DEEP TECH

Deep Tech Grand Prix 2024

Standing up for solutions to society's problems
such as sensors, AI, robotics, materials, and fundamental technologies including distribution.
We implement the technologies and thoughts of entrepreneurs and researchers in the deep tech area into society together.

NEWS

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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 ecosystem that aims to serve as a planter to discover these seeds and help them sprout into business. The "Deep Tech Grand Prix" is a program aimed at discovering and fostering technology seeds and entrepreneurs in the real tech domain (manufacturing, robotics, mobility, IoT, artificial intelligence, materials, energy, etc.).

Related Grand Prix :. List of Deep Tech 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

Fundamental technologies such as sensors, AI, robotics, materials, distribution, etc.

Application period

Friday, December 1, 2023 - Friday, July 5, 2024

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

12/1[FRI].: 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.

6/22[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.

7/7[SUN].: 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.

9/7[SAT]: Deep Tech Grand Prix

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

10Month～: Cooperation Discussion

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

Deep Tech Grand Prix 2024

Location

center of a garage (1-16-3 Yokogawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo)

Date & Time

Saturday, September 7, 2024, 13:00-19:00

Application period

Friday, December 1, 2023 - Friday, July 5, 2024

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.
Senior Chief Engineer (CP), Future Design Lab, Research and Development Division, Kyocera Corporation
Atsushi Yokoyama

Born in Sapporo, Hokkaido. After completing his graduate studies in Information Engineering at Hokkaido University, he worked in R&D for B2B at Sony Corporation from 1983 to 2015. 1988-1990, he was a visiting scholar at Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Computer Science. 2015, he joined Kyocera Corporation. As Deputy Director of Software Research Labs, he is responsible for R&D in IoT, EMS, and AI; from 2019, as Director of Future Design Labs, he will promote R&D in human augmentation and new business creation. His technical areas include AI, sensing, information processing, biomechanics, etc. He will be in his current position from 2024.
General Manager, Knowledge Manufacturing Department, KOBASHI HOLDINGS Co.
Kazuya Inada

Born in Ehime, Japan in 1985. After completing graduate studies at Okayama University, he worked on automotive material development, control development, and data adaptation at Honda R&D Co. He joined ITID Corporation in 2018, where he worked on BPR and new business planning support for the manufacturing industry and planning support for local governments. He joined KOBASHI in 2022 because he shares the philosophy of "Cultivating the Earth", which aims to solve social issues. He is working on the formation of an ecosystem to support manufacturing, including startups.
General Manager, New Business Planning Department, Soken Chemical Co.
Masakazu Shimizu

Born in Nagano Prefecture. Joined Soken Chemical Co., Ltd. in 2006. He joined Soken Chemical in 2006 and was engaged in product development and sales of acrylic adhesives, from lab-scale product development to mass production and sales. Under the direct supervision of the president, he will work on creating new businesses through open innovation.
General Manager, Research, Development & Commercialization Promotion Center, Dai Nippon Printing Co.
Kazuhide Tominaga

Born in Osaka. After graduating from the Department of Physical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, he joined Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. in 1987 and was assigned to the Production Technology Research Laboratory at the Head Office, where he has been engaged in the color filter business of the Electronics Division (technology, manufacturing, sales, and overall business) since 1999. From 2018 - Head Office, General Manager of Technology Development Center; from 2019 - In charge of Semiconductor Photomask Business, Electronics Division (Head of Business Unit); from 2021 - transferred to Head Office, R&D Division; from 2023 - current position, General Manager of R&D and Commercialization Promotion Center.
Deputy General Manager, Development Planning Department, Development Laboratory, Taiyo Yuden Co.
Masashi Hattori

Graduated from Gunma University Graduate School, joined Taiyo Yuden in 2005 and engaged in recording media (CD-R, DVD-R, BD-R) development. 2017, in charge of new business creation at Development Laboratory. Currently promoting new business creation through open innovation from the perspective of product and service.
General Manager, Advanced Project Promotion Division, Advanced R&D and Engineering Company, Toyota Motor Corporation
Takaaki Yanagihashi

Joined Toyota Motor Corporation in 2000. After working as an electronic technology engineer for the launch of several key models, he was stationed overseas at TOYOTA Technical Center Australia and TOYOTA Research Institute before assuming his current position of overseeing new technology and new business planning at 0-1 from 2020, promoting CX. He is currently in charge of new technology and business planning at 0-1, where he will be working from 2020. In addition, based on his experience in launching and managing a CVC in Silicon Valley, he established an open innovation organization and is currently working with university-launched ventures to create new value.
Senior Advisor, MI CoE, BIPROGY Corporation
Hideki Moriguchi

In April 1987, he joined Nippon Univac (at that time). In charge of business planning and development of IoT and AI technology-driven businesses in financial institutions (securities, insurance, trust, metropolitan long term bank, card, internet, Bank of Japan, Hofuri, etc.) and public companies (electricity and gas, transportation, travel, real estate, healthcare, etc.) He was appointed as MI CoE Senior Advisor in FY2024.
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, Yamada Shokai Co.
Hiroyuki Suzuki

In 1983, he joined Yamada Shokai Co. He has been in the back-office consistently in labor, human resources, and accounting, and was appointed as Executive Officer and General Manager of the General Affairs Department in 2012. 2016, he led the launch of "Yamada Shokai Holding" and subsequently experienced many M&A transactions. 2024, he assumed his current position and is currently involved in new business creation for the entire group. In addition, he also serves as a director of the Aichi Prefecture Federation of Social Insurance Committees and as a councilor of the Aichi Prefecture Health Insurance Association.
Representative Director and CEO, Liberaware, Inc.
Hong-Kei Minh

Born in 1985. He holds a master's degree in mechanical engineering. He was involved in the development of a drone system for the decommissioning of nuclear reactors by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy while he was a researcher at Chiba University.

