Final Aim Accepted into Winter/Spring 2023 Batch Accelerator Program in “Plug and Play Japan” – Tokyo, Japan

2023.01.06

Tokyo, Japan, January 6th, 2022 – Final Aim, Inc. (Delaware, US, CEO Masafumi Asakura, and CDO Yasuhide Yokoi) is proud to announce that the company has been accepted into the Winter/Spring 2023 Batch Mobility accelerator program in Plug and Play Japan KK (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Representative: Phillip Vincent). Through the program, the company will leverage the opportunity to collaborate with various major corporations.

Final Aim has been driving the adoption of Web3 technologies, such as blockchain and smart contract, globally in the industrial design and manufacturing industries. In November 2021, the company released its Web3 platform “Final Chain” private beta, the industry-first solution with decentralized and distributed technologies such as blockchain, smart contract, digital tokens, and IPFS. And in April 2022, the company established a corporation as its headquarters in the United States. Furthermore, in September 2022, the company was accepted into Berkeley SkyDeck, a world-renowned Silicon Valley startup accelerator.

About “Plug and Play Japan” and The Accelerator Program

Plug and Play Japan is the world’s leading accelerator/venture capital. It is a global innovation platform headquartered in Silicon Valley; 45+ leading companies of each sector participate in the programs as official corporate partners. Its major expertise is “supporting corporate partners creating innovation,” “cross-industrial accelerator programs,” and “startup investment,” making the best use of our extensive global network. Plug and Play Japan supports the co-creation and collaboration between Japanese/international startups with innovative technology/ideas and industry-leading corporations, enabling them to generate innovation.
The accelerator programs provided by Plug and Play Japan accelerate innovation by connecting its corporate partners with Japanese and international startups. Through these programs, corporate partners can connect with participating startups with technologies and services that could accelerate their innovation activities. Startups have the opportunity to collaborate with a wide range of major corporations. Summit (so-called Demo Day) is the final step of the accelerator program, where startups give pitches outlining their results from the program. It’s an excellent opportunity to get the latest updates on innovative technologies, meets cutting-edge startups, and develop new business partnerships.

Through the accelerator program by Plug and Play Japan, Final Aim will further expand its business and technology to the industrial design and manufacturing industries by gaining know-how and networking opportunities with target enterprises.

Plug and Play Japan Overview
Company Name: Plug and Play Japan KK
Founded: 2017/7/14
Address: Shibuya Center Place 3F 1-16-3, Dogenzaka, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Representative: Phillip Vicent
Website: http://japan.plugandplaytechcenter.com/

About Final Aim
Company Name: Final Aim, Inc.
Location: US, Japan
Founders: Masafumi Asakura, Chief Executive Officer / Yasuhide Yokoi, Chief Design Officer
Business Description: Drive the adoption of Web3 technologies for industrial design
Website: https://final-aim.com
Contact: contact@final-aim.com

Final Aim Accepted into “Berkeley SkyDeck” Batch 15 IPP, a World-Renowned Silicon Valley Startup Accelerator in Deep Tech Cohort – Berkeley, US

2022.09.15

The company gets selected for Startup City Acceleration Program by Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)

Berkeley, US, September 15th, 2022 – Final Aim, Inc. (Delaware, US, CEO Masafumi Asakura, and CDO Yasuhide Yokoi) is proud to announce that the company has been accepted into Berkeley SkyDeck Batch 15 IPP, one of the world-renowned Silicon Valley startup accelerators.
In this program, the company has been selected as a deep tech cohort in the Startup City Acceleration Program run by the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), together with the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan.

Final Aim has been driving the adoption of Web3 technologies globally in the design and digital manufacturing industries. In November 2021, the company released its Web3 platform “Final Chain” private beta, the industry-first solution with decentralized and distributed technologies such as blockchain, smart contracts, digital tokens, and IPFS, bringing full ownership and authenticity to designers and manufacturers in design planning, development, and production,
And in April 2022, the company established a corporation as a headquarter in the United States.

Since then, with its Web3 platform, the company has collaborated with industry leaders: Panasonic, including the USA and Japan design division; Autodesk, a global leader in 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software; Ultimaker, a Netherland-based global leader in the professional 3D printing industry; EYEMETRICS JAPAN, the world’s first eyewear brand originated in Switzerland that personalizes the design by 3D scanning each user’s face.
And in August 2022, Final Aim announced a partnership with Sony Design Consulting for the IC card-type hardware wallet, which the Sony Computer Science Laboratories has been developing for all kinds of use cases. The technology includes support by mutual authentication/encrypted communication cultivated over many years by applying Sony’s expertise in contactless IC cards.

