Selected as a recipient of the 9th "1st Round" of Japan's largest multi-university co-sponsored entrepreneurial support program

BlueWX Inc. (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Yoshiaki Miyamoto; hereinafter referred to as "BlueWX") has been selected as the ninth recipient of "1st Round," Japan's largest co-hosted entrepreneurial support program run by University of Tokyo Co-Creation Platform Development Co., Ltd. (Head office: Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Kosuke Ueda; hereinafter referred to as "UTokyo IPC").

BlueWX is a startup founded in 2023 based on the research results of the Cabinet Office's "Advanced Satellite Remote Sensing Data Utilization Model Demonstration Project for Solving Problems" (2019, 2021) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's "Open and Free Satellite Data Demonstration Project" (2020), an industry-academia collaboration between Keio University and the ANA Group.

By providing users with the world's first highly accurate turbulence prediction information using deep learning, we aim to create a safe future without wind-related accidents.

Through multifaceted support from "1stRound," including financial support, business collaboration, and support from various experts, we aim to provide highly accurate turbulence predictions to airlines around the world, and in the future we hope to provide an environment in which other industries can carry out their operations while minimizing weather risks.

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"1stRound" is Japan's largest cross-university incubation platform that supports the commercialization and social implementation of outstanding university-related technologies and ideas. It was launched in 2017 as an "entrepreneurship support program" with the University of Tokyo as its parent company, to provide non-equity funding to accelerate initial action and hands-on support to help startups become entities with estimable business value. In 2019, the name was changed to "1stRound" and the program was expanded in a consortium format with the participation of corporate partners. After that, national and private universities joined, and the program expanded to 13 universities, the largest number in Japan (※1).

“1stRound”: https://www.1stround.jp/

*1 Starting with the fifth program in 2021, the University of Tokyo will be joined by the University of Tsukuba, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, and Tokyo Institute of Technology, evolving into the first startup support program in Japan to be co-hosted by four universities. In April 2022, Kobe University, Nagoya University, Hitotsubashi University, and Hokkaido University will join, expanding the program to eight universities. In March 2023, Kyushu University, Keio University, Ritsumeikan University, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, and Waseda University will join.