Kansai Tech Planter 2025
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- Kansai TECH PLANTER
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Outline of the event
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- The "Kansai Tech Planter" will focus on the Kansai region (Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, and Wakayama prefectures) to discover and nurture teams that will change the world from the Kansai region. The project will also attract deep issues in Southeast Asia, where countries with diverse cultures, histories, and industries are concentrated, and startups that are trying to solve them to Osaka/Kansai, which has an international airport. In 2025, the 3rd Kansai Tech Plan Grand Prix will be held with the aim of discovering and fostering teams with the science and technology and passion found in Kansai.
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- Have a vision to change the world or improve the world based on technological seeds in the real tech domain (manufacturing, robotics, mobility, IoT, artificial intelligence, materials, biotechnology, medicine, healthcare, food, agriculture, marine development, resources, environment, energy, etc.) and have the will to establish or develop new businesses. Those who are willing to start up or develop a new business.
- Both individuals and teams are welcome to participate, even before incorporation.
- No limitation on the number of years of incorporation, even if the company is already a corporation.
- Application period
- Monday, June 2, 2025 - Friday, September 26, 2025 (23:59)
- Screening Criteria
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A panel of judges consisting of LIVERNESS Corporation and its partner companies will review the following items.
- 01novelty (patentability)
- 02feasibility
- 03Are you going to change the world?
- 04passion
- commendation
- Grand Prize: 1
Corporate Awards: Several are planned. - LocationInterview Location
Osaka Head Office, LIVERNESS Co.
403 Oak Prio Tower, 1-2-30 Benten, Minato-ku, Osaka 552-0007, Japan
Interviews will also be conducted online (Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, etc.).- contact information (for inquiries) (e.g. corporate phone number)
Osaka Head Office, LIVERNESS Co.
403 Oak Prio Tower, 1-2-30 Benten, Minato-ku, Osaka 552-0007, Japan
(Attn: Kishimoto, Fukuda)
Phone: 06-6125-5622 E-mail: [email protected]
Schedule
- 6/2[MON]
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Entry Start
this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker)Please apply by accessing your LIVERNESS ID (https://id.lne.st/) and filling out the entry form. If you have any questions about your entry, we will be happy to set up an opportunity to discuss your application with you individually (by phone, online meeting, etc.). Please feel free to contact us.
We will also hold a briefing session for teams (applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, and will be closed when the maximum number of applicants has been reached). The teams will be able to consult with each other and develop business alliances. Please note that participation or lack of participation on the day of the event will have no bearing on the screening process.
- 8/18[MON]
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Kick-off event
RIVERNESS, partner companies, and entry teams (applications are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, and will be closed when capacity is reached) will gather and interact with each other. Participants will be able to consult with each other and develop business partnerships. Participation and content of the event will not be considered in the screening process.
- 9/26[FRI].
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Entry Deadline
We will review the application documents based on the information submitted by the entry deadline. Applicants will be asked to submit information about their team, skills, passions, and future plans via web form and video. All applicants will be notified of the screening results and will receive feedback on their applications if they wish.
- 10monthmonth (last third of)
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Finalists announced
Interviews will be held for applicants who pass the document screening to brush up their presentation for the Grand Prix. Interviews can also be arranged with partner companies for the purpose of business consultation and collaboration development.
- 11/15[SAT]
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The 3rd Kansai Tech Plan Grand Prix
Contestants will give a 7-minute presentation and participate in a 7-minute Q&A session with a panel of judges from Liverness, Inc. and partner companies. The Grand Prix will be held in closed session with contestants and partner companies. After the judging, an award ceremony will be held.
organizing
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Leave a Nest Co., Ltd.
Partners
Regional Development Partners
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ShinMaywa Industries, Ltd. -
DAIDOH LIMITED Group Holdings, Inc. -
Rohto Pharmaceutical Co. -
The Senshu Ikeda Bank, Ltd.
support
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Osaka (metropolitan area) -
Nara prefecture (Kinki area) -
Hyogo prefecture (Kinki area) (Hyougo) -
Wakayama prefecture (Kinki area)
Grand Prix Outline
- Grand Prix Name
- The 3rd Kansai Tech Plan Grand Prix
- Location
- Hartung Hall Nippon Seimei Midosuji Building 12F （4-2-4 Minami-Senba, Chuo-ku, Osaka, 542-0081, Japan)
- Date & Time
- Saturday, November 15, 2025, 13:00-20:00
- Application period
- Monday, June 2, 2025 - Friday, September 26, 2025 (23:59)
- Participation Target
- Held on a closed, pre-registration basis (finalists, partners, local businesses and universities)
- organizing
- Leave a Nest Co., Ltd.
