Company Information
Company Name : DeepForest Technologies Co., Ltd.
Address : INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE INNOVATION BUILDING, KYOTO UNIVERSITY, Yoshida-honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi
CEO : Masanori Onishi
Establishment : March 30, 2022
Capital : 3 million yen
Establishment
From research to society.
When M.Onishi was a student at Kyoto University, he developed the world's first technology to identify trees in forests using deep learning from UAVs. We started providing this technology as a service in order to apply it to fields such as forestry, carbon absorption estimation, biodiversity conservation, and environmental problems.
Members
Masanori Onishi
CEODoctor in Agriculture, Kyoto University: Studied forest science, and developing observation systems using UAVs and deep learning
Kengo Ikebata
EngineerDoctor in Engineering, Kyoto University: Developing software utilizing his self-taught programming skills
Takahiko Ikebata
AnalystMaster in Agriculture, Kyoto University: Studied forest science, and selling and analysing making use of experience at lumber trading company
Shinya Furumoto
Strategic planningAfter graduating from university in 2003, he joined a major aerial surveying company, where he experienced general aerial surveying, construction of basic data for urban planning, erosion control, and rivers, as well as overseas assignments, before joining the company in June 2023 and taking charge of strategic planning.
Yuki Chino
EngineerMaster in Agriculture, Kyoto University: Studied forest science, and experiencing in web application development at an IT company. Joining the company in August 2023, and taking charge of software development.
Yuukou Murakami
EngineerIn charge of system development. Former AI Group Manager at Accenture with a background in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. Graduated from Tokyo University of Science with 12 AWS certifications.
Mitsutaka Nakada
EngineerMaster in Life Science, Kyoto University: Machine Learning Engineer. During my student years, I was involved in genomic research of microorganisms. After graduation, I worked in a healthcare-related company in research and development roles as well as a data scientist. I joined the company in October 2023.
Shuichiro Kawamura
Independent DirectorEstablished Japan's first fund management company specializing in environmental energy in 2006, Energy & Environment Investment, Inc.. Being engaged in investment activities in this field, supporting startups.