Plug and Play Japan Summit: Winter/Spring 2022 Batch Report
39 companies from 13 countries and 27 startups from Japan gave their pitches. Online-streaming will be starting from March 15th JST.
TOKYO, JAPAN March 10, 2022 -- Plug and Play Japan KK (Based in Shibuya, Tokyo, CEO: Philip Vincent, hereinafter Plug and Play Japan) held a 2022 Summit to present the results of their 3-month accelerator program in two locations: Tokyo on March 2nd and 3rd, and Kyoto on March 8th.
*Smart Cities Program will have an individual EXPO (Demo Day) in July 2022.
About Winter/Spring 2022 Batch
Plug and Play Japan carried out the Winter/Spring 2022 Batch from December 2021 through March 2022 across 7 verticals—Fintech, Insurtech, Mobility, Brand & Retail, Health, New Materials, and Energy. With 48 official corporate partners of Plug and Play Japan, they selected 68 startups from Japan and overseas.
The online-streaming of the recorded video will be available from March 15th to March 22nd from the following link: https://eventregist.com/e/ws2online
66 selected startups and 21 Alumni startups showcased their results on the accelerator programs and revealed their cutting-edge technologies and services/products to business leaders and community.
Also, 22 startups and corporations were awarded to celebrate their achievements and great involvement to accelerate innovation and co-creation between startups and enterprises.
For more details, please refer to the below.
【EXPO Startup Award】
Plug and Play names a demo in each vertical “EXPO,” and startups on each EXPO that earned the largest number of votes from the audience receive an award. Award winners acquire the opportunity to give their pitches in front of venture capitalists and international corporate partners at Plug and Play global offices. EXPO Winners are written from the following:
*The details of the award prize for this year are to be announced.
Fintech
Company: ProfinanSS Inc.
Representative: CEO, Yoshihiro Kimura
Address: Aoyama Tower Place Building 8F, Akasaka 8-4-14, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Business: Provides "ProfinanSS" that allows you to easily create business numerical plans on the Web.
Website: https://profinanss.com/
Company: KAERU, inc.
Representative: CEO, Tomohiro Okada
Address: Kabutocho Dai6 Hayama Building 4F, Nihonbashi Kabutocho 17-2, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Business: Provides a secure payment service for those concerned about cognitive decline and those who support them.
Website: https://kaeru-inc.co.jp/
Insurtech
Company: Healbe Corporation
Representative: Founder and CEO, Artem Shipitsin
Address: 541 Jefferson Ave, Ste 100, Redwood City, California 94063, US
Business: World's first smart band “GoBe” that automatically measures calorie intake.
Website: https://healbe.com/ja/
Company: Empath Inc.
Representative: CEO, Takaaki Shimoji
Address: Mason Harajuku 502, Sendagaya 3-16-3, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Business: Speech AI that analyzes speech and emotion from voice.
Website: https://webempath.com/
Mobility
Company: Locix, Inc.
Representative: CEO, Vikram Pavate
Address: 901 Sneath Lane, Suite 210, San Bruno, CA 94066
Business: Digitize physical space and develop innovation solutions.
Website: https://www.locix.com/
Company: Aeterlink, Inc.
Representative: Co-CEO/CTOYuji Tanabe; Co-CEO/COO Ryo Iwasa
Address: Otemachi Building 6th Floor Inspired. Lab, Otemachi 1-6-1, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Business: The company makes a digital world without wires through power-saving wireless power transfer happen.
Website:https://aeterlink.jp/
Brand & Retail
Company: Salesfloor Inc.
Representative: CEO and Co-Founder, Oscar Sachs
Address: 651 Notre-Dame St W Suite 350, Montreal, Quebec H3C 1H9, Canada
Business: Mobile platform designed to enable services and sales remotely.
Website: https://salesfloor.net/
Company: susuROBO,
Representative: CEO and Founder, Maxim Makatchev
Address: ATC Building ITM 6F M-1-4D, Nanko Kita 2-1-10, Suminoe-ku, Osaka City, Osaka
Business: Automating live streaming.
