The key to the survival of the social business is "Interesting heart" ~ Seabass The Venture Business Seminar "How to Start up with Social Employment?"

In late October, the Seabass The Venture Business Seminar "How to Start up with a social entrepreneur?" Sponsored by Sake Brewery Maker Seabus Legal, at Meguro Impact Hub TOKYO in Meguro, Tokyo.

With the cooperation of Goethe, a magazine published by Gentosha, Seabus Legal operates the Seabus Brothers Young Entreprene Fund, which provides outstanding social entrepreneurs.In addition, the winners of this fund have the right to participate in the world tournament "The Venture", where Seabus Regal is awarded a social entrepreneur, and if you win the World Games, you will receive a 1 million dollar prize.You can get it.

This seminar has two panel discussions, and THE BRIDGE helped with both sessions.

In front of about 100 participants gathered on this day, Keihiro Kawahara of the 3rd winner of the Young Antriplaner Fund, SensProut, and Takashi Ogawa of the 4th winner Molcure.He talked about his experiences on the stage, the history of the award and the changes after the award.

SensProut is the same technology as the startup AGIC using conductive ink, which was introduced earlier in The Bridge, and is trying to solve global water and food problems with the smart agricultural sensor "Sensprout".Kawahara is an associate professor at the University of Tokyo Graduate School, and is involved in Sensprout as a technical advisor.

Making vegetables requires water.It requires grass and grains to grow cows that become beef, and use a lot of water.Therefore, he used printing technology to accurately measure the amount of water in the soil and develop a technology that can make crops with minimal water.The mission is to stay close to Japanese farmers and deliver what they can use happily.In the future, I want you to use it in the world.(Mr. Kawahara)

Molcure, led by Mr. Ogawa, has developed a platform that creates high -performance antibodies used for anticancer drugs in combination of next -generation sequencers and artificial intelligence.

He is looking for the cause of the disease and making things to solve it.Even a global pharmaceutical company has succeeded in about 1 out of 20.The remaining deficit must be collected in a successful project.MOLCURE finds a successful project that was supposed to succeed, and helps increase the success rate.(Mr. Ogawa)

Both Kawahara and Ogawa are entrepreneurs, scientists and researchers.Therefore, while engaged in business, he is busy attending academic conferences and international conferences.He told me the experience of participating in the world tournament "THE VENTURE" as follows.

Representatives from 16 countries gathered in San Francisco to compete for business plans.I was also inspired by presentation methods and ways of thinking.I think I was trained as an entrepreneur.The representative of Argentina was the one who developed agricultural businesses.I want to start something together after the award.(Mr. Kawahara)

It was an experience that could not be gained elsewhere with entrepreneurs from all over the world.They are also human.I think I was trained by spending together.This year, I was able to talk with three domestic pharmaceutical companies, and the award was close to overseas.(Mr. Ogawa)

Despite the increase in the number of global incubators and accelerators, it is still rare for entrepreneurs to work hard across borders.Not only subsidies, but also complex benefits such as human connections, opportunities, skills, and exposure can be said to be the unique charm of the Young Entrepreneur Fund and The Venture.

Next, in the second session, two up -and -coming social entrepreneurs will join, and we will talk about the rise of social businesses in the world and Japanese startup scenes, and the knowledge as a social entrepreneur.rice field.

Rika Yonera of the crowdfunding site "ReadyFor", which handles many social business projects, and Mr. Daichi Furuhashi of Crisis Mappers Japan, a crisis mappers Japan who creates a map in the event of a disaster.

Yonera began activities in 2011, when the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred, around the same time that THE BRIDGE started working as a startup dating.Recently, it has become a leading person in the field of social entrepreneurs in Japan, such as Mr. Yonera as a judge in the social innovation forum sponsored by the Japan Foundation.

Mr. Furuhashi is a person who not only captures drones as a convenient hardware, but also thinks about what profits can be brought to society by organically connecting people who can operate drones.For the activities of Crisis Mappers Japan, the contents of this interview are detailed.

We asked Furuhashi and Yonera about the significance of social business.

I'm thinking about how to develop a map like Tadataka Ino, and how to use it in the world.The continuity of the business = sustaine navigation is important.(Mr. Furuhashi)

So, what should we focus on to continue the social business? Yonera, who has been in social business for more than five years, said:

Rather than saying, "I have to solve social problems!"I feel like it will last longer. (Omitted)

In the past, it seems that many people started a business with the aim of getting rich, but now it is good to live at least and want to start a social entrepreneurs, people who start a business with fun and fun.I feel that is increasing.(Yonera)

In the first place, companies can not survive unless they have social public interests, regardless of whether they are social businesses, so paradoxically, companies that have survived after the establishment are in a broad sense.It can be said that they are all social businesses.If the entrepreneur came up with the ideas that make someone happy, and the ideas that are useful for the world, it would naturally become social.

Mr. Ogawa

Ventures will not last unless they are fun.I myself am also a family of cancer.Development of drugs that are effective for cancer is an important mission for mankind.One of the roles that can be played, led to joy.

… And again, Mr. Kawahara

Even if you are studying at a university, you are worried that it will be practical, but if you make a product with the technology you developed and deliver it to a farmer, you will be happy to get money and say "thank you".This is a really shocking experience for researchers.The moment when you realize that it is useful in society.

I was happy.

After the end of the panel discussion, it was time for networking, and speakers and participants chased whiskey provided by Seabus Legal in one hand.

The recruitment of the "Seabass Brothers Young Entrepreneur Fund" is until November 25, and the application and conditions can be confirmed here.