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Innovation Showcase INNOVATION SHOWCASE

Innovation is at the heart of Smart Manufacturing Summit and has a prominent place in the event through the Innovation Showcase.

The Innovation Showcase connects the most promising industry 5.0 startups with industry leaders, corporates, innovation ecosystems and institutional partners.
It combines pitches’ area, specific startup corners for networking and lead generation.

Build strategic partnerships with regions,institutes, and corporates between Europe and Japan Create a community of innovators Differentiate from traditional tradeshows Establish opinion leadership on
open-innovation Bring visibility and attractiveness through diversification

SPONSOR

DASSAULT SYSTEMES

Dassault Systèmes provides a "3DEXPERIENCE Platform" that accelerates innovation in manufacturing by connecting organizations and various operations with the latest digital technology "Virtual Twin Experience" CATIA, SOLIDWORKS, DELMIA, SIMULIA, ENOVIA, etc. They provide a wide range of solutions from 3D design to system development, various simulations, product data management, and digital manufacturing.
During Smart Manufacturing Summit, they will introduce the world of virtual commissioning realized by the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, welcoming Yutaka Electronics Industries, Ltd. as their guest.

CONFERENCE SPONSOR

What is Innovation Showcase?

As a company or investor

Opportunity to meet a diverse range of
start-ups from different countries!
Nunber of exhibitors 57Companies

As a start-up

Level up business scale!

The Innovation Showcase puts the spotlight on your promising ideas! It is the place to present your company’s vision and your solutions for the biggest challenges in the industry.

  • Give visibility to your brand and pitch in front of an audience of industry leaders and investors.
  • Look for funding opportunities by meeting with investors, accelerators, innovation partners and institutes,
    which allow you to develop your business.
  • Get a chance to network and generate leads before, during and after the event with our matchmaking solution.

ELIGIBILITY

being a young and
innovative company,
legally constituted
by 1 March 2023

less than 5 years old

Annual turnover of less than
JPY 750 million

HOW TO TAKE PART?

Book a corner on the Innovation Showcase

Exhibit within an institutional,
country,
regions’ pavilions,
or companies’ booths.

SPEAKERS

Current list of exhibitors

STATION Ai Corporation

[CATEGORY]

OTHER

WeavAir

[CATEGORY]

SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING

patternstorage Inc

[CATEGORY]

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES & MATERIALS

Dialogue Joint Ventures

[CATEGORY]

OTHER

CEFJ : France-Japan Exchange Committee

[CATEGORY]

COUNTRIES & REGIONS

UrbanChain Group Co., Ltd.

[CATEGORY]

DIGITAL ECOSYSTEMS

Space Monkey SG Pte. Ltd.

[CATEGORY]

NEW ENERGIES

EmoKit Tech Co.,Ltd

[CATEGORY]

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES & MATERIALS

SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING

ADOK

[CATEGORY]

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES & MATERIALS

Beijing Qingquan Zhihui Medical Technology Co., Ltd.

[CATEGORY]

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES & MATERIALS

SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING

Asuene Inc.

[CATEGORY]

SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING

Beijing TUS-Optoeletronic Technology Co., Ltd.

[CATEGORY]

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES & MATERIALS

Profet AI

[CATEGORY]

DIGITAL ECOSYSTEMS

Optimistik

[CATEGORY]

DIGITAL ECOSYSTEMS

Tokai Innovation Institute Co.

[CATEGORY]

UNIVERSITIES & RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS

Keep Technologies

[CATEGORY]

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES & MATERIALS

Fabriq

[CATEGORY]

DIGITAL ECOSYSTEMS

RoPlus Pte Ltd

[CATEGORY]

AUTOMATION & MECHATRONICS

H2 Power, LLC

[CATEGORY]

NEW ENERGIES

Aitonomi

[CATEGORY]

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES & MATERIALS

Skypeak Co., Ltd.

[CATEGORY]

SMART MOBILITIES

VALUENEX Inc.

[CATEGORY]

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES & MATERIALS

CRecTech Pte Ltd

[CATEGORY]

NEW ENERGIES

Polymertal

[CATEGORY]

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES & MATERIALS

SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING

Invigilo Technologies

[CATEGORY]

DIGITAL ECOSYSTEMS

MIRAIE CORPORATION

[CATEGORY]

SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING

Co-Innovation University (provisional name)

[CATEGORY]

UNIVERSITIES & RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS

SINEORA

[CATEGORY]

DIGITAL ECOSYSTEMS

MonoRevo

[CATEGORY]

AICHI

JOYCLE .inc

[CATEGORY]

AICHI

A1A Co., Ltd.

[CATEGORY]

AICHI

Corpy&Co.

[CATEGORY]

AICHI

Skillnote Corporation

[CATEGORY]

AICHI

First Automation Inc.

[CATEGORY]

AICHI

Eitoss Inc.

[CATEGORY]

AICHI

Robofull Inc.

[CATEGORY]

AICHI

SUPWAT, Inc.

[CATEGORY]

AICHI

CROSLAN CO,LTD

[CATEGORY]

AICHI

SmartShopping, Inc.

