy, etc. related to the environment.
We implement the technologies and thoughts of entrepreneurs and researchers in the ecotech field into society together.

NEWS

News

2024/09/11 Announcement of the Ecotech Grand Prix 2024

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2023/12/04 Tech Planter 2024 call for entries is now open!

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ABOUT

Outline of the event

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Scientific and technological "seeds" are being created in universities, research institutes, and corporate laboratories, but it takes a lot of effort before they sprout into practical applications. The Tech Planter, organized by LIVERNESS and its partners, is an eco-system designed to serve as a planter to discover these seeds and help them sprout into businesses. The Eco-Tech Grand Prix is a program aimed at discovering and fostering technological seeds and entrepreneurs in the real tech field (environment-related manufacturing, IoT, artificial intelligence, materials, energy, etc.).

Related Grand Prix :. List of Ecotech Grand Prix

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Those who have a vision to change the world or improve the world based on the technological seeds in the real tech field and have a will to establish or develop a new business.
Individuals and teams are both welcome to participate, even before incorporation.
No limitation on the number of years of establishment, even if you are already a corporation. Even if you are close to mass production or PMF establishment, if you are planning to collaborate with partner companies, etc., it is acceptable.

Application Theme

Sustainability and Global Contribution

Application period

Wednesday, March 1, 2023 - Friday, July 7, 2023

Screening Criteria

A panel of judges composed of LIVERNESS and its partners will review the following items

01novelty (patentability)
02feasibility
03Overseas Expansion Capabilities
04Are you going to change the world?
05passion

commendation

Grand Prize: (300,000 yen cash prize + right to receive 5 million yen business investment) 1
Corporate Prize: (200,000 yen) Approximately 10 prizes will be awarded.

SCHEDULE

Schedule

3/1[WED]: Entry Start

this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker)Please register as a member and fill out the web form to apply.
We also hold information sessions on a college-by-college and individual basis to encourage determination to enter and to teach tips on document preparation. Please feel free to contact us for more information.

6/24[SAT]: kickoff

RIVANES and its partners, as well as entered teams, will meet and mingle.
Business consultation and partnership development with each other will be available. Participation or lack of participation on the day of the event will not be considered.

7/10[MON]: 1st round: Application Screening

A panel of judges composed of LIVERNESS and its partners will review the documents.
You will be asked to submit information about your team, skills, passions, and vision for the future via web form and video.
All applicants will be notified of the screening results and provided with feedback on their applications.
In addition, individual interviews (also online) for presentation review will be conducted for those who wish to participate.

8monthfirst 10 days of month: Finalists determined

Interviews will be held for applicants who pass the document screening to brush up their presentations for the final round.
In addition, meetings can be set up with partner companies for the purpose of business consultation and developing partnerships.

10/21[SAT]: Ecotech Grand Prix

The 12 finalist teams that pass the document screening will be screened for presentation.

10Month～: Matching Support Period

After the Demo Day, the contact point between the venture and LIBANES will continue to be open for discussions on commercialization.
We handle a wide range of start-up issues, from incorporation to prototype development, financing, R&D, and more.
In addition, collaborative matching between ventures and partner companies has become more active to support business development.

PARTNER

ASSET

asset

ASSET01Riverness Communicator
ASSET02Partners
ASSET03Professional Supporter
ASSET04superfactory group

SUPPORT

Support

SUPPORT01Organize the purpose and vision of starting a business
SUPPORT02Brush up on your presentation
SUPPORT03Providing opportunities for business company collaboration
SUPPORT04Support for R&D and prototype development
SUPPORT05Support for knowledge and IP strategies
SUPPORT06finance

DEMO DAY

Grand Prix Outline

Grand Prix Name

Ecotech Grand Prix 2023

Location

Center of Garage (1-16-3 Yokogawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo)

Date & Time

Saturday, October 21, 2023, 13:00-19:00

Application period

Wednesday, March 1, 2023 - Friday, July 7, 2023

Participation Target

Held on a closed, pre-registration basis (finalists, partner companies, professional supporters, Super Factory Group)

organizing

LIVERNESS Corporation

timeline

12:30-13:00: inauguration
13:00-13:30: Greetings from the Organizer
13:30-17:00: Presentation (Presenter①～⑫)
17:00-18:00: Review Time
18:00-19:00: Announcement of Judging Results and Award Ceremony

JUDGE

judge

head judge
Executive Officer CHO, Liverness Inc.
Kazuhiro Hasegawa

He holds a master's degree in engineering from Tokyo Metropolitan University. He joined RIVERNESS in his first year of master's degree and later became the first new employee of RIVERNESS. He launched the Human Resource Development Division and became an executive officer in 2012, leading the launch of the TECHPLANTER business and real-tech fund, building case studies of collaboration between startups and local factories, opening the "Center of Garage" incubation facility, and supporting new business creation for small and medium-sized enterprises.
Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager of Resin Division and General Manager of Resin Technical Development Department, Resin Division, Asahi Yukizai Co.
Hidehiro Kohrogi

