Dr. Hidero Niioka

Selbstständig, Co-founder and CEO, Cleanhearing
Spittal an der Drau, Austria

Skills

Start-up
IP
General Management
Information technology
Law
Management
Software Development
Internet of Things
Artificial intelligence
Entrepreneurship
Leadership
innovative
Business Development
Life sciences
Medical device
Investment banking
IPO
M&A

Timeline

Professional experience for Hidero Niioka

  • Current 5 years and 11 months, since Feb 2020

    Specially Appointed Associate Professor

    Tohoku University, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering

  • Current 8 years and 9 months, since Apr 2017

    President and Chairman of the Board of Directors

    Patentfield

    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.

  • Current 9 years, since 2017

    Co-founder and CEO

    Cleanhearing

    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.

  • Current 12 years and 3 months, since Oct 2013

    Founder and CEO

    IPNexus

    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.

Educational background for Hidero Niioka

  • 2003 - 2004

    Law

    Stanford Law School

Languages

  • English

    Fluent

  • Japanese

    First language

  • German

    First language

  • Spanish

    Fluent

  • Chinese

    Basic

  • French

    Intermediate

  • Italian

    Intermediate

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