Okayama TECH PLANTER

The 7th Okayama Tech Plan Grand Prix will be held on Saturday, February 8.

2025/02/06

OKAYAMA TECH PLANTER is a program that promotes the creation of a new ecosystem in which research results from universities and research institutions are independently and continuously implemented in society to foster local industries by creating new businesses based on regionally developed technologies and fostering and supporting venture businesses. This is a program that promotes the creation of a new ecosystem in which research results from universities and research institutions are independently and continuously implemented in society and local industries are nurtured. As part of this program, the 7th Okayama Tech Plan Grand Prix will be held to present business plans.
Nine finalist teams have been selected to make presentations after the document screening process.
The keynote speech will be given by Mr. Takuji Namba (President of URBA Co., Ltd.), who launched his company in April 2024 after being a finalist in the 5th Okayama Tech Plan Grand Prix, about how he came to aim for commercialization and his future efforts.

We are also pleased to announce that we have selected a partner company for Okayama Tech Planter 2024.

Audience members are invited to attend (please feel free to attend).Click here for application(See Section 2.1.2.).

Finalists

No.	Team Name	Presenter Name	Title.
1	ReAxel Technologies	Seiya Torigoe	The world's most circular motor "motoloop
2	Team TkSP	Yuichi Koga	Providing new value with the world's best thermostable protease
3	Kibi Innovatives	Akira Yamauchi	Developing Patient-First Drugs for Pancreatic Cancer
4	Okayama Medical Venture Lab	Takahiro Hirayama	Introduction of Medical Continuity Plan and Disaster Response Capacity Enhancement Project
5	immunization agency	Yoshinori Matsumoto	Transforming Autoimmune Disease Treatment!
6	biologic	Takashi Tamura	Prescription for a near future where antibiotics will no longer work.
7	Visual Servo Co.	Mimami Mamoru	Engineering Reproduction of Spatial Measurement Capability of Animals and its Application to Robots
8	JSR Innovation	Junpei Shirakawa	Ultimate Regenerative Medicine Using MUSE Cells Derived from Dental Pulp Stem Cells
9	CELLCALTEC	Ken Kataoka	Development of AI evaluation system for cell culture technology

Okayama Tech Planter 2024 Partner Companies

organizing	The Chugoku Bank, Ltd. Leave a Nest Co., Ltd.
Special Co-sponsors	KOBASHI HOLDINGS Co.
community or regional development Partner	Orba Healthcare Holdings, Inc. Tayca Corporation Mizuho Bank, Ltd. UntroD Capital Japan K.K.
cooperation	Sanyo Newspaper Co.
support	Okayama, Okayama City

The judges from each company arethis way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker)for more information.

Outline of the event

Grand Prix Name	The 7th Okayama Tech Plan Grand Prix
Place	Main Hall, 3rd Floor, Head Office, The Chugoku Bank, Ltd. 1-15-20 Marunouchi, Kita-ku, Okayama City, Okayama 700-8628, Japan (in Japanese history)https://sasp.mapion.co.jp/b/chugin/info/1001)
Date & Time	Saturday, February 8, 2025, 13:00-18:15(Information Exchange / Reception 18:15-19:30)
organizing	The Chugoku Bank, Ltd. Leave a Nest Co., Ltd.
Special Co-sponsors	KOBASHI HOLDINGS Co.
community or regional development Partner	Orba Healthcare Holdings, Inc. Tayca Corporation Mizuho Bank, Ltd. UntroD Capital Japan K.K.
cooperation	Sanyo Newspaper Co.
support	Okayama, Okayama City

[Timeline].

12:30-13:00 Doors open
13:00-13:25 Greetings from organizers and partners
13:25-13:45 Keynote Speech
13:45-14:30 Finalists' Presentations (1) to (3)
14:30-14:40 Break
14:40-15:25 Finalists' Presentations ④-⑥
15:25-15:35 Break
15:35-16:20 Finalists' Presentations ⑦-⑨
16:20-17:10 Poster Session
17:10-18:00 Awards Ceremony/Closing Ceremony
18:15-19:30 Information exchange

Inquiries

Attn: HAMAGUCHI, RIVERNESS Co.
TEL: 03-5227-4198 / E-mail: [email protected]
6F Iidabashi Miyuki Building, 1-4 Shimomiyaibicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0822, Japan