After joining Asahi Yukizai Corporation in 1995, he was engaged in the development of plastic materials such as phenolic resin molding materials for automotive applications and polypropylene pipes for use in chemical solutions. He also experienced joint research with universities for the purpose of exploring new businesses. While being involved in the product development work of the division as the head of the Resin Technology Development Department, he concurrently served as the head of the Advanced Materials Promotion Group, Advanced Materials Business Division from 2020, before assuming his current position in 2023. He aims to create new niche-top businesses by utilizing the Company's resources.
Executive Officer, General Manager, Technical Research Institute, Ando & Hazama Co.
Hiroshi Taniguchi

Joined Hazama Corporation (now Ando & Hazama Co., Ltd.) in 1988. After being assigned to the Technical Research Institute, he was mainly engaged in the development of concrete materials and construction technology. Experienced domestic and overseas civil engineering sites. He is currently expanding his perspective to technological development outside of his main business (construction field). After serving as General Manager of the Technical Planning Department, General Manager of the Civil Engineering Research Department, and General Manager of the Advanced Technology Development Department, he assumed his current position.
Manager, Market Development Planning Section, Business Planning Department, Environment Company, EBARA CORPORATION
Ikuma Sato

Graduated from the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Tokyo in 1996. Joined Ebara Corporation in the same year. In the engineering department, he was in charge of design, construction, commissioning, and delivery of low-temperature waste heat recovery power generation facilities using ammonia water as the working medium. Later, after participating in waste treatment facility construction projects in Japan and overseas, he worked in the Corporate Planning Division, Internal Control Division, Internal Audit Division, and others before assuming his current position in 2021. He is working on social implementation of chemical recycling and creation of new businesses for resource recycling in local communities.
Kyocera Corporation
General Manager, Energy Systems R&D Department, Systems R&D Management Division, R&D Headquarters
Yuji Inoue

Joined Kyocera Corporation in 1988. Ltd. in 1988, where he was involved in the development of cell phones and other products as an embedded software engineer. Subsequently worked on R&D and commercialization of energy-related equipment such as HEMS, PCS for solar power generation, household storage battery systems, and SOFC fuel cell systems, and in 2022 took charge of the Energy Systems R&D Department, where he remains today.
General Manager, Business Planning Division, Sanyo Chemical Co.
Taikao Saito

During his university years, he was engaged in research on photo-induced electron transfer in the field of chemical molecular engineering. Since joining the company, he has experienced various material development (semiconductor materials, hygienic materials, medical materials, etc.), overseas sales, technology introduction search, etc. After moving to management, he has been engaged in new business development, corporate planning, and the launch of bio/medical business. His hobby is visiting world heritage sites, and he has been to more than 30 countries. He is an extremely positive person with a strong spirit of challenge.
Chief Engineer, Technology Innovation Center, Daikin Industries, Ltd.
Akio Yamaguchi

Joined Daikin Industries in 1990. After joining the company, he was engaged in research and development of motors and electromagnetic materials for home and commercial air conditioners in the research department. In 2015, he was transferred to the Technology Innovation Center, where he worked on micro-hydroelectric power generation systems. Center from 2023.
Leader, Development Planning, R&D Center, Daiken Corporation
Ryosuke Takazawa

Joined Daiken Kogyo in 2004. He was engaged in basic research and development of wood fiberboard (MDF), which effectively utilizes unused materials such as lumber scraps as raw materials, such as fiber shape control by pretreatment of raw materials, quality control and development work at manufacturing sites in Malaysia, and development of new applications such as furniture and interior construction materials. In 2018, he was transferred to the current planning department, where he has most recently been working on the planning of new waste-based manufacturing that will contribute to the realization of a circular economy.
General Manager, Engineering General Manager, Engineering Control Center, Nittetsu Engineering Co.
Takeru Nishi

Born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1972 and raised in Oita Prefecture. Completed a master's degree in applied energy engineering at Kyoto University Graduate School of Engineering in 1997. In the same year, he joined Nippon Steel Corporation (now Nippon Steel Corporation). In the Engineering Business Division, he was in charge of new furnace start-up, process and equipment development for waste gasification and melting furnaces, and from 2012, worked on technological development and overseas commercialization of biomass fuel (pellets and bioethanol) production before assuming his current position in 2020.
General Manager, Accounting Department, Administration Division, Focus Systems, Inc.
Katsuhiko Yamane

After gaining experience working for a printing company and a tax accounting firm, he joined Focus Systems, Inc. in 2008. In July 2023, he became a director of Focus Incubate Inc., a subsidiary of Focus Systems, where he is responsible for fostering investment in long-term research and development ventures that solve problems and promote social implementation. promoting social implementation.