FINALIST

finalist

AOZORA Corporation

Representative] FUNAKOSHI Ryo

Tackling Extreme Weather with a Small Satellite Equipped with a Microwave Radiometer
Although weather is important for coping with climate change, the current forecasting accuracy is inadequate, and government measures to improve it have not been given high priority, nor have they been utilized by the private sector. In order to overcome this situation, the first private-sector meteorological satellite in Japan will be developed using technology from the academic field, with the aim of acquiring observation data that will contribute to improving accuracy.
Planetary Wellness Inc.

Representative] Tsutomu Nishimura

Environmental Analysis and Natural Language Processing AI for a Zero-Loneliness Society
Using proprietary technology for predicting physical and mental states using meteorological factors, space environmental factors, and air pollutants, as well as natural language processing AI, we visualize loneliness, happiness, and susceptibility to disease on a map. By making the invisible visible, we challenge to solve the problem.
Material Gate Co.

Representative] Yuki Nakano

Realization of Low-Consumption Computers by Single-Molecule Dielectric Memory
Reducing computer power consumption is indispensable in an advanced information society. We are paving the way for the realization of low-power-consumption computers with a new next-generation nonvolatile memory based on an innovative memory material, "single-molecule dielectric.
Deepreneur Inc.

Representative] Yuki Hirota

Generative AI will free Japan's manufacturing industry from simple tasks.
The majority of work time in the manufacturing industry is occupied by simple tasks such as "searching" for drawings and "creating documents" such as production engineering reports. The efficiency improvement of simple tasks through the use of generative AI will lead to the liberation from simple tasks and a review of work styles, and will revolutionize the manufacturing industry.
Space Sea Five, Inc.

Representative] Ichiro Hagiwara

Origami engineering for new product development, functional enhancement, and process improvement
Origami engineering can achieve both the lightness and strength required for structures. In addition, self-folding allows the structure itself to become a manufacturing device, contributing to the efficiency of the manufacturing process. With new structures and manufacturing concepts, we aim to create a society in which safe and secure products can be easily implemented.
Thinker Inc.

Representative] Motoki Nakano

Development and sales of proximity sensors and robot hands
The independently developed sensor (proximity sensor/Model TK-01) for high-speed measurement of object posture and position and the robot hand (Model ThinkHand F) for flexible grasping contribute to automation of human labor that has been difficult for robots to perform.
Zero To One Lab Inc.

Representative] Yoshihisa Kangawa

A new form of wireless communication that does not use radio waves
As the use of radio waves is tightening around the world, optical wireless communications are attracting attention because they enable high-capacity communications, are free from interference, and reduce the risk of interception. MHI is conducting original research and development on optical wireless communications, aiming to realize all types of communications around the world using optical technology.
BOC Technology Inc.

Representative] Takeharu Kabayashi

Inexpensive, easy-to-use one-sheet artificial muscle without the need for solenoid valves
To develop and provide a soft actuator (pneumatic artificial muscle) system with an integrated air system to make power-assist suits, which improve the quality of life of the elderly, smaller and lighter so that they can be generally used on a daily basis.
TAK Thin Film Device Laboratory Co.

Representative] Takamitsu Fujii

Epsilon Gallium Oxide Thin Film Growth Business for Power Semiconductors
Among gallium oxide, which is expected to be used as a material for power semiconductors, p-type gallium oxide is reported to have a hexagonal crystal structure, and ε-Ga2O3 film is formed at high speed by the sputtering method. If a business partner is found, the company will develop the film into a device.
TouchStar

Representative] Masashi Konyo

Inherit and share humanity's first tactile experience
With tactile signal conversion technology at its core that overwhelmingly improves the experience of vibrators on ordinary smartphones and VR devices, the company provides SDKs and authoring tools for recording and playing back experiences. Archiving experiences beyond time and space to convey emotion, comfort, and skill.
Esmesmes

Representative] Daisuke Yamane

No batteries or wiring required, just place the wireless sensor anywhere.
Our unique semiconductor technology of "sprinkling" electrets (dielectrics that semi-permanently retain electric charge) on MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) enables us to realize "just-placed wireless sensors" that can be used anywhere, indoors, outdoors, or in dark places, without batteries or wiring. The "Place-and-use wireless sensor" can be used anywhere indoors, outdoors, or in the dark.
sibionics

Representative] Kuji Miwa

Rebar corrosion detection technology that captures rust movement in concrete
There is no existing technology that can nondestructively evaluate the amount of rebar corrosion in RC structures. We are developing a vibratory radar scanner that can visualize the location and extent of corrosion of steel bars by using Doppler radar imaging technology, in which brittle and magnetic black rust in the corrosion products is vibrated sinusoidally by an electromagnet.