[CATEGORY]

AICHI

Takumi Engineering, inc.

[CATEGORY]

AICHI

LIGHTz Inc

[CATEGORY]

AICHI

Smart Craft Inc.

[CATEGORY]

AICHI

knewit.inc

[CATEGORY]

AICHI

Flare Inc.

[CATEGORY]

AICHI

bestat Inc.

[CATEGORY]

AICHI

ABILITY LTD.

[CATEGORY]

AICHI

HACARUS INC.

[CATEGORY]

AICHI

Hutzper Inc.

[CATEGORY]

AICHI

SalesOne, Inc.

[CATEGORY]

AUTOMATION & MECHATRONICS

IMUZAK

[CATEGORY]

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES & MATERIALS

Senscom LLC

[CATEGORY]

SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING

Happy Life Creators

[CATEGORY]

DIGITAL ECOSYSTEMS

Marubishi Seisakusho CO., Ltd.

[CATEGORY]

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES & MATERIALS

SEE ALL EXHIBITORS OF STARTUPS

Conference & Pitch Program

GET INSPIRED BY OUR RICH PROGRAMM OF STARTUPS’ PITCHES AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS ON INNOVATION SHOWCASE STAGE!

Day1 [March 13th, 2024]

10:50-11:50
AICHI INBOUND PROGRAM DEMO DAY
「Bridging Corporates & Startups Frontiers - Open Innovation
Collaboration Between Aichi and
Singapore」
SPEAKER

Kobayashi Create Co., Ltd.
Yuji Shirane
Kohei Yamada
 
YAGAMI CO.,LTD.
Motofumi HAGIWARA
Senior Staff
 
Kaman, inc.
Shingo Yoshizumi
CEO/Founder
 
Smartfuture Pte Ltd
Sumit Khemani
CEO & Director
 
MONET Technologies Inc.
Uekusa Makoto
Assistant Manager Maas Business Department Service Development &Promotion Office
 
WeavAir
Natalia Mykhaylova
CEO

11:50-13:10
Startup Pitch①
COMPANY

MonoRevo inc.
 
Hutzper Inc.
 
Joycle
 
A1A Inc.
 
Corpy&Co., Inc.
 
Skillnote Corporation
 
First Automation Inc.
 
Robofull
 
SUPWAT
 
CROSLAN VN CO,LTD
 
SmartShopping .Inc
 
ASUENE

14:00-14:45
PANEL: Why and how to boost up Japanese DeepTech Startup Ecosystem?

In the Five-Year Plan for Startup Development formulated in 2022, it is stated, "Startups convert social issues into engines of growth, realizing a sustainable economic society," and the Japanese government is working on startup development with an unprecedented supplementary budget of one trillion yen. One of the ways to strengthen the startup ecosystem is to increase and diversify the funding sources. In this session, startups, the governmental support organization NEDO, and venture capitalists (VCs) will each share their perspectives on increasing and diversifying funding sources.


SPEAKER

NEDO
Tsuyoshi Yoshida
Director General, Innovation Promotion Department
 
Beyond Next Ventures Inc
Katsuya Hashizume
Executive Officer / Partner
 
GRA&GREEN Inc.
Keisuke Iwata
CFO

14:50-15:35
How BPI and Aichi support foreign
startups' landing in Japan
SPEAKER

Aichi Prefecture
Bureau of Economy and Industry, Innovative Business Creation Department,
Overseas Collaboration Division
 
BPI France
Jeanne ANDRADE - International Innovation Program Manager – Eureka
Isabelle LEBO - International partnerships and International Advisory Manager
Mortimer PIGNON - Team Leader for International & Collaborative Innovation

15:50–17:10
Startup Pitch②
COMPANY

Fabriq(France)
 
Optimistik(France)
 
INVIGILO(Singapore)
 
roplus(Singapore)
 
Crectech (Singapore)
 
Polymertal(Israel)
 
Daika Wood(Israel)
 
Deeyook Location Technologies LTD.(Israel)
 
Beijing Qingquan Zhihui Medical Technology Co., Ltd. (China)
 
EmoKit Tech Co., Ltd. (China)
 
Beijing TUS-Optoeletronic Technology Co., Ltd. (China)

Day2 [March 14th, 2024]

10:00-10:45
Startup Pitch③
COMPANY

Takumi Engineering, inc.
 
LIGHTz Corp.
 
HACARUS INC.
 
Smart Craft inc.
 
knewit
 
Flare Inc.
 
bestat inc.
 
ABILITY LTD.

