As a result of the Final selection, Crowd Realty, Inc. won the Grand Champion for their proposal of “The Utilization of Decentralized P2P Market Place for Urban Development,” and OryLab Inc. won the Judge Award for their proposal of “Generation of New Services through Connection between R-env and ‘OriHime,’ an avatar robot.” From now on, NTT DATA will start a 3-month discussion on collaboration with Crowd Realty, Inc. to turn their business concept into an actual business.
SenseTime Japan Ltd., ZEST INC., VESL and Studio Ousia Inc. received the Award of Excellence.
Grand Champion
Crowd Realty, Inc.
Judge Award
Ory Laboratory
The Finalists
Finalists
Archive
*Links and other information on this page are not updated.| Result | Company name / URL | URL |
|---|---|---|
 | Studio Ousia http://www.ousia.jp/en/ | http://www.ousia.jp/en/ |
| Orange Links http://orangelinks.co.jp/en/ | http://orangelinks.co.jp/en/ | |
| GliaCloud Co. Ltd. https://www.gliacloud.com/en/ | https://www.gliacloud.com/en/ | |
| SenseTime Japan Ltd. http://www.sensetime.jp/ | http://www.sensetime.jp/ |
| GENOVA, Inc. http://www.genova.co.jp/ | http://www.genova.co.jp/ | |
| Ory Laboratory http://orylab.com/ | http://orylab.com/ |
| ZEST INC. http://www.zest.jp/ | http://www.zest.jp/ |
| ROWEM Co., LTD. http://www.rowem.com/ | http://www.rowem.com/ | |
| Crowd Realty, Inc. https://www.crowd-realty.com/en/ | https://www.crowd-realty.com/en/ |
| Smallticket http://www.smallticket.com/ | http://www.smallticket.com/ | |
| VESL http://vesltradefinance.com/ | http://vesltradefinance.com/ |
Overview of the main contest
| Date and time | August 29 13:30 (doors open) 14:00–20:00 (reception from 18:50) |
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| Venue | NTT DATA Headquarter 3-3-3 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-6033 https://www.nttdata.com/global/en/about/corporate/profile/headquarter/index.html |
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| Entry for the pich day | Invitation only. |
- Objective
- To form “triple win” business alliance among startups, NTT DATA group and our clients (major corporations).
- Challeges
NTT DATA is seeking innovative business proposal that combines with NTT DATA ‘s existing service/solutions and is attractive to NTT DATA’s clients (major corporations).
- Major keywords
of challenges - FinTech, IoT, energy, insurance tech, healthcare tech, BPM, Digital Archives, big data, digital marketing, blockchain, Open API, personal data, AI, cyber security, virtual/augmented reality, or robotics
- When to enter
- Application begins 10th May 2017, Wednesday, 15:00 JST
Deadline has been extended to July 7th, 2017, 17:00 (JST)
- Who can enter
- Incorporated start-ups with advance technology
- How to enter
- Step 1: Submit the application form
- Step 2: Prepare a business plan (PDF file/within 10 pages/up to 3MB) and submit it to the contest office via e-mail.
- Screening criteria
- ・Synergy with NTT DATA
- ・novelty, feasibility, competitive advantage, growth potential, business scale, user needs, etc.
- Contact
- NTT DATA office in JAPAN
E-mail：oibi@kits.nttdata.co.jp
- Application10th May - 7th July, 2017
- Step1：Submit the application form
- Please fill out the application form and submit it. Before submission, you need to read and consent to the requirements and our privacy policy.
- Step2：Prepare a business plan and submit it to the contest office via e-mail.
- Please submit your business plan* to the contest office via e-mail.
* PDF file/ up to 10 pages/up to 3MB.
- Screening by written entry examination and interviewJuly, 2017
- Step3：Screening of application documents
- The contest office will evaluate the application documents. Only the applicants who pass the screening will be notified of the result.
- Step4：Interviews
- Interviews will be conducted with the teams who have passed the screening of the documents.
- Final Selection
29th August, 2017 - Final：Final selection for the champion
- The teams who passed screening will gather at NTT DATA Headquarter building in Tokyo, to give their final pitches and the best one will be selected as the Grand Final Winner.
