The Venture Lab Niterra Group in partnership with the MIT Industrial Liaison Program and the MIT Startup Exchange will host a conference to highlight the advancements in corporate venturing and to explore innovation in mobility, energy storage, and AI.
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Mitsuharu Sato, a valued member of the Venture Investment Department (VID) team in Japan, recently garnered media attention in "Nikkei x Woman," one of Japan's top platforms for promoting women's activities. The featured article delved into Sato's personal experiences and sentiments regarding Paternity Leave.
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Thomas Kluz, Managing Director of the Venture Lab Niterra Group (formerly NGK Corporate Venture Capital) is a featured speaker during the Pitch Global event “Funding Diversity and Impact” in Los Angeles at the Offices of O’Melveny & Meyers (OMM) on May 1st, 2023.
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Welcome to The Future of Mobility Forum, an evening event to bring together transportation professionals and enthusiasts from across the industry to discuss the latest mobility technology, policy, and innovation developments.
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Effective April 1st, 2023, our mother company, NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD., the world-renowned ignition, sensor, and technical ceramics specialist, has changed its English language company name to Niterra Co., Ltd.
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We are proud to announce the beginning of a strategic partnership with neoplas med GmbH, a German medical company that specializes in life-changing cold plasma jet technology for wound healing. The collaboration will be accelerated by an investment into this future-oriented company from our CVC fund (jointly operated with Pegasus Tech Ventures). The move further demonstrates NGK SPARK PLUG’s commitment to improving quality of life.
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In March, our Venture Lab Silicon Valley team had the pleasure to host our partner ADG, a firm which works with the world’s leading companies and most ambitious startups to create sustainable growth through meaningful design & innovation for a one-week on-site workshop in Santa Clara, CA.
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The International Housewares Association has named Sumikaze one of its top 65 finalists to compete in the 2022 IHA’s New Product Showcase/Global Innovation Awards (gia).
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The Venture Lab EMEA team, in collaboration with the NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD. Global Smart Health Team, just launched the “Home Health Changing the Paradigm to Improve Patient Care” open innovation challenge with startups out of the unique network from Hello Tomorrow on Thursday, February 17, 2022.
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The Venture Lab launched Sumikaze, a beautiful and compact plasma air purifier that inactivates up to 99.9% of airborne viruses while providing an air of quality to the home and office, in the U.S market on January 4, 2022. Medical is one of the Venture Lab’s three business focus areas, with the goal to explore new noninvasive diagnostics, remote patient monitoring, as well as respiratory disease management.
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