Ecotech Grand Prix 2022

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ABOUT

Outline of the event

point (e.g. of a statement)

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 that aims to serve as a planter to discover these seeds and help them sprout into business. The 2nd 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

subject (of taxation, etc.)

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

Tuesday, March 1, 2022 - Friday, July 8, 2022

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[TUE]: 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.

6/25[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.

7/11[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.

10/22[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 2022

Location

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

Date & Time

Saturday, October 22, 2022, 13:00-19:00

Application period

Tuesday, March 1, 2022 - Friday, July 8, 2022

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)
17:00-18:00: Review Time
18:00-19:00: Announcement of Judging Results and Award Ceremony

JUDGE

judge

head judge
Executive Officer and CMO, 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 Managing Director and COO, Ecolio Co.
Shunji Urano

After a diverse marketing career in the textile field, real estate, and event management, he joined Ecolio in 2019 and is involved in the development of the recycling business. Currently, he is a core member of new business launches including secondary resource conversion, J-credits, biomass solid fuel conversion, and logistics.
General Manager, Business Planning Department, Environmental Business Company, EBARA Corporation
Keiji Sandalwood

Joined EBARA CORPORATION in 1991. In the Environmental Plant Division, he participated in demonstration tests of a new exhaust gas treatment system for thermal power plants for six years from 1997 as an engineer in charge of technology. Then, for about 10 years, he participated in the construction project of a large-scale waste treatment facility overseas as a project manager. After working in the administration department, he joined the planning department in 2017, where he was involved in SDGs initiatives and new business development, etc. He will assume his current position in 2019.
General Manager, Research Planning Office, Research and Development Division, Origin, Inc.
Tatsuro Sakai

In 1981, he received a master's degree from the Graduate School of Engineering at Keio University. In the same year, he joined the Musashino Telecommunications Research Institute of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation (now NTT), where he was engaged in research and development of power MOSFETs, one-chip power supplies and on-board power supplies. In 1991, he was a visiting researcher at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the United States. After working for NTT Facilities, Inc. and SOC Corporation, he joined Origin Electric Co.
Group Leader, New Business Promotion Group, Business Planning Department, Corporate Strategy Office, Taiko Holdings Co.
Yosuke Ohki

After graduating from Sophia University, Faculty of Letters, Department of English Literature, he joined a rotating machinery manufacturer, where he worked for about 10 years in sales (sales and application engineering) of cryogenic submerged motor pumps for liquefied gas plants, which are special pumps for the overseas market. After that, he moved to our company and worked for about three years in sales of Roots blowers, a type of low-pressure gas compressor for plants, for the Southeast Asian market, and is now engaged in the current planning work.
Deputy General Manager (Advanced Technology Research), Technology Innovation Center, Daikin Industries, Ltd.
Yoshimasa Kikuchi

Joined Daikin Industries in 1987. After joining Daikin Industries in 1987, he was engaged in the development of basic and elemental technologies for air conditioners in the Research Department, and at the same time, applied for an in-house entrepreneurship program and implemented project activities. He has served as Deputy Director of the Technology Innovation Center (in charge of compressors) and will be appointed Deputy Director of the Technology Innovation Center (in charge of advanced technology research) in September 2022.
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.
Shinagawa Unit Manager, Urban Development Division, Marketing Headquarters, East Japan Railway Company
Toshihiko Matsuo

Joined JR East in 2003. He was in charge of the operation and development of shopping centers at Station Building atre. He was in charge of urban development planning for Takasaki Station, Niigata Station, etc., and new business planning. Obtained MBA in 2014. He has been in charge of the Marunouchi redevelopment project and the planning of Takanawa Gateway City (tentative name) since 2016, mainly in charge of co-creating projects with partner companies. Most recently, he opened Japan's first hybrid clinic combining face-to-face and online services on a station platform. He is also working on the first drone-based entertainment food delivery service in Tokyo.
General Manager, Social and Public Services Division 1, BIPROGY Corporation
Satoshi Kanai

Joined Nihon Unisys (at that time) in 1992. He has worked for many years with utility companies such as electric power companies, and has been involved in DX promotion in the energy field, including deregulation of the electric power industry. Recently, he has been overseeing the creation of service businesses to achieve carbon neutrality. He aims to solve social issues related to the environment and people's lives.
Deputy General Manager, IT Innovation Business Division and General Manager, Business Creation Office, Focus Systems, Inc.
Yuji Matsuzaka

He joined Focus Systems, Inc. in 1995. After working as a system development SE and IT infrastructure SE, he became a manager and then a sales manager, where he promoted the IT service business by collaborating with major customers and developing business plans and proposals. Currently, he also serves as the head of the Business Creation Office and is engaged in activities to create new businesses by building relationships with startup companies and university research laboratories. Most recently, he has been involved in the establishment of a new company for research and development of VR/AI, joint research with Nagoya Institute of Technology, and the creation of a business that utilizes drones.

