Introducing Japanese startups aiming to collaborate with new overseas partners.
Environment
- J-Startup Selectee
Providing the cloud service ASUENE to visualize, reduce, and report CO2 emissions
Asuene Inc.
Minato-Ku, Tokyo
What can the product, service or business contribute?We provide services for companies and municipalities such as ASUENE, ASUENE ESG, and Carbon EX, a carbon credit and emissions exchange. In addition, we provide one-stop solutions for decarbonization, including SX consulting, carbon offsetting, and environmental initiative reporting support, etc., to promote corporate sustainability management. We support companies in their efforts to decarbonize by operating globally and contribute to the realization of a carbon neutral society.
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Technology, AI, IT
- J-Startup Local Selectee
A consumer-oriented, ultra-personalized optimization engine that expands people and evolves individuals and society.
Godot Inc.
Kobe-shi, Hyogo
What can the product, service or business contribute?Our consumer-oriented, ultra-personalized optimization engine based on behavioral science and AI aims to solve various social issues by promoting behavioral change. Currently, we are focusing on the following mental and physical health issues.
Cancer screening recommendations, specific health checkup recommendations, immunization promotion
Smoking cessation, medication adherence, and digital cognitive behavioral therapy
Human capital management and health management promotion in large companies
Appropriate approach to insurance, etc.
Recommendating organizationSMRJ
Technology, AI, IT
- J-Startup Selectee
Robotics for Fun Living.
Yukai Engineering Inc.
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
What can the product, service or business contribute?Yukai Engineering has two main development support menus.First is the development of products and services on a contract basis and DX support.Our strength lies in the development of products and services that combine designs loved by users with technologies such as speech recognition, speech synthesis, and wireless communication. Our designers and engineers finish customer ideas and principle prototypes into mass-produced products from the user's perspective.Second is service development using a robot platform.Our communication robot BOCCO emo is easy to operate for everyone from children to seniors, and can be used as a user interface for a wide range of services. Using our platform, BOCCO emo APIs, enables companies to deliver information to robot users and obtain voice and sensor information from users.
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Service-related
- J-Startup Selectee
- J-Startup Local Selectee
Innovative plant factory with the world's first enclosed cultivation equipment
PLANTX Corp.
Chuo-ku, Tokyo
What can the product, service or business contribute?We will bring together our advanced monozukuri craftsmanship technologies to realize a new food supply system based on plant factories with artificial lighting. We have perfected a sustainable technology that is unaffected by the weather and conserves resource use. We aim to bring new common sense to food and agriculture around the world by bringing together mass production and research technologies to continuously increase the value of plant factories.
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Healthcare
- J-Startup Selectee
Highly purified mesenchymal stem cell RECs and cell transplantation therapy using these cells open up the future of transplantation therapy.
PuREC Co., Ltd.
Izumo-shi, Shimane
What can the product, service or business contribute?The Ultimately Pure Stem Cell RECs will contribute to the realization of effective and safe stem cell therapies that take advantage of the inherent engraftment and differentiation characteristics of mesenchymal stem cells. First, we are aiming for a radical cure of hypophosphatasia, a rare and intractable disease of bone formation, but we can also revolutionize the treatment of joint diseases such as herniated intervertebral discs and other intractable diseases, including mitochondrial diseases.
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Environment
- J-Startup Local Selectee
Contributing to building a decarbonized society by visualizing CO2
Wastebox Co.,Ltd.
Nagoya-shi, Aichi
What can the product, service or business contribute?We support the carbon management cycle required for decarbonization. The system covers all the steps necessary for decarbonization, so there is no need to search for a contractor for each step, and the information is smoothly coordinated. Best of all, you can receive accurate advice based on a consistent understanding of the issues, allowing you to implement the right reduction activities. Continued efforts, measuring changes over time, will lead to the goal. We will continue to support the cycle toward decarbonization.
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Technology, AI, IT
- J-Startup Local Selectee
All-in-one tool for DX in education “Revot”
Arts Japan Co., Ltd.
