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We held a ceremony to award the title of "Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology-born venture company."

2026.03.25 Research / social collaboration Companies / researchers

　2026Years3Month17On that day, a ceremony was held to confer the title of Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology-born venture company, and President Iseki presented the company name to the company.MOAI LabWe presented certificates of title to Mr. Hiroshi Nonobe, Representative Director, and Mr. Daisuke Kogai, Representative Director, Yuumi Co., Ltd.

　To better fulfill our university's mission of contributing to social change and solving regional issues, we have established a system to certify companies that have been founded primarily with the purpose of commercializing the university's intellectual property and research results as Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology-born ventures.2023Years9It was established in [month]. This time, it was certified.2The company will be granted the title of a Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology spin-off venture, and will be able to receive various support measures from the university, such as the use of on-campus facilities.

　If we include the two companies that were awarded the title this time,2025By the end of the fiscal year, we had certified five companies as university-launched ventures, and we will continue to actively promote support for university-launched ventures as one way to implement research results and other findings into society.

Scenes from the title conferment ceremony
Top row, from left: Special Advisor and Vice President Lou, Director and Secretary-General Murakami
From the bottom left: Nonobe, Representative Director (Co., Ltd.)MOAI Lab), President Iseki,
Kogai, Representative Director (Yumi Co., Ltd.), Morita, Technical Advisor (Yumi Co., Ltd.)

■ About MOAI Lab Co., Ltd.

　MOAI Lab Co., Ltd. is a technology group comprised of faculty members from multiple universities, including Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology. With "MOAI technology," which fuses mathematical optimization and artificial intelligence, at its core, the company provides rapid and highly accurate solutions to increasingly complex and large-scale social challenges. Leveraging the knowledge cultivated through academic research to support business decision-making, the company pursues speed, results, and practical applicability. Through the implementation of technology in a form accessible to everyone, the company supports sustainable growth and efficient resource utilization.

https://www.moai-lab.jp/

■ About Yuumi Co., Ltd.

　Yuumi Co., Ltd. aims to promote the sustainable use of hot spring resources and create new possibilities by providing services to general hot spring operators, including analysis of blockages in hot spring piping, advice on the use of geothermal energy, support for the development of new scale suppression methods, and sales of hot water and heat exchangers.

https://yukaicorp.com/

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