FINALIST

finalist

Asahi Yukizai Award

NextCarbon Corporation

Representative] Daiki Shirakawa

Biomass Coal Replaces Coal for Green Steel
New biomass charcoal for the steel industry will be provided and used together with coal to reduce CO2 emissions. The company has already successfully produced biomass charcoal generated from coconut shells and peels, which are normally discarded, by operating a carbonization unit in cooperation with a local institution in the Philippines.
Sanyo Chemical Award

Behomaru Corporation

Representative] Mayuko Nishihara

Biocompatible and biodegradable CO₂Plastic with absorbent material
Development of additives for resins made from plant-derived raw materials and resin blending technology to reduce CO₂Commercialization of adsorption/desorption plastics. At room temperature and pressure, CO₂is chemically adsorbed, and heating CO₂emissions and can be reused. In all possible places, CO₂The goal is to create a society that recovers and utilizes
Focus Systems Award

Archeda Corporation

Representative] Koumasa Tsumura

Natural environment analysis platform using satellite data
Developed "Green Insight," a service that uses proprietary AI to analyze satellite data to estimate the amount of carbon dioxide absorption in forest areas and consolidate and monitor forest resource information (area/tree height/AGB, etc.) data in the cloud.
Ando Hazama Award / DAIKEN Award

Satoyama Engineering Co.

Representative] Sakurako Kitagawa

Circulation of local resources through the development and diffusion of wood batteries
Through the development, sale, and dissemination of "wood battery" using unused domestic woody biomass as electrode material, we will contribute to the revival of primary industries and promotion of local distributed energy use, and propose new sustainability through resource recycling including ecosystems.
EBARA Award / Nittetsu Engineering Award

esa Corporation

Representative] Shuko Kurokawa

Resource recycling through material recycling of composite plastics
We have established a proprietary technology to pelletize composite plastics, which have been difficult to recycle in the past. This has enabled us to reduce CO₂In addition, the company aims to create a market for recycling as a new recycled resource. In addition, we aim to create a market where recycled resources are recycled and utilized as new recycled resources.
Kyocera Award / Real Tech Fund Award

Toyohashi Biomass Solutions Co.

Representative: Yoichi Atsuta

Aiming to be a Leader in Small-Scale Methane Fermentation Systems
The next-generation methane fermentation system will be put into practical use, together with engineering consulting services, so that anyone can realize a biogas business from any biomass feedstock without failure.
Grand Prize

Fight Lipid Technologies, Inc.

Representative] Hiroyuki Ota

Production of Useful Lipids by Nannochloropsis, an Alga Producing High Levels of Oils and Fats
Using the oil and fat high producing alga Nannochloropsis as material, we will establish a system for high production of oil and fat (triacylglycerol), ω3 fatty acid EPA, and its metabolites. The project aims to expand to biofuel production through gradual expansion of large-scale outdoor cultivation and cost reduction.
Daikin Award

Gertechno Research Inc.

Representative] Takehiko Goto

Unique gel material to recover rare metals and produce ore
The gel was prepared from a polymer that reacts with water to form hydroxide ions. When placed in heavy metal wastewater, it absorbs water, and the heavy metal ions are incorporated into the basic interior to form metal hydroxides. It can then be easily removed from the wastewater and used as an artificial ore of good quality.
Hemicellulose Co.

Representative] Hitoshi Nasukawa

Mass production of biodegradable plastics derived from hemicellulose
The world's only mass production of plastics derived from hemicellulose, an unutilized natural resource that accounts for 20% of plants and trees.₂It has both environmental and functional properties, such as reduction of The company aims to reduce the environmental burden by expanding into food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics.
Micro Control Systems, Inc.

Representative] Katsumichi Taue

Nitrogen, electricity, and heat trigen system with fuel cell
We will provide a completely new concept of tri-generation system by recovering high-purity nitrogen gas, which has been wasted and discarded in fuel cells in addition to electric power and heat. The company aims to spread the use of fuel cells at factory sites through the gain of nitrogen recovery, which is more expensive than electric power.
corosonic

Representative] Toshiro Sakai

Recovery of dissolved precious metal ions in water by ultrasound and activated carbon
We have developed a technology to recover more than 90% of dissolved precious metal ions in water by combining ultrasonic waves and activated carbon. This technology is easy to install in existing facilities, and since it does not use chemicals and does not generate secondary effluent, it can be used to construct a circulating precious metal recovery system.
Advanced Energy Storage

Representative] Yo Nagasaki

Advanced Energy Storage Technologies for Expanding Renewable Energy Deployment
By building a foundation for advanced energy storage technology using hydrogen and superconducting power storage devices, etc., the project will realize the adjustment of electricity supply and demand and the stable supply of high-quality electricity without relying on commercial power grids, thereby contributing to the shift to renewable energy as the main source of power and to decarbonization.