Nagoya-shi, Aichi
What can the product, service or business contribute?Revot is a cloud service that can solve inefficient work processes occurring in the educational field. From video and live classes to worksheet creation and student management, all tasks carried out in the educational field can be digitized. It can be used in all educational settings where teaching and learning occurs online. It enables efficient education and management in various situations such as language schools, IT schools, schools for obtaining qualifications, vocational schools, cram schools, employment support, and training places.
Recommendating organizationSMRJ
Service-related
- Companies Driving Regional Growth Selectee
Water reservoir “Mizunokura” secures drinking and household water for emergencies such as earthquakes that may occur at any moment
miyakohcom Ltd.
Iida-shi, Nagano
What can the product, service or business contribute?Immediately after a disaster, water cuts directly affect human life. There is a time lag before we get public and private support and preparations must be made to bridge the gap. Stockpiling PET bottles is common, but there are problems such as managing expiration dates and quantity of items in limited storage space. Using wells is also effective, but there are risks of water pollution and water course changes. By using water in the house, “Mizunokura” always replaces it with fresh water, and the effect of residual chlorine prevents spoilage for a certain period of time.
Recommendating organizationMinami-Shinsyu Iida Industry Center, NESUC-IIDA
Technology, AI, IT
- J-Startup Selectee
SpoLive, a sports community platform that unites fans and teams
SpoLive Interactive, Inc.
Chigasaki-shi, Kanagawa
What can the product, service or business contribute?SpoLive is a service that can contribute to building local communities through sports and disseminating sports information. Sports affiliates can easily build communities using match data, and fans can grow more attached to their teams by communicating directly with friends and team members who support the same team or players. Unlike other social networks, you can accurately manage match records and results, reducing the operational burden while improving the quality of information dissemination.
Recommendating organizationJ-Startup
Technology, AI, IT
- J-Startup Local Selectee
「Cayzen」an AI-powered improvement proposal cloud
Eitoss Inc.
Toyota-shi, Aichi
What can the product, service or business contribute?In order to achieve CN, the uncertainty of continuous reduction measures is an issue. With Cayzen, it is possible to take a work site-driven approach to decarbonization through improvement proposals. It is also equipped with two AI functions: a "coaching function to improve the quality of suggestions for improvement" and a "function to match massive amounts of data". We will use AI to support improvement proposals and foster a culture that generates measures for decarbonizing activities from the work site, thereby contributing to the realization of a decarbonized society as an organization.
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Environment
- J-Startup Local Selectee
Mechanochemical organic synthesis technology to realize a sustainable society.
MECHANOCROSS Co., Ltd
Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido
What can the product, service or business contribute?Solving the industry's decarbonization challenge for the following reasons.
Providing sustainable processes with very small amounts of solvent. Providing solutions to reduce greenhouse gases while pursuing productivity.
→ Reducing the cost of initial running
→ Productivity improvement from high reactivity brought by mechanomethod
→ Green tech with low environmental burden
We provide insoluble, highly functional materials that could not be made by conventional chemical synthesis.
Enables the release of potentials that have been limited by solution systems and the production of functional materials that transcend the limits.
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Healthcare
- J-Startup Local Selectee
The world's fastest and most efficient production of useful monoclonal antibodies that are difficult to produce with other technologies.
iBody Inc.
Nagoya-shi, Aichi
What can the product, service or business contribute?Antibodies are widely used as therapeutic and diagnostic agents, taking advantage of their characteristics, and play a very important role in helping people lead healthy lives, and this role is expected to grow in the future. Although antibodies have been produced and applied by various technologies, there have been issues such as the existence of targets that are difficult to produce antibodies, poor performance of the produced antibodies, and time-consuming antibody production, all of which can be solved by our Ecobody technology.
Recommendating organizationSMRJ
Service-related
- Vibrant HABATAKU Small and Medium Enterprises 300 Program
“d.CONNECT” distributed wireless network for regions with underdeveloped Internet communication networks.
