The 7th exchange meeting of the Kyoto Startup Support Angel Community was held on Monday, March 13 at Kyoto Tokyu Hotel.
This time we welcomed companies mainly in their seed-phase or early-phase, each of which gave a presentation about their unique project.
A total of 62 people gathered, including Angel Advisors, Angel Investors, previous attendees, as well as those belonging to organizations involved in startup ventures, such as financial institutions in Kyoto and venture capital companies. The meeting was also held online.
After the 10-minute presentations by presenting companies, a Q&A session was held between the presenters and Angel Advisors, and the following comments/topics were discussed:
・Very interesting projects. Continuous efforts for success are encouraged.
・Plans for fund procurement
・Assumed target customers at product release
・Schedule until product release
・How to identify distinct know-how to distinguish oneself from the competitors
・A need to clarify specific technical advantages
・Further possibilities for expanding businesses by introducing products in fields which were not mentioned in the presentations
In the information exchange meeting after the presentations and Q&A sessions, many attendees, as well as Angel Advisors, visited the booths of the presenting companies enjoying product demonstrations and business discussions.
We strive to continue promoting the activities of Kyoto Startup Support Angel Community as a means to further support the early growth of start-up companies.
| Date and time | Monday, 13 March 2023, 15:00-18:00 |
|---|---|
| Program | 1. Pitches from startup companies, Q&A session ・ICOMA Inc. Takamitsu Ikoma, President and CEO 2. Information Exchange Meeting |
| Venue | Kyoto Tokyu Hotel |
| Sponsor | Kyoto Prefecture, KYOTO Industrial Support Organization 21 |
| Supported by | Kyoto Chiesangyo Sozonomori |
ICOMA Inc.
President and CEO Takamitsu Ikoma
From anywhere, to everywhere A foldable and portable electric bike uniquely developed in Japan: TATAMEL BIKE
The “CES 2023 Innovation Awards” winning bike was inspired by Japanese transformable toys. The ingenious transformation mechanism enables a beautiful and playful design both before and after folding. The bike created in Japan, where parking space is limited, is a new and unprecedented electric-motor mobility vehicle. You can customize the bike by exchanging its outer panels, as if changing smartphone covers. Moreover, the bike serves as a portable power supply, which may be useful in case of an emergency. The TATAMEL BIKE is a new lifestyle mobility product.
Galari
Associate Professor, Kyoto Institute of Technology Sushi Suzuki
Bringing a little bit of happiness and smiles into the daily lives of all people living in our Internet society
At Galari, we are developing the world’s first ever e-paper based art frame. Art on Galari can be changed on a regular interval bringing new discoveries and joy, and information such as the weather or traffic can also be included. Using Galari is easy. The user simply selects an exhibit (playlist) and enjoys new art everyday. The e-paper on Galari does not emit light and does not attract any attention unlike LCD screens which are bright and distracting.
Scene, Inc.
CEO Swathinath Vijayan
Communication reform of manufacturing by democratizing 3D CAD data utilization
We provide a 3D document creation tool called “Scene,” which can handle 3D CAD data extremely easily.
“Scene” has overcome the high barriers for the use of 3D data in production engineering or at manufacturing sites, and has been enabled by features such as only requiring browser access instead of a high-spec computer, and whose operation can be learned in only a few minutes.
“Scene” enables remote communication between business bases located in Japan and overseas, as well as between design, production engineering, and manufacturing divisions, by the use of 3D data. As a result, it realizes the development of procedure manuals, standardization of processes, capitalization of technical know-how, and quality traceability that are twice as fast as conventional procedures.
Sunda Technology Global Co., Ltd.
CEO Aya Tsuboi
“SUNDA” is a “pay-as-you-go” automated fee collection system for wells in rural areas in Africa, where 700 million people live
We manufacture, sell, and provide services for the SUNDA water wells in Uganda, Africa. SUNDA is an automated meter-rate fee collection system used for water wells.
In rural areas in Africa, water wells were previously not appropriately operated nor maintained, resulting in wells that were damaged and then left as such for over thirty years.
Water problems in Africa will never be solved without a sustainable system for proper water management, that is independent on international aid. As the foundation for the solution of these problems, we have developed SUNDA, a system to collect fees from residents. We are in the process of installing the system in applicable areas, in cooperation with the Ugandan government, and other relevant organizations.
TERAVERSE Co., Ltd.
CEO Yoshikazu Furuya
TERAVERSE Co., Ltd.
CIO (Associate Professor at Kyoto University) Seiji Kumagai
Technology development and consulting utilizing “traditional wisdom x artificial intelligence”
“Traditional wisdom” (e.g. Buddhist teachings) and “cutting-edge technologies” (e.g. AI, AR, VR) appear to be as incompatible as oil and water. Nonetheless, we have combined these two different things and created a new wisdom and technology. An important example of our achievements is “Buddhabot,” an AI dialogue system which learned Buddhist sutras written 2500 years ago.
We are planning to apply this latest technology and wisdom to business settings. We are going to develop and provide various systems, that can be utilized for issues such as: communication and amendment of management philosophies using AI; improvement of employees’ mental health and their relationships based on video and text data analysis; and matching analysis for recruitment and department assignment.
YOJYOnet. Co., Ltd.
CEO Kazunori Ito
Utilizing the idea of treating pre-symptomatic disease in Eastern medicine, and improving health and the environment in local communities
What do we need to live a healthy life?
It is, I say, a friend who can share similar values, and a support from local communities.
YOJYOnet. Co., Ltd. is an IT startup corporation that provides a new type of application program for a healthy community. Using these apps, residents can access health information and other contents necessary for living a healthy life in the community, by entering details of their physical condition into the app. By providing health contents focused on each community, while also being conscious about the environment, we help local authorities and other organizations to develop healthy communities.
RedefineArts Inc.
CEO Masahiro Sakakibara
New animation CGI created with VR for your video productions
VR devices continue to evolve, so that users can experience more beautiful imagery, while at the same time their physical movements are reflected more precisely in the virtual world.
As a new type of entertainment enabled by VR, we focus on the possibilities of the digitization of theatrical performance.
For this purpose, we have been developing two kinds of applications since the establishment of the company in September, 2020.
One is an unprecedented VR game that incorporates the features of a theatrical performance. The other is animation/CG video creation software utilizing a new method in which animation and CG videos can be filmed like a live-action film by using the virtual world as a film studio.