- timeline
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- 12:30-13:00
- inauguration
- 13:00-13:30
- Greetings from the Organizer
- 13:30-13:50
- keynote speech
- 13:50～14:50
- Presentation (Presenter①-④)
- 14:50-15:05
- break
- 15:05-16:05
- Presentation (Presenter⑤-⑧)
- 16:05-16:20
- break
- 16:20-17:20
- Presentation (Presenter ⑨ - ⑫)
- 17:20-18:10
- Review Time
- 18:10-19:10
- Announcement of Judging Results and Award Ceremony / Closing Ceremony
- 19:10 - 20:00
- Networking & Reception
judge
finalist
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- HAKATTE Corporation
- Presenter】Teppei Araki
Next-generation health care sensors integrated into everyday life
Developed an IoT system for healthcare in which transparent, stretchable sheet-type sensors are integrated with familiar objects to monitor internal and cardiac conditions in real time. The system anticipates risks from everyday to abnormal situations and delivers safety and security to society. -
- Advanced Chemical Research Institute Co.
- Presenter] OKAMOTO, Kazuya
Development of Porous Carbon Electrode Perovskite Solar Cells
Perovskite solar cells are expected to be the trump card for renewable energy. Our technology uses porous carbon for the electrodes, which can be manufactured completely in the atmosphere, making them safe and inexpensive to manufacture, and providing durability that can be guaranteed for 20 years. -
- DIFF.
- Yuichi Shimizu
Toward Zero Shoe Refugees! Shoe Industry Revolution in 2022
3D printing technology for personalized shoes is overturning the common wisdom of the mass-production/mass-consumption shoe industry. -
- HONESTIES Corporation
- Presenter] Kiyohiko Nishide
Clothing barrier-free with garments that have no backs or front/backs.
With its unique and patented "garments without back and front" technology, the company aims to realize barrier-free clothing, and to support independence and improve the quality of life through clothing for households raising children, the elderly, medical and nursing care providers, the disabled, and other people. -
- AquaFusion Corporation
- Presenter] Yukio Matsuo
Introduction of Underwater Visualization Technology: Seeing and Understanding, So You Can!
With its high-speed transmission technology that overturned 70 years of conventional wisdom and its patents that utilize its object identification capability, the company has successfully developed sensors for evaluating seaweed beds and obstacle sensors for automatic navigation of underwater drones, in addition to the fishing and aquaculture fields, to solve underwater problems. -
- Cell Society Innovation
- Kimiki Kawane
Creation of medicine starting from cell dropout
Using a unique microelectrode device, individual single cells are electrically rotated and their secretion ability is measured based on their rotation speed. This label-free identification of cells with secretory ability contributes to rapid and low-cost antibody discovery and cellular drug development. -
- CellROT
- Presenter] Masato Suzuki
Cell analysis that turns and measures -Provides single cells quickly and accurately
Using a unique microelectrode device, individual single cells are electrically rotated and their secretion ability is measured based on their rotation speed. This label-free identification of cells with secretory ability contributes to the rapid and low-cost development of antibody discovery and cellular drugs. -
- MacrAuty
- Presenter] Shinnosuke Nishimura
Establishment of a platform for new biomass-derived materials
Using biomass-derived functional polymers, the company aims to build a new materials platform to solve environmental issues. As the first application, "low-temperature compatible hair styling agents" will be put to practical use in the beauty field, and in the future will be expanded to medical and lifestyle materials. -
- Mimicom
- Presenter] Risho Watanabe
Mimicom: Barrier-free sign language translation, connecting from the arm
There is a communication barrier between the deaf and the hearing. Therefore, we apply our original cognitive analysis method to sign language. This method estimates the intention of movement from all body parts. We implement this method in a smartwatch to realize barrier-free sign language translation. -
- Schwarzwald Olfaction
- Presenter] Sakura Moriyama
Preventing mental illness with aromas based on olfactory receptor sensors!
In a future where infectious diseases and cancer will be conquered, prevention of mental illness will be crucial. Elucidating the mechanism of action of aromas with olfactory receptor sensors and establishing appropriate uses for these aromas will provide a new therapeutic approach to compensate for the limitations of conventional medicine. -
- WILFOOD
- Kenji Matsuura
Using termites to turn unused wood into fodder and food
Aiming to establish a food production system based on natural circulation that fully utilizes unused forest resources and insects by applying termite mass propagation technology using unused timber such as forest residues and feed for poultry farming. -
- Yearning First
- Takumi Nakatsuji
1 Kg in 3 days, development of methodology to make any protein
Proteins are used worldwide as research objects and drug materials, but artificial synthesized products as reagents are more expensive than platinum. In this study, yeast, the production host, is cultured with a protein aggregation inhibitor to easily synthesize and provide artificial proteins.