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Report】Agri-Tech Grand Prix 2025: Grand Prize Won by Midori-Navi - Highly Accurate, Wide-Area "Forest Infrastructure Map" Realized by AI
2025/10/06
On Saturday, October 4, 2025, RIVANES Corporation held the Agri-Tech Grand Prix 2025 at the Center of Garage (Sumida-ku, Tokyo), where the Grand Prize and Company Awards were presented.
Since 2020, the Tech Planter has been developed under the concept of "Deep Issue & Deep Tech Explorer," in which unsolved issues (Deep Issue) are solved with the collective power of science and technology (Deep Tech). This year, 335 teams from Japan and abroad applied. Twelve teams selected from among them took the stage as finalists and passionately presented their ideas for solving social issues using technology and the possibilities for developing fundamental technologies.
The prestigious Grand Prize was awarded to "Midori-Navi" (theme: "Forest Infrastructure Map" with high accuracy and wide area realized by AI). Mr. Ise, the team leader, aims to realize a "forest infrastructure map" that continues to evolve with high accuracy and frequency, utilizing a proprietary vegetation identification AI that reduces the cost of conventional forest observation to less than one-tenth. This technology was unanimously selected by the judges as the Grand Prize winner not only for its ability to visualize the multifaceted value of forests, but also for its potential for broad deployment in the agri-field by bringing together the knowledge and assets of each partner company.
Midori-Navi, along with the Tech Planter Grand Prize winning teams in the other six areas,The Japan Society for Hyperdifferentiation 2026 Tokyo-Kanto Conference(March 6 and 7, 2026) to participate in a special pitch session. In addition, the two teams that excel in this session will advance to the TECH PLANTER Asia Final 2026.Through this platform, LIVERNESS will expand the ecosystem in Japan and Southeast Asia where venture companies, large corporations, mid-sized companies, and researchers will work together to solve deep issues.
Midori Navi, winner of the Grand Prize, and the entire jury
List of Company Awards and Grand Prizes
| Team Name | theme | winning (a prize) |
| Beef Sommelier Co. | Beef Quality Prediction Technology Made Possible by AI | Yoshinoya Prize |
| Comphonic Laboratories, Inc. | Practical application of a sound wave device that does not require power supply to prevent bird damage | Focus Systems Award |
| NT Giken Kogyo Co. | Next Generation Agriculture with Concentrator Tower System | |
| WAKU Corporation | Glutathione, a stress signaling substance in plants | Otsuka Foods Award |
| HaKaL Corporation | Implementation of simple on-site testing technology for livestock infectious diseases | Nipun Award |
| OURTES Corporation | Agricultural and environmental reform through the energy crop "Yamatodama | tertiary award |
| Research Association of Biosensors for Soil Diagnosis, LLC. | Inexpensive, quick, simple, and easy-to-understand soil biology diagnosis business | ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Award |
| AGRI-ByYYou | Industrial Plants" to achieve zero food loss! | |
| SymBioFarm | Plant disease control through the use of symbiotic fungi | Soken Chemical Award |
| seed science | Production of high-value bioproducts in plant factories | Real Tech Fund Award |
| Furano Mirai Kaitakusai Mura | Co-Creation Dairy Farming Platform Furano Mirai Kaitakusai Mura | KOBASHI Award |
| Green Navi | High-precision, wide-area "Forest Infrastructure Map" realized by AI | Grand Prize
Yamada Shokai Award |
Demo Day Implementation Overview
Name of the Grand Prix: Agritech Grand Prix 2025
Location: Center of Garage (1-16-3 Yokogawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-0003, Japan)
Date: Saturday, October 4, 2025, 13:00-19:00
Participation: Closed, pre-registration required (entry teams, partner companies, Super Factory Group Professional Supporters)
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