The Grand Finale was held on March 22nd at NTT DATA Headquarters in Toyosu, Tokyo Japan and GESTOOS was selected as the Grand Champion.
NTT DATA and GESTOOS will now proceed to co-creating a new and innovative business.
FOMO Pay and SightCall won the special judge award.
ftcash won the audience award.
Archive
*Links and other information on this page are not updated.| Result | Company name / Solution | Solution |
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| PayBox Provides an advanced end-to-end Mobile Payment Collection Platform for groups and individuals. https://www.payboxtech.com/ | Provides an advanced end-to-end Mobile Payment Collection Platform for groups and individuals. https://www.payboxtech.com/ | |
| Institute of Software CAS Provides an emergency system that detects accidents or sudden illnesses through behavioral recognition technology in smart homes. | Provides an emergency system that detects accidents or sudden illnesses through behavioral recognition technology in smart homes. | |
 | FOMO Pay Pte. Ltd One-stop QR code payment solution which enables the enterprise to accept a full suite of payment methods such as mVisa, NETS Pay, WeChat Pay etc. https://www.fomopay.com/ | One-stop QR code payment solution which enables the enterprise to accept a full suite of payment methods such as mVisa, NETS Pay, WeChat Pay etc. https://www.fomopay.com/ |
 | ftcash Lending for SMEs using digital payment platform and alternative data. http://www.ftcash.com/ | Lending for SMEs using digital payment platform and alternative data. http://www.ftcash.com/ |
| Cinnamon Cognitive Document Reader including AI-OCR solutions that reads a variety of documents and extract information, just like human information processing. http://cinnamon.is/en/ | Cognitive Document Reader including AI-OCR solutions that reads a variety of documents and extract information, just like human information processing. http://cinnamon.is/en/ | |
| COEUS Solutions that can identify a suspicious person by analyzing videos of human body language and interpreting behavioral patterns. https://tjmvogel.wixsite.com/horus | Solutions that can identify a suspicious person by analyzing videos of human body language and interpreting behavioral patterns. https://tjmvogel.wixsite.com/horus | |
| Emvisage Fast, flexible platform to digitise and deliver work. https://www.emvisage.com/ | Fast, flexible platform to digitise and deliver work. https://www.emvisage.com/ | |
| Zoom.ai Provides solutions that automate scheduling, profiling and document generating through a chat system. https://zoom.ai/ | Provides solutions that automate scheduling, profiling and document generating through a chat system. https://zoom.ai/ | |
| SightCall Provides solutions that support inspection in property insurance claims processing while using video technology with AR. http://www.sightcall.com/ | Provides solutions that support inspection in property insurance claims processing while using video technology with AR. http://www.sightcall.com/ |
 | GESTOOS AI solutions that capture the details of human physical gestures and allow for the operation of content and services through movement. http://gestoos.com/ | AI solutions that capture the details of human physical gestures and allow for the operation of content and services through movement. http://gestoos.com/ |
| Electronic Identifica VideoID is the first and only technology combining video streaming with machine learning and AI to identify people in seconds from any device and through any channel. http://www.electronicid.eu/ | VideoID is the first and only technology combining video streaming with machine learning and AI to identify people in seconds from any device and through any channel. http://www.electronicid.eu/ | |
| LOQR The one-stop digital identity, authentication and access management platform for large companies operating in regulated vertical markets. https://loqr.io/ | The one-stop digital identity, authentication and access management platform for large companies operating in regulated vertical markets. https://loqr.io/ | |
| Callsign Callsign derives identity by applying AI to raw session data - to effect authentication and access. https://www.callsign.com/ | Callsign derives identity by applying AI to raw session data - to effect authentication and access. https://www.callsign.com/ | |
| DATAHOLICS An AI bureau that works with public data from social media and web to provide scores for such as Marketing, Fintech, Insurtech and Cyber Security. http://www.dataholics.io/eng/ | An AI bureau that works with public data from social media and web to provide scores for such as Marketing, Fintech, Insurtech and Cyber Security. http://www.dataholics.io/eng/ | |
| GIPS TECH Solutions that fully utilize geomagnetism, motion sensors, beacons, and Wifi to enable precise indoor navigation. http://www.gipstech.com/ | Solutions that fully utilize geomagnetism, motion sensors, beacons, and Wifi to enable precise indoor navigation. http://www.gipstech.com/ |
| Date and time | 22nd March, 2018 13:30-20:30 |
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| Venue | NTT DATA Headquarter 3-3-3 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-6033 https://www.nttdata.com/jp/ja/corporate/profile/guide/map.html |
| Judges |
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| Special session | Panel discussion : collaboration cases with startups and NTT Data |
| Agenda |  |
| Entry for the pitch day | Invitation only. |
- 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.
- Hiro Nishiguchi
- Co-founder and Executive Managing Director
Japan Innovation Network,
Senior Innovation Advisor for UNDP
Mr. Hiro Nishiguchi is co-founder and Executive Managing Director of Japan Innovation Network (JIN) . He is also Senior Innovation Advisor for UNDP.
JIN is a non-profit innovation accelerator for a multinational company in Japan. JIN assists member companies to implement innovation management and deliver innovation results through an innovation acceleration program.
JIN and UNDP also manage an open innovation platform: SHIP (SDGs Holistic Innovation Platform) globally. SHIP is a platform which connects various stakeholders such as public, private, civil and academic sectors.
JIN and METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) run an innovation 100 committee which is a community of CEOs who are committed to innovation activities within their organizations.
Prior to JIN, he was Executive Managing Director of Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), Japan’s largest public-private investment fund with $20 billion investment capacity, and was a Worldwide Partner at Mercer. He worked as an officer at the World Bank Group in Washington DC.
He holds MBA from Kellogg Management School at Northwestern University and BA from Sophia University.
- Tim Romero
- Host
Disrupting Japan
Tim Romero is a Tokyo-based entrepreneur, podcaster and author who has started four companies and led Japan market entry for others since coming to Japan more than 25 years ago.
Tim hosts the Disrupting Japan podcast and is deeply involved in Japan's startup community as an investor, founder and mentor.
