Selection of companies eligible for “Deep Ecosystem” support in 4
The Tokyo Consortium is working to promote the formation of a startup ecosystem and encourage the creation and growth of startups through collaboration between industry, academia, and government.The Tokyo Consortium aims to select and intensively support startups that are expected to grow rapidly in the future through a "deep ecosystem." This will strongly support your growth to unicorn level.
We would like to inform you that we have selected companies (startups) to support in the deep ecosystem in FY2020.
1. Overview of deep ecosystem
Deep Ecosystem is a unique initiative of the Tokyo Consortium that selects and intensively supports startups that are expected to grow rapidly in the future, with an eye toward overseas expansion, and supports their growth to unicorn status.
The companies selected by the screening committee will be supported by a diverse group of members, including domestic and international venture capital and institutional investors, and senior startups, taking advantage of the Tokyo Consortium's accumulation and network, with an eye toward expansion not only domestically but also overseas. We will carry out the following.
2. Overview of supported companies
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Company (startup)
Business Summary
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[Development and sales of nursing care equipment and industrial special equipment]
・With the mission of "realizing an independent life as long as one is alive," we developed and sold the "Muscle Suit" series of wearable work support robots that assist movement with the action of artificial muscles operated by air pressure.
- Contribute to solving social problems such as a shortage of frontline workers and an increased burden of nursing care in an aging society with a declining birthrate.
https://innophys.jp/
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[Development and sales of colorless transparent power generation glass]
・ Developed and sold colorless and transparent power generation glass by utilizing the colorless and transparent photovoltaic device technology “SQPV (Solar Quartz Photovoltaic)” that we developed.
・It transmits visible light like ordinary glass, can generate electricity through sunlight and lighting, and has a high heat shielding effect, so it can be installed not only on windows and exterior walls of buildings and cars, but also on indoor partitions and walls.
・ Contributes to energy savings without using rare and expensive materials such as rare earths
http://www.inqs.co.jp/
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[Development and sales of cooking and business robots, etc.]
・ A cooking robot that combines hardware and software creates a database of the tastes and tasks of skilled chefs and reproduces cooking.
・ Coordinating orders from tablets, etc. with cooking robots and automating a series of cooking processes
・ Work associated with cooking, such as food plating and sorting dishes in the washing room, will be handled autonomously by machine-learning business robots, solving the problem of manpower shortages.
https://techmagic.co.jp/
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Human Life Code Co., Ltd.
[Research and development, sales, etc. of regenerative medicine products]
・ Research and development of cell therapy that utilizes the umbilical cord with the aim of repairing tissue damage caused by abnormalities in inflammation and immunity.
・ Build an all-in-one platform from waste biomaterial procurement to research and development, manufacturing, logistics, and sales, and implement cell therapy in society with sustainable development potential.
https://humanlifecord.com/
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[Development and sales of AI × Voice × Cloud software]
・ Developed "MiiTel," a cloud IP phone equipped with voice analysis AI that visualizes telephone sales and customer service (records minutes)
・ By automatically recording telephone sales and customer interactions, transcribing them using AI, and analyzing and visualizing them, we solve the black box problem of not knowing what and how the customer and the person in charge are talking. Supporting improvement of deal acquisition rate and closing rate and self-coaching
https://www.revcomm.co.jp/
3. Examination committee structure
Judge
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Archibald Ciganer
(Acibald Ciganer)
Director, Joint Investment Headquarters, T. Rowe Price Japan Co., Ltd.
Concurrently Head of Japanese Stock Investment Department Portfolio Manager
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Miura Law Office Partner Lawyer
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Gaurav Gupta
(Gaurav Gupta)
Floating Capital
Funder
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Longevity.Capital
Managing Partner
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Vertex Ventures
Managing Director
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Waseda University Professor
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freee Inc. Chief Strategy Officer
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David Milstein
(David Milstein)
Eight Roads Ventures Japan
Managing Partner, Head of Japan
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Tokyo Consortium Director
Keio Innovation Initiative Co., Ltd. Representative Director and President
Please refer to the press release issued in Tokyo regarding this matter.
https://www.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/tosei/hodohappyo/press/2022/11/09/02.html
For inquiries regarding this matter:
Tokyo Consortium Management Office tokyo_consortium@tohmatsu.co.jp
Management Trustee: Tohmatsu Limited Liability Audit Corporation
Reception/Answer time: 10:00-17:00 (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays)
