Announced the winners, "JVA2021", a gate gate of a venture manager

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry: President Hayashi of Groove X

On March 1, the Small and Medium Enterprise Insurance Organization held the award ceremony for "Japan Venture Awards (JVA) 2021" at Toranomon Hills in Minato -ku, Tokyo.Japan Venture Awards is a commendation system that praised the business owners of highly motivated venture companies that provide innovative and highly potential businesses and businesses that contribute to solving social issues.This is the 20th time since the first one in 2000.It is targeted for business owners and representatives of companies within 15 years, and this time 176 applications were applied.

Groove X (President Hayashi, Chuo -ku, Tokyo) was selected for the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.

Groove X is developing, manufacturing, sales, and services of the family -type robot "Lovot", which is close to the family like a pet.Founded in 2015.It contains more than 10 CPUs (central operational treatment devices), 20 or more MCUs (microcontrollers), and more than 50 sensors for adorable appearance.The company started with new organizations because it was necessary to link different areas of creative software hardware to make Lovot.

President Hayashi said, "While AI (artificial intelligence) and robots have developed, some tasks are getting more efficient, but the technology that cares for people's hearts is anxious, and people care for the hearts of people.I want to make it. People can be kind when they take care of someone. I want to bring out the original kindness of people through the relationship with Lovot when I change clothes, hug, call my name.I want to fulfill my dream of raising businesses to the world and making it a new industry from Japan. "

Cabinet Office Special Minister (Science and Technology Policy) Award: Keiichi Fukuda of Heartseed

Heartseed (Shinjuku -ku, Tokyo, Keiichi Fukuda <) was selected for the Cabinet Office Promotion Minister (Science and Technology Policy) Award.

HEARTSEED is a regenerative medicine venture from Keio Medical School, which develops drastic treatment for intractable severe and heart failure.Heart failure refers to a condition in which the heart's contraction force is weak when the heart muscle cells that serve the role of the heart pump are lost due to myocardial infarction.The company creates cardiomyocytes from iPS cells (artificial pluripotent stem cells) using proprietary technology.By directly transplanting the heart muscle cocoocycular that is made of about 1000 lumps of cardiomyomyocytes, improving the contraction of the heart.Traditional treatments in the past have been applied only to about 50 people with more than 1 million heart failure even in a year.

Fukuda CEO, a professor at Keio Medical School, started research in 1995.He has been polishing his basic technology for 20 years at university.In 2015, the company was founded in 2015, seeing the possibility of clinical application.

Fukuda CEO said, "Regenerative medicine requires a very long time, requires a lot of techniques, but it is for the company, patients, and Japan to reach one step one by one.I am thinking. Clinical applications will actually begin this year, but I want to succeed and save patients with heart failure not only in Japan but also in the world. "

The strength of entrepreneurs' thoughts on society

Professor Hironori Higashide of the Graduate School of Business Management, Waseda University, the chairman of the Jury, said, "The most impressive thing about this screening is the strength of your society. Data, including Asian countries.Looking at the Japanese entrepreneurs, a little protruding and starting a business while wanting to make people happy. It was a very large harvest to see the trend. By all means, the invisible know -how.I want my juniors to tell them. "

The winners of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of Cabinet Office Special Promotion (Science and Technology Policy) Award are as follows (in no particular order).

【中小企業庁長官賞】　RevComm　代表取締役　會田武史氏　アルム　代表取締役社長　坂野哲平氏

【中小機構理事長賞】　オープンロジ　代表取締役社長CEO　伊藤秀嗣氏　キャスター　代表取締役　中川祥太氏

【JVA審査委員会特別賞】　unerry　代表取締役CEO　内山英俊氏　エレファンテック　代表取締役　清水信哉氏　クラダシ　代表取締役社長　関藤竜也氏

This year, a business owner who is expected to be more active within five years has won the JVCA Special Encouragement Award, and three venture capitalists who are expected to be active in the future.The winners are as follows.

【JVCA特別奨励賞】　bitBiome　代表取締役社長CEO　藤岡直氏

【ベンチャーキャピタリスト奨励賞】　ファストトラックイニシアティブ　代表パートナー　安西智宏氏　東京大学エッジキャピタルパートナーズ（ＵＴＥＣ）　パートナー　井出啓介氏　ＤＣＭベンチャーズ　General Partner/日本代表　本多央輔氏

Japan Venture AWARDS 2021 website

[Related article] Click here for the results of JVA2020

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