Shinichiro Agake and Chinatsu Ukawa won the awards at the first TUAT on-campus pitch contest!
On March 9, 2022, the “Entrepreneur Challenge”, TUAT’s first business idea competition, was held.
Fifteen teams of faculty and students from across the university applied for the competition, and from the nine teams that made it to the final presentations, two WISE students, Shinichiro Agake and Chinatsu Ukawa, were awarded the prize.
Congratulations, Agake and Ukawa!
The second Entrepreneur Challenge is scheduled for the fall of AY2022.
For more details, please visit the page of the organizer, TUAT FLOuRISH office.
https://www.tuat-flourish.jp/topics/info/2989/
[Award Details]
Shinichiro Agake (At the time of award: D3, United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Biological Production Science)
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) Award
Business plan name: MicroFarm
*Plan to manufacture and sell bio fertilizer kits that will enable agriculture with less environmental pollution.
Chinatsu Ukawa (At the time of award: D1, 3rd year of five-year integrated course, Department of Food and Energy Systems Science, BASE)
Star Invention Corporation Award
Business plan name: Development of a fermentation equipment for cacao beans equipped with a quality prediction system