- Final Selection
The Grand Finale winner at the final selection on 29th August will receive full-scale support for the development of their proposed new business, including formulation of a business support team and local support in business marketing.
- The winner of
the Grand Finale The Grand Finale winner will be able to take the most of a three-month in-kind contribution to support the development of their proposed new business.
NTT DATA covers travel and accommodation (2 weeks) expenses for two people during the collaborative project with the challenge providing team at the targeted market.
- Dr. Shuichiro Yamamoto
- Professor, Software Science and
Technology Group,
Department of Information Engineering,
Nagoya University
- Dr. Shuji Honjo
- Managing Director
Honjo International
- Tamio Nishizawa
- Representative Director
JAPAN OPEN INNOVATION
NETWORK
- Yasushi Kondo
- Managing Director
NTT DOCOMO Ventures, Inc.
- Masato Saito
- Partner and IPO Group Supervisor
and Deputy Head of
the Growing Enterprise Support Center
Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC
“Let’s change the world together.”
The global community is facing a variety of challenges, including poverty, hunger, health, hygiene, education, gender and national inequality, energy, climate change, destruction of nature, and peacekeeping. In order to solve these challenges, open innovation will play greater roles than ever so that people throughout the world can work together across national borders in advanced technology and new business models to create solutions.
NTT DATA originally started as a public corporation to play a role in the Japanese communication infrastructure. Since the transformation to a private corporation, we have played an essential role in the ICT social infrastructure as the leading system integrator in Japan. Currently, we promote ICT business in over 50 countries across the world.
NTT DATA has the ICT social infrastructure it has developed, startups have innovative technologies and business models as well as entrepreneurial spirit, and our clients such as major corporations, government agencies and financial institutions have social infrastructure services. In order to solve these challenges listed above, we can create solutions that will serve as the new social infrastructure to make the world more sustainable by combining these resources and forming the “triple win” business alliance.
We welcome your solutions in each challenge!
On 10th May, we will start accepting applications for Global Open Innovation Business Contest 6.0. While the 6th contest will be held only in Tokyo (Grand Finale), we welcome solutions from across the world.
In this contest, NTT DATA can provide three kinds of value to startups.
1. NTT DATA’s client networks
NTT DATA has clients at 260 bases in about 50 countries across the world, including major corporations, public institutions and financial institutions that support the global community. If we are to discuss joint business with you, we would like you to leverage these networks of our clients.
2. NTT DATA’s solutions for the ICT social infrastructure
NTT DATA, due partly to its origin as a Japanese public corporation, provides a variety of ICT social infrastructures. For example, in the Japanese market, over 700 financial institutions use the Internet banking service “ANSER.” Using ANSER may increase the leverage 700 times in size. This is just one example out of many solutions and platforms across the world; they are looking forward to working with you.
3. NTT DATA’s funding
There is a reason why this contest does not have a cash award for the winner. NTT DATA is truly serious about working together, through this contest, to create the new solution business that transforms the world. To do that, we believe we need to have a proposal first, then discuss the business together and determine the necessary funding. Therefore, while the necessary funding will come later, NTT DATA is ready to provide it. This is the major difference from other business contests.
Please check the challenges we have identified and submit your application accordingly. We look forward to seeing your solution that can be the first, innovative and new social infrastructure in the world.
Let’s change the world together!
- Dr. Shuji Honjo
- Managing Director
Honjo International
Dr. Honjo provides business consulting to Japanese and U.S. companies, focusing on new business development. He is Advisor to Japanese and U.S. companies such as 500 Startups, Net Service Ventures, and Kozo Keikaku Engineering. He is also Visiting Professor at Tama Graduate School of Business.
He is active in entrepreneurial education and community development, as a mentor with Founder Institute, Shido Next Innovator, Fukuoka Prefecture etc. He led the Japanese Miniter’s project to promote medical ventures in 2016.
He founded and represented the Tokyo office of General Atlantic LLC. He was Assistant to Chairman and Group Strategy Manager of CSK/SEGA Group, a leader in enterprise IT and digital entertainment in Japan. He has extensive consulting experiences with BCG in Tokyo and CSC in California.
Dr. Honjo has Ph.D. in International Studies from Waseda University, MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and BS from the University of Tokyo.