FINALIST

finalist

Panta Rhei Co.

Representative] Yasunori Sato

Safe and Secure Rooftop-Mounted Wind Power to Accelerate Decarbonization
Combining the wind turbine theory, which is inexpensive and capable of generating power from light winds to storms without mechanical control, and a wind collector that captures and increases the speed of wind 180 degrees in front of it, we will build a rooftop power generation system that can be installed on rooftops across Japan like outdoor units of air conditioners.
Ecolio Prize

Oita CELEENA Corporation

Representative] Takeshi Nishiwaki

Creation of de-plasticized products using bamboo-derived cellulose
Utilizing the technology to convert bamboo into cellulose nanofiber (CNF), CNF film with biodegradability and high-density gas barrier function is manufactured from bamboo resources that are underutilized in many regions, promoting de-popularization and contributing to the local community.
Origin Award / BIPROGY Award

OPTMASS Corporation

Representative] Masanori Sakamoto

Research and development of transparent power generation window glass
Infrared light, which accounts for about half of sunlight, has great potential as an unused energy resource. We are aiming to convert infrared light into an energy resource by promoting the use of window glass solar cells that generate electricity from infrared light.
Taiko Holdings Award

Aqua Solutions, Inc.

Representative] Yoshi Sato

Microbubble Generator Aims to Improve Fuel Combustion Efficiency
Microbubble generators, which can be designed and manufactured at low cost, can be used as "injection nozzles" to create the optimum mixture to increase the combustion efficiency of the fuel itself. They can be applied to engines and any other internal or external combustion engine.
JR East Award

Hello Space Co.

Representative] Takutoshi Iwashita

Development of self-powered electric mobility that does not require external recharging
MagDrive, a power generation drive system for electric mobility that can generate electricity during both deceleration and acceleration, dramatically improves energy efficiency, downsizes the battery, and improves cruising range. The goal is to implement smart e-bikes that do not require external recharging.
Nittetsu Engineering Award

JSC Technology Corporation

Representative] Iku Sato

Ultra energy-efficient cooling to revolutionize data center greening
Climate change cause suppression (CO₂emissions), we will work to develop and commercialize new innovative cooling technologies that will enable the world's most advanced green data centers.
Grand Prize/Real Tech Fund Award

Aster Corporation

Representative] Masaomi Suzuki

Reinforced Resin and Earthquake Resistant Design Reduces Earthquake Casualties to Zero
Aster manufactures reinforced resin that improves the earthquake resistance of masonry buildings by simply applying it, and uses numerical analysis to design earthquake-resistant structures, thereby reducing the number of earthquake victims to zero.
Focus Systems Award

Environmental Microbiology Laboratory

Representative] Yasunori Baba

Small-scale methane fermentation system for decomposing plant residues
In normal times, it contributes to the reduction of waste disposal costs and a low-carbon society by producing city gas and electricity from waste. In times of disaster, the facility can serve as a disaster prevention facility by producing city gas and electricity from weeds and agricultural debris that exist anywhere and at any time.
EBARA Award

co-junkan

Representative] Shoman Fujii

Co-JUNKAN Platform Opens the Door to Decarbonization through Heat Transfer
A data platform that integrates information and statistics from various regions with information from the nano- to kilo-level of spatiotemporal fusion of heat using heat storage material zeolite, aiming to realize decarbonization of "heat" that has been slow to be adopted.
DAC Research G in Shinin Univ.

Representative] Fuyuhiko Inagaki

Selective Direct Air Capture for CO₂recovery
Atmospheric CO₂selectively recovered. Unlike conventional methods, it does not contain water, and CO₂No energy is required to heat the water when discharging, improving the energy balance
EN-KEEP

Representative] Toshiyuki Sugimoto

Coating film sensors to facilitate IoT of paints and coatings
Developed a non-contact sensing technology to quantify the state of hardening and deterioration of coating films. In order to provide high-quality coating films in response to demand for coating, the company aims to develop an all-in-one service that covers everything from the selection of appropriate coating materials to coating film formation and coating film maintenance and management.
Daikin Award

heat sink

Representative] Ryuichi Ashida

No Burning! A new method of generating electricity from highly efficient biomass and lignite coal
A new power generation method from biomass and lignite coal has been developed that does not use a heat engine and can achieve a power generation efficiency of 501 TP3T or higher at a relatively low operating temperature of about 250°C. The generated CO₂Since N2 in the air is not mixed with CO₂Collection is also easy.