INNO-vation Grand Challenge

A problem-solving contest uncovering the clues that lead to outside-the-box methods of competition, cooperation, and solutions!

The Grand Challenge application period ended on June 30, 2023.
Thank you for all the applications!

IACE TRAVEL Corporation

Develop apps useful for overseas business travelers to change the future of businessmen
IdeaTechnology

Prize: 5,000,000 yen
WILLER, Inc.

Proposal of the world's first service utilizing self-driving vehicles
Idea

Prize: 100,000 yen
HRK Co., Ltd.

Development of an automatic curry spice blending app for the world's first curry entertainment service
IdeaTechnology

Prize: 1,000,000 yen
NTS Inc.

Creating the future of programming, and developing community services for educators to smoothly facilitate programming education.
IdeaTechnology

Prize: 1,000,000 yen
GaiaX Co.Ltd.

Creating businesses that solve problems by connecting people
IdeaTechnology

Prize: 10 million yen
Suntory Holdings Limited

Development of as-of-yet unconceived biometric technology , streamlining usability to improve health
Technology

Prize: 30,000,000 yen
Syncline Co., Ltd.

Wildlife control using drones
Technology

Prize: 330,000 yen
JINS Inc.

Innovative glasses that eliminate the limitations of text input operations by tracking eye movement to input text.
IdeaTechnology

Prize: 3,000,000 yen

Thinking from scratch "Hands-free operation UI for mobile devices using glasses that understand eye and head movements" contest
IdeaTechnology

Prize: 3,000,000 yen

An unprecedented research scheme idea contest to be able to detect "XX" from blinking and body movement data
Technology

Prize: 100,000 yen (×10 Projects)
Medical Corporation Welfare Association Takasu Hospital

Write “YES” on flowing water
Technology

Prize: Up to 50,000,000 yen
Radiotalk Inc.

Creation of new audio content (excluding music) that commuters will naturally want to listen to.
Technology

Prize: 100,000 yen
Nihon Enterprise Co., Ltd.

A challenge for developing an application or hardware that supports safe "smartphone use while multitasking"
IdeaTechnology

Prize: 1,000,000 yen
Miraca Holdings Inc. / Catalyna Co., Ltd.

A challenge for the development of a smartphone-based health check method that combines AI and entertainment
Idea

Prize: 1,000,000 yen (total)