Website: http://www.honjo.biz/en
- Dr. Koji Osawa
- Managing Director & Co-founder
Global Catalyst Partners
Global Catalyst Partners Japan
Dr. Osawa has over thirty years of experience in investment and management of high-tech companies in Japan, the U.S. and Asia. He co-founded Global Catalyst Partners (GCP) in 1999 and Global Catalyst Partners Japan (GCP-J) in 2014.
GCP is a venture capital fund established in Silicon Valley that invests primarily in early stage companies active in the areas of IT sector. GCP has established three funds with a total amount of over $300M. Dr. Osawa also founded GCP-J in 2014 that focuses investment opportunities primarily in Japan.
Prior to GCP, he was at Mitsubishi Corporation, the largest trading firm in the world, for 14 years, starting in 1985. He was Division Manager of Mitsubishi International Corporation (Palo Alto Office) from 1993 through 1999. He was responsible for business development with high-tech companies in Silicon Valley in the areas of semiconductors, communications and software.
Dr. Osawa is on the board of Verient, Fuller, Hospitality ONE, Axismotion, Veeple and Vanguard Industries.
He also works closely with SoundHound.
He serves on the Board of Directors of several NPOs: Global Catalyst Foundation, Digital Divide Data and Keizai Silicon Valley.
Dr. Osawa received a BS in Electronics from Keio University, Japan and Ph.D. in Engineering from Tohoku University, Japan.
- Yasushi Kondo
- Managing Director
NTT DOCOMO Ventures, Inc.
United States Certified Public Accountant, SME management consultant, and holds a U.S. MBA.
Has worked in the IT industry and venture community of the U.S. West Coast for more than 10 years after serving at companies such as Microsoft in the U.S. and a venture company in Silicon Valley. Has been in his current position since July 2016. Specializes in software technology as well as investments and M&A financing.
- Masato Saito
- Partner and IPO Group Supervisor and Deputy Head of the Growing
Enterprise Support Center
Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC
Masato passed CPA examination in Japan while at university in 1993 and joined a major audit firm in 1994, where he worked on statutory audit engagements for clients in the IT software, chemicals, manufacturing, foods, logistics, services and other industries; IPO support engagements; J-SOX adoption support engagements and IFRS implementation engagements.
At present, he is the IPO Group Supervisor and Deputy Head of the Growing Enterprise Support Center at Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC.
He is the Area Markets Leader in the EY Japan Area for the technology sector and the internet/IT subsector.
He is also an instructor at seminars for industry associations and companies, and authors books on consolidated accounting and business combinations accounting.
- Tamio Nishizawa
- Representative Director
JAPAN OPEN INNOVATION NETWORK
Tamio Nishizawa has over fifty years of experience financing, consulting with innovation driven entrepreneurial, high-tech firms.
After graduated Waseda University in 1966, he joined Japan Finance Corporation for Small Business (after Japan Finance Corporation) where he mostly was in charge of financing and consulting clients from the start-up stage to the medium size enterprise for 19 years.
In 1985, he joined Yamaichi Securities’ Venture Capital division Yamaichi Univen (after Yamaichi Finance).
From 1987 to 1992, he was the president of Yamaichi Finance America, Inc., where he invested and consulted to American Ventures to make up strategic alliance with Japanese companies (VC and Technology Transfer).
In 1998, he left Yamaichi and established his own consulting firm Nippon S & T, Inc.
From 1992 to present, he is the director of "WERU" (Waseda University Entrepreneur Research Unit) that is a prestigious venture study group sponsored by Waseda University.
From 2000 to 2014, he was the Chief Project Manager of Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, Japan (SBDC of Japan).
From 2010 to present, he is the chairman of open innovation forum ”Japan Open Innovation Network (URL: tojoin.org).”
From 2014 to present, he is the Program Officer of Japan Science and Technology Agent (JST) in charge of VC.
He is also working as a board member of several listed companies and unlistedcompanies.
He has a B.S. in Economics from Waseda University. He also graduated from Small Business University of Japanese Government. He is a Certified Consultant for Ventures.
Books : Venture management and support"(co-author, Nikkei), Diversification of venture finance (co-author, Nikkei), Raising money (co-translator, President)
