The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) will be presenting 15 innovative Japanese startups at Disrupt 2020 that will be hosted virtually this year by TechCrunch. The event will take place from 14-16 September 2020. The startups will demonstrate their products and services from the Japan Innovation Showcase Virtual Pavilion during the conference.
About Disrupt 2020
Disrupt 2020 is a five-day non-stop online programming event with two big focuses: founders and investors shaping the future of disruptive technology and ideas and startup experts providing insights to entrepreneurs. Disrupt is hosted by TechCrunch. It is a platform where hundreds of startup companies pitch their product and tell their stories to more than 10,000 attendees from around the world. It is a great platform to make connections with entrepreneurs and leaders of the startup ecosystem.
About JETRO
Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) is the Japanese government agency responsible for promoting trade and investment between Japan and the rest of the world. It provides support and assistance to Japanese companies expanding overseas. It was established in 1958 and has set up more than 70 offices worldwide. JETRO provides numerous services to encourage business partnership between Japanese and American companies. Some of its services include timely market intelligence, extensive business development support and relevant business events among others.
The 15 startups that will be featured in the pitch event are the following –
Abeja : ABEJA is a platform that helps enterprises implement AI into their business processes. It integrates the state-of-art AI technologies including IoT, big data and deep learning enabling to conduct sophisticated analysis. Its services are optimized for each industry especially Retail, Infrastructure and Manufacturing.
Founded on- Sep 10, 2012
Founders- Keisuke Tomimatsu, Okada Yosuke, Ozeki Masayuki, Yousuke Okada
Amatelus: Amatelus offers development, production and sales of its SwipeVideo services.
SwipeVideo is new video recording technology, which allows individuals to live-stream or archive multi-angle 360° video over any web browser. It can be used for technical training, media, entertainment and sports.
Founded on- Jan 27, 2017
Axion Research : Axion Research engages in scientific research to provide new solutions in biotechnology. Its product AXiR Engine is a high precision wearable device and analytical software platform that simplifies maintenance of health condition and supports checking of immune activation status and fatigue. The startups aims to reduce anxiety and medical expense for diseases, infections, tumors, and cancer.
Founded on- Dec 2016
Founded by- Tomo Sato
bajji, Inc. : bajji, Inc. is the maker of FeelYou. It is a self-care journaling app that combines mood tracking with social connection. FeelYou plants real trees based on the contributions of users to the app.
Capy Inc.: Capy Inc. aims to provide “Easy & Secure” security solutions. The startup has developed an intuitive and simple CAPTCHA solution that solves the security issues faced by people online. It doesn’t require any special skills, knowledge or tools to deliver the goods. It has developed “captcha 3.0” – a more appealing, intuitive, and harder to hack cybersecurity alternative compared to today’s standard captcha software.
Founded on- Oct 22, 2012
Founded by- Koki Shimada, Mitsuo Okada
MediGear International Corporation : Medi Gear International is a certified bio-venture company from the Tokyo Institute of Technology. It has developed a novel nanodevice-based cell starvation cancer treatment. It also provides Tumor Isolation Therapy.
Founded on- April 2, 2013
Founded by- Takeo Tanaka
Mile Share Co. Ltd.: MileShare helps airline travelers save up to 50% by providing a marketplace where clients can buy and sell air miles easily. It is funded with points and mileage shares from various mile providers in and outside Japan. Its point / mile sharing service can be used by airlines around the world. MileShare proposes the effective use of point miles so that people around the world can live a more comfortable life.
mui Lab : mui Lab, a Calm Technology startup specializes in designing IoT interfaces that enables a “calm” digital living. Their concept of the design stems from Taoism philosophy of “mui shizen,” meaning “doing nothing.” Mui Lab strives to harness the power of cutting-edge engineering to create a harmony among technology, the humans and the nature. mui Lab is a recipient of the Best of Kickstarter Award and CES Innovation Award 2019.
Founded on- Oct 27th, 2017
Founded by- Kaz Oki
NetSmile Inc. : Net Smile supports the need for labour reforms such as reducing overtime. It has looked at solutions to reduce labor-intensive data entry while increasing time to focus on higher priority tasks. Net Smile supports businesses to evolve and gain a competitive edge against more technically advanced competitors. Net Smile’s AI OCR AIScanRobo analyzes the format of documents including complex table structures and storing the results as a template. It is aimed at increasing accuracy of work as well. Its notable clients include Nestlé and Bridgestone.
Founded on- Oct 2013
Founder- Yoshimitsu Saito
ONE ACT Inc. : One Act Inc. is a global AI technology startup based in Japan, France and India. Its main business is the development and operation of the world’s first AI-powered source code marketplace, “PieceX”. PieceX is a source code marketplace and the world’s first web platform with AI-based dynamic price management, to reduce the time and cost of developing new services.
Founded on- Oct.18, 2013
Founded by- Yusuke Asano
Sleeek Corporation : Sleeek is an early-stage startup that provides subscription-based data aggregation services for software teams. It helps to reduce data collection and analysis time and costs. Sleeek automates many of the mundane and repetitive tasks such as report writing, sending out notifications and reminders, receiving critical notifications etc.
Founded on- Oct 1, 2019
toraru co, ltd. : Toraru creates new communication so that people can interact with each other. It is an Internet-related service business that provide services involving tablet services, VR, AR, robots, drones, etc. as web services. Toraru’s GENCHI, a crowdsourced local experience and on-demand remote agent service, allows users to explore the world from the comfort of their own homes.
Tsukuba Technology : Tsukuba Technology develops innovative and portable non-contact inspection devices that visualize inner defects for industrial sector use. It recently released a Compact Cold-Cathode X-ray Inspector with touchscreen controller. It is 12% smaller and 9% lighter than previous models. The touchscreen controller substitutes a controller with a PC.
Founded on- Jul 1, 2005
Water Design Japan : Water Design Japan has developed the world’s first Ultra Fine Bubble (UFB) generator nozzle, for deep cleaning, accelerated plant growth, coating, and gas dissolution.
Zweispace Japan : Zweispace helps real estate industry to use the power of technology to improve the customer experience. They develop real estate applications, including Robot Architect AutoCalc and Earthquake Resistant Measurement Application Namazu and patented blockchain applications in real estate industry. In 2019, they were the recipient of Top PropTech Company in APAC region, also awarded Smart Contract patens, Robot Architect AI and IoT patents, including earthquake solution technologies.
Founded on- May 26, 2016
Founded by- Hayato Kameta
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