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In Southeast Asia, there are many enthusiastic entrepreneurs and ventures that aim to solve social issues by focusing on issues and technologies unique to the region. In addition, while there are many ventures that wish to collaborate with Japanese companies to achieve effective manufacturing and expand their business together, Japanese manufacturing technologies and networks are currently hard to obtain in Southeast Asia. Four Southeast Asian venture companies came to Japan under the RIVANES network and visited financial institutions and mid-sized companies in Tokyo, Hamamatsu, and Okayama to discuss future collaboration.
List of ventures that came to Japan:
| country of origin | name of company | summary |
| Malaysia | MindRobotics | Visualize harvest data through real-time data monitoring within palm plantations. The goal is to improve data productivity and reduce the harsh physical labor environment of palm plantations. The modem is placed under the palm trees, which conventionally would be difficult to connect to WiFi, and can acquire a wide range of data. |
| Malaysia | TEASK | Manufacture and development of mobile containerized EV motorcycle charging stations. Easily connected to the local grid and being deployed to universities, malls, and hospitals in Malaysia. 25+ year life expectancy. |
| Singapore | Spinoff Robotics | Manufacturing and development of a drone for cleaning high places. Both power and water are pulled up from the ground, enabling longer operation in the air (about 2 hours) compared to conventional cleaning drones. Core technologies are drone attitude and water pressure control during spraying. Hardware design specialized for atomizing and spraying. |
| Vietnam | Airboots | Developed "Shoes," an Amambo drone that performs pesticide spraying in rice paddies. Giving Vietnamese rice farmers an inexpensive and efficient means of spraying pesticides. Automated functions from a smartphone are under development. MoU signed with a company that is the largest rice producer in Vietnam and has orders within Vietnam. |
The four venture companies that came to Japan participated in the Tokyo Conference 2025 of the Association of Hyperdifferent Fields hosted by RIVANES in Tokyo on March 7-8, 2025, and then visited Hamamatsu on March 10 (Monday) by Tokaido Shinkansen to speak at a seminar jointly hosted by the Hamamatsu Iwata Shinkin Bank and UntroD Capital Asia. In the afternoon, I visited Hamamatsu City, Hamamatsu City, and UnroD Capital Asia. In the afternoon, he visited Hamamatsu City and Iwata City to discuss the possibility of collaboration with Hamamatsu Iwata Shinkin Bank and Somic Ishikawa Corporation, which is collaborating with Hamamatsu Iwata Shinkin Bank. On Tuesday, March 11, the group traveled to Okayama to visit KOBASHI HOLDINGS Corporation, which works with UntroD Capital Asia, to discuss the possibility of collaboration. The series of discussions were facilitated by a Liberace Science Bridge Communicator, who is fluent in Japanese and English, to identify the business and manufacturing issues of each company, and to help them formulate concrete plans for collaboration with Japanese companies.
Overall process:
| schedule | Location | summary |
| Fri, 3/7/2025 | Tokyo | Participation in the Tokyo Conference of the Association of Hyperdifferent Fields 2025 Day 1, hosted by RIVANES
(Session: Venture speaking at TECH PLANTER WORLD COMMUNICATION, networking with participating companies) |
| Mar. 8, 2025 (Sat.) | Tokyo | Participation in the 2nd day of the Tokyo Conference of the Association of Hyperdifferent Fields 2025, hosted by RIVANES |
| Mar. 9, 2025 (Sun.) | Free time for cultural visits, etc. | |
| Mar 10, 2025 (Mon) | Shizuoka (city) | AM:
Hosted by Hamamatsu Iwata Shinkin Bank x UnroD Capital Asia x Liverness Co. Seminar "Tech Venture Meetup in Hamamatsu" Speaker (Venue: Co-startup Space & Community "FUSE") Afternoon: Visit to Somic Ishikawa Corporation, factory tour and discussion |
| March 11, 2025 (Tuesday) | Okayama | Visit to KOBASHI HOLDINGS Corporation, factory tour and discussion |
The ventures that have come to Japan are discussing the possibility of collaboration with Japanese companies under the accompaniment of LIBERNESS.
LIVERNESS will continue to promote the creation of partnerships between promising Southeast Asian startups and Japanese financial institutions and mid-sized companies.
Inquiries regarding this matter:
Kandoh & Sakurai, Liberace Co.
Email: (English) [email protected] / Phone: 03-5227-4198