Selection of Companies for FY2022 "Green Startup Support"

The Tokyo Consortium is working to promote the formation of a startup ecosystem and to foster the creation and growth of startups through industry-academia-government collaboration. This fiscal year, it is promoting a new initiative called "Green Startup Support."

1. Overview of Green Startup Support

Green Startup Support is a unique initiative by the Tokyo Consortium that selects startups in rapidly growing green sectors and provides them with intensive support to boost their growth.

Selected companies will receive support from diverse members leveraging the Tokyo Consortium's network, including domestic and international venture capital firms, institutional investors, and experienced startups, with a focus on both domestic and overseas expansion.

2. Overview of Supported Companies

Company (Startup) Business Overview

Aeterlink Corp.

Development, manufacturing, and sales of microwave wireless power transfer (WPT) devices

  • By converting edge devices in increasingly automated factories to wireless power transfer (WPT) systems that require no wiring or batteries, we eliminate issues like cable breaks to boost productivity while also reducing environmental impact.
  • By implementing WPT technology in environmental sensors within office spaces, we can accurately and instantly capture information about people's proximity and bodily conditions, optimize the environment, and reduce CO2 emissions.
  • Reducing patient burden through wireless power transfer (WPT) for implantable devices like pacemakers, treating and preventing diseases that are difficult to resolve with medication
https://aeterlink.com/

SENSIN Robotics Co., Ltd.

【Providing Business Solutions Utilizing Industrial Drones, Cameras, Smart Devices, and Other Technologies】

  • We provide a one-stop solution encompassing inspection applications, data analysis and robot control platforms, and data collection robots and devices, aiming for the complete automation of operations such as equipment inspection, disaster countermeasures, security, and surveillance.
  • Streamline equipment inspections for solar power facilities, communication and transmission towers, disaster-related public announcements, damage assessment, construction progress management, and patrol monitoring.
https://www.sensyn-robotics.com/

Tsubame BHB CO.,Ltd.

【Research, Development, and Sales of On-Site Ammonia Supply Systems】

  • Ammonia is a resource utilized in agricultural fertilizers and as a hydrogen energy carrier. Conventional technology requires large-scale, centralized production using fossil fuels under high temperatures and pressures, posing challenges such as CO2 emissions and transportation/storage costs. Against this backdrop, we have established a "low-temperature, low-pressure ammonia synthesis technology enabling on-site production (producing the required amount of ammonia where it is needed)."
  • Contributing to the utilization of renewable energy that cannot be fully harnessed due to factors such as reduced transportation and storage costs, reduced environmental impact, hydrogen utilization, and insufficient transmission lines.
https://tsubame-bhb.co.jp/

PJP Eye Inc.

【Development of Batteries Utilizing Plant-Derived Carbon, etc.】

  • As a carbon battery that does not require rare metals such as nickel, manganese, or cobalt, it avoids the environmental impact of mining, contributes to CO2 reduction, and enables sustainable development.
  • Compared to conventional lithium-ion batteries that use rare metals and are difficult to recycle, this battery utilizes carbon that is recyclable and made from low-environmental-impact materials. It is easy to dispose of, poses no fire risk, and is safe and reliable. Performance-wise, it offers over five times faster charging speed and ten times longer lifespan.
https://pjpeye.tokyo/

Helical Fusion Co., Ltd.

Design of fusion reactors, development and provision of core technologies, etc.

  • Nuclear fusion can supply energy without consuming precious underground resources like oil and natural gas, without emitting carbon dioxide or high-level radioactive waste, and without being affected by weather or global climate change.
  • We are developing the world's first steady-state fusion reactor using a magnetic confinement method incorporating our own cutting-edge technology, striving to realize fusion energy at an early stage.
https://www.helicalfusion.com/

3. Review Committee Structure

Chairperson of the Jury

Shōhei Onishi
Miura Law Office Partner Attorney

judge

Archibald Ciganer (アーシバルド・シガネール)

, Director and Co-Head of Investment Management Division, T. Rowe Price Japan Ltd. Also Head of Japanese Equity Investment Management and Portfolio Manager
Naonori Kurokawa
University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners, Inc. Partner
Kate Batz (Kate Batz)
Longevity.Capital
Managing Partner
Masahiro Samejima
ANRI Corporation General Partner
Shimaoka Mikiko
Board Director, Tokyo Consortium
Professor, Waseda University
Keisuke Tateoka
Global Brain, Inc. General Partner
Murat Aktihanoglu (Murat Aktihanoglu)
Remarkable Ventures and ERA
Co-Founder/Managing Partner
Kotaro Yamagishi
Board Director, Tokyo Consortium
President and CEO, Keio Innovation Initiative Co., Ltd.
Yamazaki Atsuyoshi
TBM Co., Ltd. Representative Director and CEO

Please refer to the press release issued by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government regarding this matter.
https://www.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/tosei/hodohappyo/press/2023/02/28/03.html

Contact for inquiries regarding this matter:
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