IPHatch Japan: Innovation Programme for Startups

IPHatch is an open innovation challenge rewarded by a 5-year incubation program. It provides startups with access to multinational corporations’ (MNCs) patent portfolios, enabling them to establish a robust deep tech foundation and accelerate business scaling. By leveraging patents and technological assets from industry leaders, participants can experience significant growth and advancement in their business and funding pursuits. Join them to gain valuable insights from MNCs on key market trends, IP management, and strategies. Additionally, IPHatch startups will share their inspiring entrepreneurial journeys, highlighting how intellectual property has fueled their growth and development.

In IPHatch Sendai, they will be partnering with Panasonic and Tohoku University top bring 6 patents in Advanced Manufacturing to you.

Portfolios

• Portfolio 01
  • Intelligent Robotic Arm System
    • A sophisticated robotic arm endowed with intelligence to process data and efficiently store it within a designated database
• Portfolio 02
  • Smart Mind Wearables
    • A virtual reality device designed to alleviate motion sickness and navigate menus through electroencephalogram control
• Portfolio 03
  • Robot Communicator
    • A robot that can makes dialogue with user and transmit the data via wireless communications to a central database
• Portfolio 04
  • Advance Solar Tracker
    • Solar tracker enhances solar electric power generation with atmospheric pollution state measurement and attitude error state correction
• Portfolio 05
  • Intake Monitor
    • An eating and swallowing evaluation device to track and recognize rates of insufficient food intake
• Portfolio 06
  • Spherical Robots
    • A spherical-shaped robot with the ability to navigate through tight or limited spaces

Benefits

• Business Expansion
  • Facilitate start-ups overseas expansion by sharing on market needs, especially social issues overseas, and presenting start-ups with technologies that have potential to be used to solve social issues
• Coaching from Network Mentors
  • Educate local start-ups through mentoring programmes to develop extensive business plans that meet overseas market needs
• ​Incubation
  • Exchange incubation/accelerator programmes that aims to connect global start-ups and entrepreneurs in the hub cities of the ecosystem through overseas partners like ACE, IPI and HKTDC
• Technology Portfolios
  • Strengthen the credibility of start-ups through technology acquisitions, licensing and collaboration with major companies internationally
• Funding Opportunities
  • Matching of domestic and overseas VCs through partners and workshops.

For more information, visit Piece Future.