Marine Tech Grand Prix 2024 | TECH PLANTER by Riverness

NEWS

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

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Marintec Grand Prix

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 ecosystem that aims to discover these seeds and serve as a planter to help them sprout into business. The Marine Tech Grand Prix is a program aimed at discovering and fostering technological seeds and entrepreneurs in the real tech field (marine-related manufacturing, mobility, IoT, artificial intelligence, materials, energy, food, etc.).

Related Grand Prix :. Marintec Grand Prix List

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

All the technologies necessary to pass on the richness of the sea to the next generation

Application period

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.

9/21[SAT]: Marintec 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

Marintec Grand Prix 2024

Location

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

Date & Time

Saturday, September 21, 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

judge

Executive Officer, LIVERNESS Co.
Ryuta Takeda

D. from Ohio State University, USA. He participated in the launch of RIVERNESS USA in 2011 and joined RIVERNESS Corporation in 2012. He launched TECH PLANTER in 2013 and has led the company's overseas expansion to up to 10 countries to date. Since then, he has been involved in a number of new business creation projects through collaboration between large companies and startups, as well as industry-academia projects, regardless of the field, both domestically and internationally. His motto is "Fall seven times, rise eight.
Asahi Yukizai Corporation New Business Development Project
Shota Takemoto

After joining Asahi Yukizai Corporation in 2007, he was engaged in the development and improvement of plastic valves, mainly polyvinyl chloride resin with excellent chemical resistance. Utilizing his experience, he was transferred to a U.S. subsidiary to help set up the R&D department. After returning to Japan, he worked as a corporate planner, considering M&A and searching for research themes that would lead to new businesses. He is currently leading a project to develop a sustainable land-based aquaculture system in a coalition of seven companies, including RIVANES Corporation.
Chief Technology Officer, INOCA Corporation
Masato Ueda

Born in Osaka in 1974. After graduating from the Faculty of Engineering, Kansai University, he conducted research on phase transformation at grain boundaries at the Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, where he received his Ph. After working as an assistant at Osaka University, an associate professor at Kansai University, and a visiting researcher at the University of Cambridge, UK, he became a professor at the Faculty of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Kansai University in April 2017. He joined INOCA as CTO in June 2022. On weekends, he is an American football player.
General Manager, Business Planning Department, Sanyo Chemical Co.
Kotaro Kitano

After joining Sanyo Chemical in 2002, he was mainly involved in the development of polymerization toner intermediates in the Research Division, and moved to the Sales Division in 2006, where he was involved in sales of polyols (raw materials for polyurethane) and thermoplastic polyurethane resin powder. In 2016, he was transferred to our subsidiary in the U.S., where he was involved not only in maintaining and expanding existing business, but also in developing new business and building partnerships with other companies, etc. He has been in his current position since August 2023. He will be involved in new business development, etc.
Deputy General Manager, 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 for furniture and interior construction materials, etc. In 2018, he moved to the planning department, where he has been working on new manufacturing projects that contribute to the realization of the circular economy. He has been in his current position since 2024.
General Manager, Business Investment Department, Business Development Division, Tsuneishi Trading Co.
Yosuke Koie

He has worked for a trading company for about 7 years in import and sales of food ingredients, a start-up company for about 6 years in fruit and vegetable distribution, and a health food manufacturer for about 6 years in the start-up of an agricultural products business. In 2024, he moved to Tsuneishi Corporation due to the merger of three companies in Tsuneishi Group.
Vice President and Representative Director, Teral Corporation
Takayuki Sugata

Graduated from Meiji Gakuin University, Faculty of Letters. Since joining the company, he has been engaged in productivity improvement work at manufacturing sites. In charge of new product development, developed a new feed water pump MC5, and since its launch in 2022, the product's non-consolidated sales have increased by 200%. Achieved the number one market share. Since this year, he has been focusing on the development of overseas markets.
General Manager, Human Resources & General Affairs Department and General Manager, Carbon Neutrality Promotion Office, Nippon Coke & Engineering Co.
Takayuki Okuen

Joined Mitsui Mining in 1991. He has also been involved in the study of new businesses in the Business Development Department, etc. Since 2021, he has concurrently served as the head of the Carbon Neutrality Promotion Office, where he is involved in formulating company-wide policies on carbon neutrality and supporting internal R&D. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Mitsui Mining Co.
Group Leader/Senior Researcher, Global Environment Future Prediction Technology Group, Resilient Environment Adaptation Research Project, NTT Space, Environment and Energy Laboratory, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
Masaki Hisada

He joined Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, where he was engaged in research and development of educational systems and in-memory DB, and community development of OSS database (PostgreSQL). After business development in Hong Kong, in 2020, he participated in the establishment of the Space Environment and Energy Research Institute in the Research and Planning Division; after researching ESG simulations and producing work in the environmental energy field, in 2021, he established the Global Environmental Future Prediction Technology group and served as group leader, working on global As a group leader, he is promoting the establishment of new research themes that are not bound by existing frameworks, such as simulation of global environment regeneration, extreme weather forecasting, ultra wide-area atmospheric and oceanic observation, and ecosystem forecasting.
General Manager, Business Headquarters and General Manager, Business Creation Office, IT Innovation Division 2, Focus Systems, Inc.
Yuji Matsuzaka

He joined Focus Systems, Inc. in 1995 and is currently the General Manager of IT Innovation Division 2. After working as a system development SE and IT infrastructure SE, he became a manager and then a sales manager, where he promotes the IT service business by collaborating with major customers and developing business plans and proposals. Since July 1, 2023, he has also served as the representative director of Focus Incubate Inc.

