Dr. Hidero Niioka

Patentfield (patentfield.com) is a leading patent analytics platform, using AI and machine learning to make technology due diligence and prior art searches faster and easier. Developed by IP experts, it offers proprietary data and visualization tools for businesses, universities, and legal professionals to analyze and understand patent information from 160+ million data items, fostering innovation and enabling actionable intelligence for a commercially viable IP strategy.

Cleanhearing is an IoT & AI-based tinnitus management platform. Sono is a breakthrough Class IIa medical device, offering evidence-based relief from tinnitus symptoms through gentle electromagnetic stimulation. It has received approvals (MDD Class IIa CE, ISO13485) and raised USD1.3M in pre-seed from Kyoto University's fund and other investors. Cleanhearing was the Winner of Falling Walls Venture Competition 2019, presenting an innovative approach to tinnitus relief.

IP Nexus (ipnexus.com) is an IP commercialization company that partners with inventors, universities and research institutes to identify high-potential inventions at an early stage and provide the commercial direction, fundraising expertise and management talent necessary to transform innovative ideas into outstanding companies. IP Nexus has a portfolio of operational companies focused on #big data, #AI, #IoT, #digitalhealth, and has particular focus and expertise in Asia markets, including Japan.