The Coring Company crowned as the Grand Winner of TECH PLANTER World in UK 2024

On 23 March 2024, Leave a Nest conducted the 52nd installation of TECH PLANTER, named TECH PLANTER World in UK 2024, held in IDEALondon. TECH PLANTER World in UK 2024 saw great interest by more than 20 applications from around the world. Leave a Nest’s core mission to “Advancing Science and Technology Towards Global Happiness” was yet again celebrated through an eventful afternoon of sharings by 9 finalists teams and 7 lightning talk speakers deploying deep-tech innovation to solving real world issues. 

With the support of esteemed partners from Mitsubishi Corporation, Delightex Pte. Ltd., Scentmatic Inc., Real Tech Holdings,  Cambridge Cleantech, Deep Science Ventures, Innovate UK, and Locate Markets, all 16 startups were given a rare opportunity to be evaluated on their individual core technologies, business models and problem statements. TECH PLANTER continues to demonstrate its commitment to supporting researchers and startups around the world who are solving real world issues deploying deep-tech innovation.

From the use of cutting-edge agritech innovation to detect the presence of Red Weevils – a common pest in palm trees, to the reaugmentation of robotics to allow for robots to ‘touch and feel’, our panellists and participating attendees were greeted with the discovery and exchange of new potential solutions to solving key problems we see around the world today.

In this installation of TECH PLANTER, we had the privilege of hosting our partner, Scentmatic Inc. –  a company specialising in the use of AI for the creation of perfumes for individuals through user-driven data, who hosted a special segment sharing on their expansion plans into the UK market. 

TECH PLANTER UK 2024 was a tremendous success, with the panel of judges left impressed with many of the up and coming innovations by all 16 startups present. In particular, judges commended The Coring Company stating “We were deeply moved by your personal story and the realization of the world's increasing need for minerals. Your commitment to developing efficient technologies that minimize emissions is commendable. We believe your technology is exceptional, and we are delighted to offer our support to The Coring Company.”

Here at Leave a Nest, we would like to express our sincere appreciation to all our finalists, participants, panellists and partners who have made TECH PLANTER UK 2024 a success. All your enthusiasm, feedback and support has been essential in helping make this possible. 

SUMMARY OF TECH PLANTER World in the UK 2024

 AWARDEES

GRAND WINNER AWARD

Team: The Coring Company

Technology Theme: Cuttings Sampler Unit, providing accurate operational data for more efficient mining operations.

Award Inclusions: GBP 3,000

Mitsubishi Corp. AWARD

Team: ORCA Computing

Technology Theme: Photonic Quantum Computing

Award Inclusions: GBP 1,000

Cambridge Cleantech AWARD

Team: The Coring Company

Technology Theme: Cuttings Sampler Unit, providing accurate operational data for more efficient mining operations.

Award Inclusions: Membership support

Locate Markets AWARD

Team: Emulsion Flow Technologies

Technology Theme: Rare metal recycle  

Award Inclusions: Expansion support

Want to be part of something similar? Stay tuned and look forward to future TECH PLANTER installations and Leave a Nest events to be part of the community that develops and shapes business leaders of the future through science and entrepreneurship!

Mr. Shohei Michael Maekawa, MSc in Science

Mr. Maekawa is the President of Leave a Nest UK. He was born in USA and raised in Europe. He studied Zoology for his undergraduate degree and Evolutionary Anthropology for his postgraduate degree, both at University College London. With experience aboard and passion towards advancement of science and technology, he joined Leave a Nest in 2013. Currently president of Leave a Nest United Kingdom and Director of Global Bridge Laboratory of Leave a Nest Co., Ltd. He became Director of Leave a Nest Singapore Pte. Ltd. from May 1st 2019 with the vision to interconnect various industry partners for global development.