FINALIST

finalist

UMINeCo, Inc.

Representative] Yu Nakayama

Underwater positioning by underwater optical camera communication
The aging and shortage of divers and aging infrastructure are increasing the demand for highly accurate and inexpensive underwater mobility control. We use underwater visible light communication to realize "self-position estimation in the sea" with excellent accuracy over short distances and at an overwhelmingly low cost.
Real Tech Fund Award

Ulva Corporation

Representative] Takuji Namba

Seaweed production through land-based aquaculture connects tradition and opens the way to the future
Due to the effects of climate change, the production of many seaweed species in Japan is rapidly declining. Therefore, we aim to preserve the food culture of eating seaweed and to utilize seaweed as biomass in various fields by conducting sustainable seaweed production through land-based aquaculture.
Grand Prize/Terral Award

Ripper Corporation

Representative] Mikihisa Suzuki

Reducing Marine Microplastics with Nanotechnology Tires
LIPPER's goal is to develop environmentally friendly tire materials. LIPPER will replace petroleum-derived carbon black with a practical, naturally-derived tire strengthening agent. This will reduce CO2 emissions in the manufacturing and disposal processes and reduce oceanic microplastic emissions of tire dust.
Sanyo Chemical Award

Hokusanriku Factory Co.

Representative] Mikiko Mashimo

Enriching the World's Oceans with UNIversal Action
Old "skinny sea urchins," which are the cause of rocky shore scorch, are collected and re-cultivated in a sea urchin tank and sea urchin feed developed by the company. At the same time, sea urchin shells are used to make compost blocks and allow seaweed to flourish, thereby restoring the seaweed beds and revitalizing the burned-out areas.
Seaside Consulting Inc.

Representative] Yuusheng Hirano

New aquaculture tank with low energy costs and controlled water temperature
Until now, farmed fish have been defined by climate. If there is a technology to operate water temperature at low energy cost, an era will arrive when aquaculture will spread rapidly throughout the world. We have developed and applied for a patent for a highly efficient aquaculture tank by radiating energy and extending the conduction area.
Future Earth Prize

Hyperspec Drone Measurement

Representative] Hideki Kobayashi

Development of hyperspectral drone systems
While the use of photography, multispectral cameras, LIDAR, and other technologies have been used previously for environmental analysis by drones, we will establish a new environmental analysis technique for quantitative environmental measurements from low altitudes using large drones and hyperspectral imagers.
Tsuneishi Group Award

Ocean PGEs

Representative] Masami Masio

Extracting Precious Metals from Submarine Hydrothermal Water
Refining as solid metal by utilizing resins that can recover only precious metal elements from submarine hydrothermal water, which is believed to contain a large amount of precious metal elements such as gold and platinum.
Asahi Yukizai Award / INOCA Award

Mucus Hapiness

Representative] Minoru Kihara

Control of fecal properties of inshore cultured fish by stimulation of intestinal mucus secretion
When fish are fed non-digestible oligosaccharides, intestinal mucus increases, and the mucus coating on the fecal mass becomes thicker and less likely to collapse. As a result, water quality deterioration may be suppressed, and feeding oligosaccharides is expected to contribute to the maintenance and improvement of the rearing environment, especially in land-based aquaculture.
ZIFISH

Representative] Keigo Ebata

Bringing the Abundance of the Sea to Your Table: Development of a Digitalized System for Marine Products Transactions
In order to enrich Japan's fish-eating culture and revitalize local economies, we will sell domestic fish at reasonable prices, save labor at fish markets, and improve distribution efficiency through an information network that mutually links production areas and consumption areas, something conventional marine product distribution cannot do.
Focus Systems Award

plasmacell

Representative] Masafumi Jinno

Practical application of plasma-based growth promotion technology for cultured fish
Improved feeding efficiency and shorter rearing periods are industrially essential for the practical application of land-based aquaculture. We will revolutionize the aquaculture industry by utilizing the world's one and only technology that accelerates the growth of fish and shellfish by aeration with plasma treated air for just a few minutes each day.
Japan Coke Industry Award

modernology

Representative] Toshiya Nakahata

Algae bed restoration technology using photosynthetic bacteria and temperature-responsive gel
Eelgrass seeds are sown in a temperature-responsive gel that holds photosynthetic bacteria extract. By sowing the entire gel in the sea, the seeds are less likely to drift away, and the plant growth-promoting effect of the photosynthetic bacteria extract ensures stable regeneration of the seaweed bed.
Wind and Flood Risk Forecaster

Representative] Masaya Toyoda

Visualization of Business Failure Risks Using Weather Data
The project aims to predict and assess the impact of natural disasters such as heavy rain, strong winds, storm surges, and floods on businesses. The relationship between previous statistical information on the project and weather data and sea conditions will be analyzed to visualize "vulnerable weather conditions" and "risks of coastal and weather disasters.