10:50-11:35
Startup Pitch④
COMPANY

Eitoss
 
TOKAI INNOVATION INSTITUTE
 
Tokai National Higher Education and Research System / Nagoya University
 
Keep Technologies(USA)
 
H2Power(USA)
 
Aitonomi(USA/Germany)
 
Weavinsight PTE LTD

11:50-12:35
PANEL: Talents & Inclusion in MONOZUKURI - Industry 5.0

Through this session CEFJ welcome HERALBONY Co.,Ltd. and Representative of DMG MORI Sailing Team, Participant to the Vendée Globe, we introduce firstly “How to put talents forward in Monozukuri (Art)” ,Second part we will present “How to accompany (educate & train) next generations through perpetual innovation and continued process”
For the conclusion the discussion develop to “What to do towards more sustainable economy through more inclusive Monozukuri “


SPEAKER

CEFJ (COMITE D'ECHANGES FRANCO-JAPONAIS)
Noriko CARPENTIER-TOMINAGA
General Delegate
Pierre Kuchly
President of CEFJ, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Val d'Oise, President of the National CPME (Confederation of SME)

 

DMG MORI
Kojiro Shiraishi
Representative of DMG MORI Sailing Team, Participant to the Vendée Globe

 

HERALBONY Co.,Ltd.
Takaya Matsuda
CEO

12:40-13:10
Startup Pitch⑤
COMPANY

VALUENEX Inc.
 
HappyLifeCreators Co., Ltd.
 
Profet AI
 
ADOK, LE HUB TACTILE
 
UrbanChain Group

14:00-14:45
Startup Pitch⑥
COMPANY

patternstorage
 
Marubishi Seisakusho co., Ltd.
 
IMUZAK Inc.
 
SalesOne, Inc.
 
Space Monkey
 
Skypeak Co., Ltd.

14:50-15:35
Pannel: VC, CVC Talk: What we are expecting in Japanese Startup Eco-system?

Join us for an enlightening panel discussion featuring two distinguished speakers: Philippe from Jolt Capital, a growth deeptech private equity firm, and Kevann from Valeo, a leading 1st tier automotive supplier renowned for its drive for innovation, being the French company filing the most patents worldwide a leading This session will delve into the growing interest of global companies and foreign venture capitalists in the Japanese Startup Ecosystem. Valeo, with innovation embedded in its DNA, is constantly on the lookout for cutting-edge technologies and partnerships. Kevann will share insights on Valeo’s perception of Japanese innovation strengths and discuss the company’s aspirations for collaborating with Japanese startups. On the other hand, Philippe, leveraging his extensive experience across Asia, the US, and now Europe, will offer valuable advice to Japanese startups on making themselves more attractive to international firms and investors, aiming to foster global expansion. This panel promises to provide a unique perspective on cross-border collaborations and strategies for Japanese startups seeking to capture the attention of global players and venture capitalists.


SPEAKER

Valeo Japan Co., Ltd.
Kevann ESMAEILI
 
JOLT CAPITAL
Philippe PEREZ
Head of Marketing and Public Affairs

16:25-17:10
Pannel: How to develop the startup ecosystem in regions?

KDDI and Mitsui Fudosan, two of the speakers who have played a central role in pioneering companies that were quick to tackle startups and new businesses, are now involved in regional revitalization. We have something in common.
The two will discuss specific measures that local governments and businesses should take, using specific examples, regarding the issues they have discovered through their involvement in local areas and the future possibilities of local areas.


SPEAKER

Mitsui Fudosan CO.,Ltd.
Keiichiro KOUMURA
Venture Co-creation Department Project Manager
 
KDDI CORPORATION
Tomohiro Ebata
Deputy General Manager Corporate Strategy Planning Division

Day3 [March 15th, 2024]

10:15-10:45
Startup Pitch⑦
COMPANY

Dialogue Joint Ventures
 
STATION Ai Corporation

10:50-11:35
PANEL: Japanese VC goes global

In this session, we will discuss with DODAI Group, INC, which has expanded their business overseas based on Africa, and Inclusion Japan (ICJ), which has decided to support DODAI. They will share their experiences in expanding overseas, their struggles, and the difficulties of market development in Africa. Additionally, we will introduce ICJ's specific hands-on support and VCs' global strategies, providing tips on becoming a winning startup in the world.


SPEAKER

Inclusion Japan,Inc. (ICJ)
Yasuhiro YOSHIZAWA
Co-Founder
 
Dodai Group, Inc.
Yuma SASAKI
Founder / CEO

11:50-12:35
PANEL: Experience from Japanese Startups who wants to go global

In this session, TBM and Spiral will share their experiences in expanding overseas, the background that led to overseas expansion, the current status of expansion, and in particular the gap between goals and current status. We present concrete examples and provide an opportunity to consider business challenges and solutions for regions that are successful and why, and regions that are struggling and why. In particular, the exchange of differing experiences and perspectives between the two companies is expected to generate new perspectives and ideas regarding support systems and expectations.


SPEAKER

Spiral Inc.
Tomohiro Ishikawa
CEO & Founder
 
TBM Co., Ltd.
Toshihiko Ito
Global Market Development Manager

12:40-13:10
PANEL: “Community design” to revitalize startups

In this session, we will discuss what is a "community builder" to revitalize startups? Through this theme, we will introduce the initiatives, characteristics, and methods of each company from the perspectives of the public, private, large companies, and startups. We will introduce positioning from new perspectives, such as impact evaluation and a gathering of Entrepreneurs who "co-create value that transcends borders from a social perspective.


SPEAKER

Quinsbridge
Kazutaka Oyobe
Business Development Senior Manager
 
Sundred
Yoko Kamimura
EVP, CIEO, Chief Evangelist
 
METI Chugoku Bureau
Ryo NAKADA
Trade and Industry Section Chief (startups support)