Website: https://susurobo.jp/index.html
Health
Company: CellWave Technologies Pte Ltd
Representative: CEO, Robert Fu
Address: 30 Mount Elizabeth #05-30 High Point Singapore 228519
Business: Development of microfluidic cartridges for fluorescence cell sorting by sound waves.
Website: http://www.cellwavetechnologies.com
Company: MaRI Co. Ltd.
Representative: CEO, CTO and Founder, Hirofumi Taki
Address: Room 104, Building 9, Kyoto Research Park 91 Chudoji Awata-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
Business: Development of a non-contact sleep apnea diagnosis and treatment device.
Website: https://marisleep.co.jp/
New Materials
Company: FibreCoat GmbH
Representative: CEO and Founder, Robert Brüll
Address: Dennewartstraße 25, 52068 Aachen, Germany
Business: Production of thermoplastic-coated fibers and aluminum-coated fibers.
Website: https://www.fibrecoat.de/
Company: Nature Architects Inc.
Representative: CEO, Taisuke Ohshima
Address: Apartment Calm 3D, 8-4-7, Akasaka, Tokyo
Business: Development of new design algorithms using metamaterials.
Website: https://nature-architects.com
Energy
Company: Syzygy Plasmonics Inc.
Representative: CEO and Co-Founder, Trevor Best
Address: 9000 Kirby Drive, Houston, Texas, 77054, USA
Business: Photocatalytic chemical reactors development for the industrial gas, chemical, and energy industries.
Website: http://plasmonics.tech
Company: Zeroboard. Inc
Representative: CEO, Michitaka Tokeiji
Address: Shinagawa Intercity Building A-22F SPROUND, Konan 2-15-1, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Business: SaaS-type decarbonization platform for calculating and visualizing CO2 emissions.
Website:https://zeroboard.jp/
【Corporate Innovation Award】
Corporate Innovation Awards were given to the corporate partners who have passionately engaged with Plug and Play Japan's Winter/Spring 2022 Batch accelerator program from designing the program to operating itself.
● Chiyoda Corporation
● Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company
● Tokyo Century Corporation
【Ecosystem Builder Award】
Ecosystem Builder Awards were given to the people who are the most dedicated to build the startup ecosystem in Japan to speed up the innovation during the Winter/Spring 2022 Batch.
● Champion: Teruaki Honko, Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central)
● Champion: Masatoshi Sano, Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
● Champion: Ken Endo, ENEOS Corporation
【Startup Friendly Award】
Startup Friendly Awards were given to the following partners in honor of being friendly to startups in the process of their meetings/collaborative projects.
The award goes to the corporate partners on each vertical based on the largest number of votes from startups selected in the Winter/Spring 2022 Batch.
● Nisshin Seifun Group Inc.
● Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
● INPEX Corporation
About the accelerator program in Plug and Play Japan
Plug and Play Japan provides accelerator programs to accelerate innovation by connecting Plug and Play Japan's corporate partners with Japanese and international startups. Through these programs, corporate partners are able to connect with participating startups with technologies and services that could accelerate their innovation activities. For startups, they have the opportunity to collaborate with a wide range of major corporations.
Summit (Demo Day) is the final step of the accelerator program where startups give pitches outlining their results from the program. It is a great opportunity to get the latest updates on innovative technologies, meet cutting-edge startups, and develop new business partnerships.
About Plug and Play Japan
Plug and Play Japan was established in 2017 as a subsidiary of Plug and Play which is a global innovation platform headquartered in Silicon Valley. Our major strength is to provide "Consortium-type Programs with our extensive global network" and support startups through “Venture Capital Investment”.
By working closely with 45+ official corporate partners, Plug and Play Japan supports Japanese and international startups to scale their businesses and to enhance collaboration with industry-leading corporations.
Plug and Play HP: https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/about/
Company Overview
Company: Plug and Play Japan KK
Founded: 2017/7/14
Address: Shibuya Center Place 3F 1-16-3, Dogenzaka, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Representative: Phillip Vicent
URL: http://japan.plugandplaytechcenter.com/
Inquiry regarding this Press Release
Plug and Play Japan KK
The person in charge: Megumi Shoei
TEL: 050-5474-2808 / Mail: press-japan@pnptc.com