Friday, March 7, 2025.The Association of Hyperdifferent Fields, Tokyo 2025TECH PLANTER World Communication" was held as the first day project of "TECH PLANTER" and was a great success. The event is designed to support the expansion of companies not only within Japan, but also from Japan to Southeast Asia, and from Southeast Asia to Japan. The session was divided into two parts and conveyed the attractiveness of Japan and Southeast Asia.

Part 1【Go to Asian Market

Partners:UntroD Capital Japan K.K., Japan Tobacco Inc. and Focus Systems Inc.

Part 1 is the winners of TECH PLANTER Asia Final 2024The event began with a special pitch by Next was the JapanPresentations were given by the six teams that won the top prizes in the domestic area-specific TECH PLANTERs, and the judging was based on the possibility of expansion in Southeast Asia. The two teams selected for the competition have now earned the right to participate in the TECH PLANTER Asia Final 2025.

【【TECH PLANTER Asia Final 2024 Special Pitches by Winners]

• Spinoff Robotics Pte.(Singapore) (Tech Planter Asia Final Grand Prize)
  • Theme: "Drones Help Simplify and Automate High-Cost, Inefficient, and Dangerous Elevated Cleaning Operations"
  • Make cutting-edge aerial robotics technology accessible to all by developing innovative aerial robotics research prototypes into commercial products.
• PT. BIOPS Agrotekno Indonesia(Indonesia) (TECH PLANTER Asia Final (Liberace Award)
  • Theme: "Integrating Irrigation, Nutrition, and Pest Management for Sustainability"
  • The company aims to increase the competitiveness of Indonesian agricultural products and become a profitable business partner for farmers.

TechPlanter 2024 by area in Japan winners pitch].

prize-winner

• SPHinX(Grand Prize of the Bio Grand Prix)
  • Theme: "Development of a simple diagnostic kit for infectious diseases that can be used in developing countries.
  • The technology enables inexpensive and accurate diagnosis and aims to realize "a world where we can save lives that can be saved.
• TeraForm Corporation (Grand Prize, Agri Grand Prix)
  • Theme: "Nature-derived nano-hydrogel technology for sustainable agriculture
  • Using this new material, which is gentle to both the human body and the earth and can encapsulate and release various substances, the company will take on the challenge of solving global-scale water issues such as drought in the agri-field.

Other Speakers

• Element Neutral (Grand Prize, Eco Grand Prix)
  • Theme: "CO2 Conversion Reactions Using Silicon Reducing Agents"
  • The goal is to develop catalytic reactions for more feasible carbon neutrality by enabling the recycling of silicon as well as carbon dioxide.
• Ripper Corporation(Marine Grand Prix Grand Prix Grand Prize)
  • Theme: "WhiteReducing Marine Microplastics with Nanotechnology Tires"
  • The goal is to achieve tires that reduce CO2 emissions from manufacturing and disposal processes and reduce microplastic emissions from tire dust.
• DigiTaste (Food Grand Prix Grand Prix Grand Prix)
  • Theme: "A personal taste sensor that digitizes and shares taste.
  • Because of its ultra-low cost and instantaneous digitization of taste, the company aims to create a world where each person has a taste sensor and can measure food quality, manage their health, and share their food experiences.
• ChatENT (Life Grand Prix Grand Prix Grand Prix)
  • Theme: "Spectacle-integrated bone-guided hearing aids and next-generation VR aural rehabilitation"
  • Everyone wears hearing aids as a matter of course if they have trouble hearing. We aim for a future without communication barriers.

Part 2 [Digging Deep into Japan's Attractiveness

Partners:Tokai Railway Company, KOBASHI HOLDINGS Corporation, Global Innovation Alliance

Part 2 began with an announcement about a partnership between 144Ventures and its portfolio company, Impactfat.

Next was a one-minute pitch by nine venture companies from three countries (Singapore, Malaysia, and Vietnam) who came to Japan this time to develop their business in the Japanese market. They showed passion and energy about their collaboration hypotheses and expectations for expansion in Japan.

List of companies that have pitched

Singapore

• uHoo Pte. Ltd. : Indoor Air Purifier IoT
• Veridian Pte. : AI-powered financial operations platform for hotels (bottom left image)
• Giken Sakata (S) Ltd.Commissioned comprehensive manufacturing projects in Singapore and Indonesia
• Accelerated Materials Pte. : Novel Reactor for Nanoparticles

Malaysia

• MInD Mechatronic Intelligent Design Sdn. Bhd. : Custom development of self-mobile robots and IoT products
• Tenaga Alam Sekitar Kita (M) Sdn. Bhd. : Providing clean energy through the use of proprietary portable charging stations
• ADA Biotech Sdn. Bhd. : Development and sale of sustainable straws made from rice (right image below)

Vietnam

• Alternō Co.Sand battery development to store natural energy
• Shoes Pte.Multi-tasking vehicle for rice cultivation

The LIVERNESS Group will continue to expand its platform with diverse startups, researchers, and companies in Japan and abroad, and create new mechanisms to contribute to the earth. TECH PLANTER World Communication will be held again next year. Please stay tuned to see what kind of new collaborations will emerge.