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Tech Planter 2024 call for entries is now open!
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ABOUT
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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.).

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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
Screening Criteria
A panel of judges composed of LIVERNESS and its partners will review the following items
  1. 01novelty (patentability)
  2. 02feasibility
  3. 03Overseas Expansion Capabilities
  4. 04Are you going to change the world?
  5. 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
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
  • Kyocera Corporation
  • KOBASHI HOLDINGS Co.
  • Soken Chemical Co.
  • Dai Nippon Printing Co.
  • Taiyo Yuden Co.
  • Toyota Motor Corporation
  • BIPROGY Corporation
  • Yamada Shokai Co.
  • Liberaware Inc.
ASSET
  1. ASSET01Riverness Communicator
  2. ASSET02Partners
  3. ASSET03Professional Supporter
  4. ASSET04superfactory group
SUPPORT
  1. SUPPORT01Organize the purpose and vision of starting a business
  2. SUPPORT02Brush up on your presentation
  3. SUPPORT03Providing opportunities for business company collaboration
  4. SUPPORT04Support for R&D and prototype development
  5. SUPPORT05Support for knowledge and IP strategies
  6. SUPPORT06finance
DEMO DAY
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
Participation Target
Held on a closed, pre-registration basis (finalists, partner companies, professional supporters, Super Factory Group)
organizing
Leave a Nest Co., Ltd.
timeline
12:30-13:00
inauguration
13:00-13:30
Greetings from the Organizer
13:30-17:00
Presentation (Presenter①～⑫)
17:00-17:50
Review Time
17:50-19:00
Announcement of Judging Results and Award Ceremony
19:00-19:30
(cultural) exchange meeting
JUDGE
  • Kazuhiro Hasegawa
    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.
  • Atsushi Yokoyama
    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.
  • Kazuya Inada
    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.
  • Masakazu Shimizu
    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.
  • Kazuhide Tominaga
    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.
  • Masashi Hattori
    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.
  • Takaaki Yanagihashi
    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.
  • Hideki Moriguchi
    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.
  • Hiroyuki Suzuki
    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.
  • Hong-Kei Minh
    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
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    Ryo Funakoshi
    AOZORA Corporation
    Representative] FUNAKOSHI Ryo
    Tackling Extreme Weather with a Small Satellite Equipped with a Microwave Radiometer

    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.
  • Liberaware Award
    Tsutomu Nishimura
    Planetary Wellness Inc.
    Representative] Tsutomu Nishimura
    Environmental Analysis and Natural Language Processing AI for a Zero-Loneliness Society

    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.
  • Soken Chemical Award / Taiyo Yuden Award
    Yuki Nakano
    Material Gate Co.
    Representative] Yuki Nakano
    Realization of Low-Consumption Computers by Single-Molecule Dielectric Memory

    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.
  • DNP Award
    Yuki Hirota
    Deepreneur Inc.
    Representative] Yuki Hirota
    Generative AI will free Japan's manufacturing industry from simple tasks.

    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.
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    Ichiro Hagiwara
    Space Sea Five, Inc.
    Representative] Ichiro Hagiwara
    Origami engineering for new product development, functional enhancement, and process improvement

    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.
  • KOBASHI Award
    Motoki Nakano
    Thinker Inc.
    Representative] Motoki Nakano
    Development and sales of proximity sensors and robot hands

    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.
  • Real Tech Fund Award
    Yoshihisa Kangawa
    Zero To One Lab Inc.
    Representative] Yoshihisa Kangawa
    A new form of wireless communication that does not use radio waves

    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.
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    Takeji Kabayashi
    BOC Technology Inc.
    Representative] Takeharu Kabayashi
    Inexpensive, easy-to-use one-sheet artificial muscle without the need for solenoid valves

    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.
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    Takamitsu Fujii
    TAK Thin Film Device Laboratory Co.
    Representative] Takamitsu Fujii
    Epsilon Gallium Oxide Thin Film Growth Business for Power Semiconductors

    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.
  • Kyocera Award / BIPROGY Award
    Masashi Konya
    TouchStar
    Representative] Masashi Konyo
    Inherit and share humanity's first tactile experience

    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.
  • Grand Prize
    Daisuke Yamane
    Esmesmes
    Representative] Daisuke Yamane
    No batteries or wiring required, just place the wireless sensor anywhere.

    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.
  • Yamada Shokai Award
    Kuji Miwa
    sibionics
    Representative] Kuji Miwa
    Rebar corrosion detection technology that captures rust movement in concrete

    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.
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