Dots for inc
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
What can the product, service or business contribute?In rural area of Africa, lack of Internet connectivity has created an information and opportunity gap with urban areas and developed countries. Dots for leverages distributed communications infrastructure to provide low-cost digital services. This includes the provision of information, such as agricultural methods, and financial services, such as installment sales of high-priced products, which are further optimized by utilizing behavioral data gathered through the communications infrastructure.
Recommendating organizationSMRJ
Healthcare
- J-Startup Selectee
We take pride in being a contract manufacturer of health food and cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, and respond to health needs
E.N.P. co,.Ltd
Nonoichi-shi, Ishikawa
What can the product, service or business contribute?We can now do OEM contract manufacturing of CBD (cannabidiol). As you know, strict regulations apply to CBD manufacturing and sales know-how, but we manufacture responsibly only with safe and secure raw materials that have cleared national regulations on our OEM manufacturing.In addition to manufacturing basic cosmetics and quasi-drugs, we also do OEM development of products that meet customer requirements from planning to development of supplements (including pharmaceuticals).
Recommendating organizationSMRJ
Healthcare
- J-Startup Selectee
Minimally invasive cardiac surgical device from Japan
Prevent back pain from getting worse with back pain fatigue self-recovery.
Phomec Inc.
Saitama-shi, Saitama
What can the product, service or business contribute?Minimally invasive surgeries using this machine are bloodless atrial fibrillation maze surgery and prevention of recurrence/function-preserving surgery for infective endocarditis and cardiac tumors in the cardiac field. Bloodless treatment involves organ surgery without cutting, and the prevention of recurrence and functional loss directly benefits the patient's quality of life. This technology is expected to be extended to other organ surgeries as well, offering new possibilities for the development of therapeutic technology.It encourages people to actively treat the underlying cause oneself, leading to a safer life.
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Healthcare
- J-Startup Selectee
Drug discovery support business using a variety of glyco-related technologies related to glycosylation
GlyTech, Inc.
Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
What can the product, service or business contribute?We are a company that researches, develops, manufactures and sells glycocompounds such as glycoproteins and glycopeptides. We are able to supply large quantities of API raw materials as well as basic research and contract research on ADCs using glycan linkers, which are being developed in the pharmaceutical industry. We are also conducting new research and development using sugar chains in high-molecular-weight LNPs such as mRNA vaccines. We are currently conducting clinical trials (Phase 2a) for a glycosylated somatostatin developed in-house, and plan to out-license the technology in the future.
Recommendating organizationSMRJ
Technology, AI, IT
- J-Startup Selectee
We contribute to solving social issues through our business by socially implementing crown reducers and three-dimensional cam mechanisms, which are innovative technologies.
Mu Lab, LTD.
Fukushima-shi, Fukushima
What can the product, service or business contribute?What is required of small precision reducers is accuracy/precision, reliability/durability, torque/output, compactness, efficiency/energy consumption, and noise/vibration. However, users currently have limited options due to the fact that the small precision reducer market is dominated by a few top manufacturers.Regarding crown reducers, we can achieve space saving, large torque reduction and hollowing, which will increase the choice of users and establish our position.
Recommendating organizationSMRJ
Environment
Business utilizing Emulsion Flow, a solvent extraction technology developed by JAEA
Emulsion Flow Technologies Ltd.
Naka-gun, Ibaraki
What can the product, service or business contribute?Rare metals are certain to become even more scarce as electric vehicles become more widespread, and “emulsion flow” can promote the recycling of rare metals and contribute to resource availability. In addition, as regulations on PFAS (organic fluorine compounds) are tightened worldwide, we have established “Separation and Recovery of PFAS” technology. High concentrations of PFAS in wastewater from factories that handle PFAS are separated and recovered with high purity, solving PFAS issues facing companies.
Recommendating organizationSMRJ
Technology, AI, IT
Achieving a world of liquification where people around the world are constantly traveling
Stay to Stay Co., Ltd.
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
What can the product, service or business contribute?We can expand the market of the real estate industry by optimizing the world's vacant housing problem and urban development, optimizing stay to stay user-owned properties, expanding the global tourism market, and establishing the concept of an exchange market for real estate. All of these services will enable ultra-long-term travel at extremely reasonable prices, and our urban development services have never existed in the world before.
