Report】3rd Ishikawa Tech Plan Grand Prix: SPViolet Wins Grand Prize

The 3rd Ishikawa Tech Plan Grand Prix" was held on Saturday, November 22, 2025 at the Convention Hall of the Ishikawa Local Industry Promotion Center New Annex, and the winning teams for the Grand Prize and the Company Prize were selected.

The "Ishikawa Tech Planter" program is designed to discover and nurture passionate teams from Ishikawa Prefecture who will change the world through science and technology. In Ishikawa Prefecture, which boasts one of the nation's highest concentrations of higher education institutions and niche-top companies in the manufacturing industry, each support organization will work together to create a new industry from within the prefecture based on research results and technologies, thereby providing support that takes advantage of their respective strengths.

This program has been selected by the Ishikawa Industrial Creation Organization (ISICO) for the "2025 University Start-up Support Program".

At the 3rd Ishikawa Tech Plan Grand Prix held on Saturday, November 22, the nine finalist teams gave passionate presentations on the issues they are trying to solve, their core technologies, and business plans.

First,Keynote speeches by senior entrepreneursAs,Mr. Kenji Nishitani, CEO of U-MAP Corporation, a native of Ishikawa Prefecture, will present "Creating a world where we can design 'heat' - Toward social implementation of next-generation heat-dissipating materials.He spoke on the topic of "Thermalnite," the world's only heat-dissipating material. He talked about how he developed the world's only heat-dissipating material "Thermalnite (fiber-like aluminum nitride single crystal)" as a materials-related start-up from Nagoya University, and his approach of "designing heat escape routes" by integrating materials, design, and data to address social issues associated with the high heat generation of GPUs. He also talked about how he is taking on the challenge of innovating heat dissipation technology, which supports the foundation of AI and digital society, through the development of "single-crystal aluminum oxide" and the approach of "designing heat escape routes" by integrating materials, design and data. He also spoke about the progress of mass production and social implementation through collaboration with Okamoto Glass, showing how a startup and a medium-sized company have combined their strengths to bring about growth for both parties. Your passion is the driving force that makes it happen.

Then, after presentations by the finalists and discussion by the jury, the winner of the prestigious Grand Prize was,SPViolet (Theme name: Activation of sperm by light! A New Medical Device for Human Fertility Treatment and Animal Production"It is. Infertility is becoming a serious problem not only in humans, but also in domestic and wild animals such as cattle. To solve these social issues, I made a presentation on the technology to hyperactivate sperm by irradiating them with special wavelength light to improve the fertilization rate, including global deployment. In addition to being a theme that will lead to solutions to the global issues of reproduction, animal husbandry, and food,Including the deep expertise that we have consistently accumulated over the years,A team that can solve the world's problems from Ishikawa.and the judges were unanimous in their support for the Grand Prize.

Grand Prize Focus Systems Award] Fat team name: SPViolet Fat presenter: Hirofumi Nishizono ◯Theme: Activating sperm with light! New medical devices for human fertility treatment and animal production
I-O Data Award Mitani Sangyo Award Fat team name: wellspectra Fat presenter: Masamichi Nogawa Research and development of compact and portable medical monitoring devices for health promotion
Komatsu Matere Prize. Being Group Award] ◯Team name: Noto Aqua Farm Co. Nobuo Suzuki Seedling production and aquaculture business using Noto deep sea water
CCI Group Award] [BIPROGY Award Fat team name: VIVAS Fat presenter: Akira Izumi Theme: Development of an audio guidance system for vending machines for the visually impaired
PFU Award Mizuho Bank Prize Fat team name: Unitia Keigo Takasugi ◯Theme：Pure domestic production! Development of a dental CAD/CAM crown system
Real Tech Fund Award Fat team name: Virus Vector Vax Fat presenter: Yutaro Yamamoto Fat Theme: Research on Vaccine Development for Malaria Eradication

The list of finalists who presented on the day isthis way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker)Please see from

Outline of Grand Prix
Name of Grand Prix: The 3rd Ishikawa Tech Plan Grand Prix
Location: Convention Hall, Ishikawa Local Industry Promotion Center New Annex (2-20 Kurazuki, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8203, Japan)
Date: Saturday, November 22, 2025, 13:00-19:10
Participation: Semi-closed, pre-registration required (finalists, partners, local companies and universities)
Related:Ishikawa Tech Planter

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