This past February, UNM Rainforest Innovations (UNMRI) welcomed five university PhD researchers from Japan, representing the University of Yamanashi, the Kyushu Institute of Technology, and the Osaka Metropolitan University. Organized and led by Eri Hoshi, CEO of KOSEI, LLC (Knowledge Transfer of Sports, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation), the visit provided the group with intensive training in pitching and entrepreneurship.
The six participants and their projects included:
- EXVIS – by Ricardo Celle (University of Yamanashi)
- NextStep Co-Creation Lab by Kengo Iwamoto (Kyushu Institute of Technology)
- Shine Infra Inc. by Tomohiko Niwa (Osaka Metropolitan University)
- LaunchStart by Sowa Moriyama(Osaka Metropolitan University)
- Remember Smart by Tomoro Marcus Jones (Kyushu Institute of Technology)