Recommendating organizationSMRJ
Technology, AI, IT
Providing tin sulfide materials for use in secondary batteries and optical devices
CHALCOGENIC Co., Ltd.
Hamura-shi, Tokyo
What can the product, service or business contribute?Tin sulfide has twice the discharge capacity and high-speed charging and discharging performance of graphite when used as anode material for lithium-ion batteries and all-solid-state batteries, and our tin sulfide dispersion and tin sulfide powder are under consideration for application to secondary batteries. Tin sulfide also has excellent light absorption, and our tin sulfide nanosheets are mainly being considered for application in optical devices and various sensors.
Recommendating organizationSMRJ
Healthcare
– No patients without medicine –
FuturedMe.Inc
Chuo-ku, Tokyo
What can the product, service or business contribute?CANDDY™ does not simply inhibit protein function like traditional drugs, but uses the cell's natural proteolytic machinery to degrade the protein of interest. The advantage is the broad adaptability and flexibility of the technology, making it easier to design and profile, making CANDDY™ a new age technology for creating one-size-fits-all drugs.
Recommendating organizationSMRJ
Healthcare
RIKEN's Cutting-edge Technology for Advanced Medical Diagnostics
R-NanoBio Co., Ltd.
Wako-shi, Saitama
What can the product, service or business contribute?The allergy diagnostic system developed by RIKEN using photoimmobilization technology can detect IgE antibodies to 41 allergens in 30 minutes using trace amounts of blood drawn from fingertips and is marketed by Nippon Chemiphar Co., Ltd. as an in vitro diagnostic drug listed on the medical insurance list. We have also developed and sold a system that can measure antibody levels for each variant strain of the novel coronavirus in 10 minutes using blood taken from a fingertip.
Recommendating organizationSMRJ
Environment
Co-creating sustainable communities through solar sharing.
Agritree Co., Ltd.
Nakagawa-shi, Fukuoka
What can the product, service or business contribute?Energy funds are channeled back into agriculture via solar sharing, allowing farmers to maintain stable revenues and protect farmland. This allows farmers to maintain activities such as mowing and cleaning within the area, leading to sustainable growth of the community. In addition, since solar sharing involves the installation of equipment on top of already developed farmland, it allows for the mass introduction of solar power generation without the need for new land development and while preserving biodiversity.
Recommendating organizationSMRJ
Healthcare
Ferroptosis-inducing anticancer drug
FerroptoCure Inc
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
What can the product, service or business contribute?Due to the development of various cancer treatments, the survival rate and treatment responsiveness of cancer patients have greatly improved compared to previous years. However, there are still some cancers for which treatment is ineffective. We aim to make cancer a curable disease through our development. By doing so, we hope to contribute to the creation of a society that does not suffer from cancer by restoring the lives and happiness of individuals who lose their lives due to cancer and reducing social losses.
Recommendating organizationSMRJ
Environment
Anvils with integrated diamond electrodes are the hardest and most durable in the world.
VISION IV Corporation
Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
What can the product, service or business contribute?Diamond semiconductors play an important role in balancing high performance and energy conservation in the industrial field. This is done by taking advantage of their excellent thermal conductivity, stability in high-frequency operation, durability in high-temperature and high-pressure environments, and high energy efficiency. Compared to silicon-based semiconductors, energy consumption is significantly reduced to 1/80000. This characteristic is expected to promote technological innovation and contribute to solving a variety of issues.
Recommendating organizationSMRJ,Japan Finance Corporation,Yokohama Management Support Foundation,New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization
Healthcare
A test that can detect cancer types in dogs with a small amount of drops of blood
Medical・Ark, Inc.
Koganei-shi, Tokyo
What can the product, service or business contribute?Dogs grow five to seven times faster than humans, and their cancer cells also grow faster, so they are often detected at an advanced stage, which means that treatment is often too late. If we can respond with early detection and treatment, we have a fairly good chance of defeating the cancer. Detecting cancer with a simple method can bridge to the next stage of definitive diagnosis and save many lives.
