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KGAP+ Batch5 – Japan Challenge – [Online]2021/06/15

KGAP+ (Keihanna Global Acceleration Program Plus) will hold a preliminary round in Japan for Batch 5.

KGAP+ is a startup support program that attracts promising startups from Japan and abroad with the goal of conducting PoC and pilot tests in collaboration with large Japanese enterprises as well as overseas expansion. So far, 48 startups from 8 countries have participated in the program, and 83% of them have been able to implement PoC or enter into collaborative discussions with the program’s support.

In this “Japan Challenge”, 5 startups from Keihanshin area (Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo), which has been selected as a Global Hub City, and 2 startups from Tokyo will pitch their innovative technologies and services to take part in the Batch 5.

After the event, there will be a breakout session where you can have a Q&A session with the startups and interact with them to the fullest. We look forward to seeing you there!

  • About KGAP+ Batch 5, click here.
  • About KGAP+ Batch 4 Demo-Day, click here.

 

  • KGAP+ is in collaboration with the Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo – Kobe Consortium which was selected a Global Startup City under the Japanese Cabinet Office. For more information about business environment in Kansai region, see “INVEST JAPAN, INVEST KANSAI

 

Date / Time Tuesday, June 15, 2021 15:00 - 16:20
Venue

Online by Zoom

Program

*Time: Japan Standard Time
*Language: English

 

15:00 Opening remarks

 

15:05 Introduction of KGAP+

Ms. Makiko Tatsumi
KGAP+ Program Manager, Director of Business Development Office, ATR

 

15:10 Pitch by Japanese startups

    1. CRIMSON TECHNOLOGY, Inc.
      “R.C.voice” is AI voice conversion technology that can change your voice into a specific character’s voice in real-time. “brAInMelody” analyzes the brain waves when listening to the music and create composition rules that match emotional models.
      [Software Development]
    2. Osaka Heat Cool Inc.
      Innovative haptics interface presenting the hot and cold senses using Peltier elements. Great communication tool for people when they are busy watching at noisy locations. (Amusement parks, sports events, and etc.)
      [Manufacturing]
    3. OSINTech Inc.
      “RuleWatcher” is an unique SaaS service that provides timely trend information by visualizing official information from governments, UNs, NGOs, etc. Our strength is to penetrate language barrier and provides high-quality rule-trend analysis by focusing social issues.
      [Information Service]
    4. Georepublic
      “Consento” is a digital security solution that eliminates the need for passwords, SIM cards, and central servers by allowing family members or other trusted people to participate in the authentication process, providing safe and secure way to manage information.
      [Internet Technology]
    5. Halu Inc.
      IKOU is an inclusive brand that pursues human-centered design to meet the diverse needs of children. Focusing on the needs of children with physical disabilities and their families, IKOU develops portable chairs to expand their range of activities and kids’ wear to make their daily lives more comfortable.
      [Manufacturing]
    6. Flora Co., Ltd.
      Flora uses AI chatbot, which using cognitive behaviour therapy prompts communication with women that experience signs of postnatal or prenatal depression. We collect data from chatbot personalize the contents of therapy sessions afterwards.
      [Healthtech, Femtech]
    7. aiwell inc.
      “aiwell care” is a micro blood sampling kit that allows people to easily perform a blood test with the same accuracy as at a hospital while staying at home. While ordinary micro blood sampling only tests 15 items, “aiwell care” can test up to 45 items.
      [Medical]

 

15:50 Support for Overseas Expansion of Japanese Startups

Mr. Hiroki Oi, JETRO Kyoto

 

15:55 Pitch by KGAP+ Alumni

    1. Robot AI (Batch 2 Alum)
      RobotAI develops algorithm that uses simple, webcam like, camera to estimate position and orientation of any objects around the robot. RobotAI technology makes robots aware of the environment, adaptable to changes and easily programmed.
      [Robotics]
    2. Agartee Technology (Batch 1&2 Alum)
      Agartee Technology provides solution to COPD patients (generally aged and with high risk at home) monitoring patients’ various bio-markers, symptoms and health conditions, and keeping the proper medicine intake. Agartee seeks collaboration with Japanese healthcare companies to remotely monitor patients with chronic condition and seniors at home.
      [Medical]
    3. Altumview Systems (Batch 4 Alum)
      Altumview Systems develops monitoring visual sensor with a built-in AI chip for long-term care facilities and home care. It is used as a fall detection sensor in long-term care facilities and as a sensor in home care where a child who has left his parents’ home watches over his parents. In order to solve privacy problems, we will turn people into stick figures and visualize them.
      [Healthcare]

 

16:15 Closing remarks

 

16:20 Breakout sessions for each of the startups

Rooms will be set up for each startup so that you can fully interact with the startups. (We will show you where to connect during the program. You are free to come and go between the rooms.

 

*The timetable might be changed.

Object Anyone interested in collaboration with startups and global collaboration, etc.
Due date for application Tuesday, June 15, 2021 16:20

Notes for attendance

・A link to the Zoom webinar will be provided to you by email after you sign up for the event.
・When you sign in the webinar, please use the email address that you wrote in the application form.
Organizer

– Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR)

– Keihanna Research Complex

Sponsor etc.
  • ■ Cooperated by

    – Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)

     

Secretariat
  • Business Development Office,
    Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR)
  • E-mail:bdo-event@atr.jp