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

Masanori Onishi

CEO

Doctor in Agriculture, Kyoto University: Studied forest science, and developing observation systems using UAVs and deep learning

Shinya Furumoto

Shinya Furumoto

Director, General Manager,Business Management Dept

After 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.From April 2024, I will be appointed as the company's director and general manager of the business.

Shuichiro Kawamura

Shuichiro Kawamura

Independent Director

Established 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.

Takahiro Onishi

Takahiro Onishi

Statutory Auditor

The University of Tokyo, School of Law (J.D.) Lawyer, admitted in Japan(2019) Nishimura & Asahi(Current) Specializing in the areas of M&A, Corporate and Startups.

Mitsutaka Nakada

Mitsutaka Nakada

Machine Learning Engineer

Master 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.

Kengo Ikebata

Kengo Ikebata

Engineer

Doctor in Engineering, Kyoto University: Developing software utilizing his self-taught programming skills

Takahiko Ikebata

Takahiko Ikebata

Sales Manager

Master in Agriculture, Kyoto University: Studied forest science, and selling and analysing making use of experience at lumber trading company

Yuki Chino

Yuki Chino

Engineer

Master 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

Yuukou Murakami

AWS Developer

In 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.

Naho Kawata

Naho Kawata

Measurement Analyst Manager

After obtaining my Master of Science in 2018,I worked in general aerial surveying at a major aerial surveying company.And, I have experience working at startup , venture companies, such as preparing geospatial information data using satellite images and building 3D city models using point cloud data. I joined the company in April 2024 and responsible for measurement.

Yoko Kirioka

Yoko Kirioka

Overseas Business Manager

Master in Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University: Studied regional planning. Now,with the recent experience about in environmental education in Kyoto-city,Japan and abroad, taking responsible for the expansion of the company's overseas environmental business.