Recommendating organizationSMRJ
Technology, AI, IT
AI integration business to support corporate profit generation
Lighthouse inc.
Minato-ku, Tokyo
What can the product, service or business contribute?We can provide one-stop support from consideration of data use policy to system development and operation support. We provide strategic/operational/IT consulting services to companies in all industry categories to help them develop policies and use cases for using data to meet their challenges, such as reducing costs and increasing sales. We also support problem solving through customized development of AI solutions that realize the developed use cases and introduction of our packaged products.
Recommendating organizationSMRJ
Healthcare
Development of a safe lactoferrin drug that can be administered to pregnant women and pediatric patients.
S&K Biopharma, Inc.
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa
What can the product, service or business contribute?Successful development of a formulation of lactoferrin will allow pregnant women and pediatric patients to be safely medicated, and prevent drug loss. In addition, since it is effective against many diseases, it is likely that only one drug is needed to treat complications and concomitant illnesses, thereby reducing medical costs. Since the product is expected to be effective in treating all the major target diseases of the world's top 10 best-selling drugs (overseas products), the need to import drugs will be eliminated, the trade deficit will be eliminated, and a surplus can be expected to be generated.
Recommendating organizationSMRJ
Healthcare
Changing the world’s blood transfusion medical care with artificial red blood cells.
OxyCarrier Inc.
Taito-ku, Tokyo
What can the product, service or business contribute?Transforming transfusion medicine which suffers an absolute shortage of blood for transfusion.
Bovine red blood cells, the raw material for artificial red blood cells, are obtained from discarded blood of slaughtered cattle. Besides red blood cells, blood has plasma and other useful components. Contributing to the SDGs by effectively utilizing all components of discarded blood from slaughtered cattle.
Because of its excellent features such as long-term storability, oxygen-carrying function, and compatibility with different animals, it could also contribute to the replacement of blood for transfusions in crises, and to the replacement of blood for transfusions in emergencies during future space development projects.
Recommendating organizationSMRJ
Technology, AI, IT
A patent evaluation database that improves work efficiency and technology development capabilities
Mode Create LLC
Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka
What can the product, service or business contribute?Many existing patent search systems focus too much on search functionality and are not sufficiently functional in design (readability and accessibility). Engineers unfamiliar with them, therefore, tend to shun patent search systems. We believe that our product will help the manufacturing industry to develop its technology further as an intellectual property management database which enables easy access to patent information - particularly important to engineers - owned by their own company and other companies, and makes it easier for teams to share information.
Recommendating organizationSMRJ
Technology, AI, IT
We solve the waiting of event management and sales
TIMEWELL Ltd.
Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa
What can the product, service or business contribute?People who take on challenges are often overwhelmed with work they don't want to do. In order for you to let go of work that you do not like and focus on what you want to do, we provide services that allow you to break down work and face what you want to do on your behalf. The online assistant service TIMEWELL is a service in which professional assistants perform multi-marketing tasks such as producing interviews, blog posts and social media posts, planning and organizing events, and back-office tasks.
Recommendating organizationSMRJ
Technology, AI, IT
Make Everything Online
obniz Ltd.
Toshima-ku, Tokyo
What can the product, service or business contribute?For companies facing maintenance challenges, we offer the latest IoT devices, circuits, and cloud systems to provide remote maintenance on a small budget and scale. We can eliminate the development of terminal software and its maintenance required for the IoT of products with patented technology. With obniz Now, we offer a common software to all our customers, so it is highly reliable and low cost. It is also highly scalable with the freedom to change the system.
Recommendating organizationSeibu Shinkin Bank
Technology, AI, IT
No-code workflow builder specifically for e-commerce
TēPs Inc. Ltd.
Chigasaki-shi, Kanagawa
What can the product, service or business contribute?Data linkage between systems and services can be automated without new system development, or processing that cannot be achieved by the business streamlining services already used alone can be realized. You will be able to automate the processing of e-commerce data without expensive costs and time, so you don’t have to hire new people or force yourself to develop systems.
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