About Berkeley SkyDeck

Berkeley SkyDeck is one of the world-renowned startup accelerators at the University of California, Berkeley.
The university ranks among the world’s top universities, including 4th in the “US News & World Report.” Berkeley has often been cited as one of the universities that have produced most entrepreneurs, such as Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, and founder of Softbank Masayoshi Son.

Named in Forbes as a top-five US university accelerator, SkyDeck combines hands-on mentorship with the vast resources of its research university. SkyDeck is the only accelerator that provides funding for its startups via a public-private partnership, providing returns directly back to UC Berkeley from the Berkeley SkyDeck Fund, a dedicated investment fund supported by top institutional VCs like Sequoia and Mayfield.
SkyDeck startups have raised more than $1.47 billion in aggregate. Participating startups have access to SkyDeck’s 360 advisors, 70 industry partners, and a network of more than 510,000 UC Berkeley alumni.
https://skydeck.berkeley.edu/

Furthermore, in the field of blockchain, which Final Aim defines as our core technologies, by industrial leading media “CoinDesk,” the university has ranked 3rd in the world and the top in the US.

“The Top Universities for Blockchain by CoinDesk 2021”
https://www.coindesk.com/learn/2021/10/04/the-top-universities-for-blockchain-by-coindesk-2021/

This accelerator will hold the program online and offline for four months and host UC Berkeley students as internships. At the end of the program, the startups will present at SkyDeck’s Demo Day, where over 100 investors and venture capitalists will attend.

UC Berkeley campus

About JETRO Startup City Acceleration Program

JETRO, or the Japan External Trade Organization, is a government-related organization that works with the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan to develop a startup ecosystem and promote global business development.
The organization cooperates with top global accelerators to support each startup’s needs, maximizing possibilities and opportunities such as international level of top mentor networks and matching global venture capitals and business partners.

JETRO has selected Final Aim in the deep tech cohort to push the startup’s financing, business expansion, and partner alliances to the global level.
Through this opportunity, Final Aim will further strengthen its Web3 business and technologies in the design and digital manufacturing domain by acquiring know-how, networks, and industrial knowledge.

UPDATE (March 1st, 2023) : Final Aim receives “Most Likely to Become the Next Unicorn” at Berkeley SkyDeck Batch 15 IPP Global Innovation Showcase!

After months of the intensive program, the accepted startups participated in the “Global Innovation Showcase” and pitched in front of 140 people, including prominent SkyDeck advisors, mentors, and investors. At the end of the showcase voting, Final Aim was elected as the startup that could become the next “Unicorn.”

About Final Aim
Company Name: Final Aim, Inc.
Location: US, Japan
Founders: Masafumi Asakura, Chief Executive Officer / Yasuhide Yokoi, Chief Design Officer
Business Description: Drive the adoption of Web3 technologies for industrial design
Website: https://final-aim.com
Contact: contact@final-aim.com

Final Aim and Sony Design Consulting Starts Proof-of-Concept for IC Card-Type Hardware Wallet in the Web3 Field – Tokyo, Japan

2022.08.17

Tokyo, Japan, August 17th, 2022 – Final Aim, Inc. (Delaware, US, CEO Masafumi Asakura, and CDO Yasuhide Yokoi) and Sony Design Consulting Inc. (Minato-ku, Tokyo, CEO Yutaka Hasegawa) today announced that they had started proof-of-concept for Sony’s contactless IC card-type hardware wallet in the Web3 field.

In recent years, Web3 technology has emerged globally, referred to as the next generation of the decentralized Internet. This megatrend created new industries and use cases such as DeFi and GameFi, and the application has even expanded to the Metaverse.
On the other hand, application to traditional industries has yet to be seen, and we consider there are unexplored areas like design and manufacturing.

Since its foundation in 2019, Final Aim, Inc. has been conducting research and development on blockchain technology with the mission to drive the adoption of Web3 technologies to not just people in finance with high IT literacy but also to the mass, regardless of their nationality, race, gender, and generation.
Furthermore, the company has launched a Web3 beta platform, “Final Chain,” and applied for three patents internationally.

Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc. has been developing hardware wallet technology not just for payment but for all kinds of use cases which the technology includes mutual authentication/encrypted communication by applying Sony’s expertise in contactless IC card technology cultivated over many years.
In addition, this hardware wallet can securely generate and store a private key with a highly reliable tamper-proof module within the IC card. (Press release in 2018, patent application in 2019)

Since November 2020, Final Aim and Sony Design Consulting have formed joint research to explore design methodology and practices that ensure the rapid growth of startups’ business and equity financing.
To further expand our partnership scope and strengthen our joint forces, we have started the proof-of-concept in the Web3 field for the IC card-type hardware wallet with tokens issued by Final Aim.

Overview of the Partnership
In this proof-of-concept partnership, we will research and analyze the application of tokens by the IC card-type hardware wallet and the potential development of tokens and protocols in the design field.

1. Test token issuance by Final Aim and the application of the hardware wallet by Web3 technology.
2. Verify potential development of protocols by Web3 technology that utilizes the IC card-type hardware wallet in industrial design and digital manufacturing domains.
3. Explore blockchain technology with the hardware wallet application in other areas such as the Metaverse.

Role of Sony Design Consulting
Sony Design Consulting will provide the IC card-type hardware wallet, supporting design, and blockchain technology to conduct the proof of concept with the perspective of applications in a secure environment.

Role of Final Aim
Final Aim will provide its Web3 platform “Final Chain” that utilizes blockchain and token issuance, pushing forward its protocol development for design and digital manufacturing domains.


Screenshots of Web3 beta platform “Final Chain”

About Sony Design Consulting
Company Name: Sony Design Consulting Inc.
Location: Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Director: Representative Chief Executive Officer, Yutaka Hasegawa
Business Description: Design consulting / Design management / Design service / Other related services
Website: https://www.sonydesignconsulting.com/

Since its foundation in 2020, Sony Design Consulting has provided consulting and design services such as visioning, branding, product design, UI design, and solution to various entities like corporates, startups, and government offices. Under the mission statement, “Discovering the potential, Leading to the possibility,” the company will serve all kinds of projects, not just design and joint research but also PoCs, to uplift design quality, support business management by design, and strengthen and organizing design role in industrial property rights.

About Final Aim
Company Name: Final Aim, Inc.
Location: US, Japan
Founders: Masafumi Asakura, Chief Executive Officer / Yasuhide Yokoi, Chief Design Officer
Business Description: Drive the adoption of Web3 technologies for industrial design
Website: https://final-aim.com
Contact: contact@final-aim.com

Since its foundation in 2019, the company has launched a beta platform, “Final Chain,” the industry-first solution with decentralized and distributed technologies such as blockchain, smart contracts, digital tokens, and IPFS, bringing full ownership and authenticity to designers and manufacturers in design planning, development, and production. With its Web3 platform, the company has collaborated with industry leaders such as Autodesk, Inc., a global leader in 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software, Ultimaker, a Netherland-based global leader in the professional 3D printing industry, and EYEMETRICS JAPAN, the world’s first eyewear brand originated in Switzerland that personalizes the design by 3D scanning each user’s face.
In April 2022, the company established a corporation in the US to expand its business, finance, legal, accounting, and strengthen its Web3 technology, including protocols and fungible/non-fungible tokens.

A Community Platform in the Web3 Era with Panasonic; Featured in Design Magazine AXIS – New York, US

2022.07.07

Introducing our latest collaboration on driving the adoption of Web3 technologies for industrial design

New York, US, July 6th, 2022 – Final Aim, Inc. (Delaware, US, CEO Masafumi Asakura, and CDO Yasuhide Yokoi) is pleased to announce the collaboration with Panasonic Design New York to develop a new community platform in the Web3 era, has been featured in the Design Magazine AXIS.

Panasonic’s design department in New York has been working on numerous research and development, and one of the ongoing projects is the “Lifestyle Community Plan in the Web3 Era.” Final Aim has been supporting its Web3 technological development to revitalize the brand’s community; for example, CLUB Panasonic holds eight million members (as of June 2022).

The magazine’s feature, “A New Era of Industrial Design,” covered the story of Panasonic and Final Aim’s collaboration from community concept to potential ideas and planning that would accelerate the diversification of relationships between brands, people, and surroundings. This plan includes studying future visions of e-commerce like the metaverse with a function that allows the user of the Utility Token linked data to 3D print to update or customize Panasonic’s products. The combination of 3D printing and blockchain technology permits the exclusivity and authenticity of design, further providing incentives to user-posted 3D data. The team is also working on the potential implementation of an autonomous distributed community in the future.

Design Magazine AXIS was first published in 1981, and its contents related to the design industry have been distinguished from general magazines with unique and high-quality content. Since its first publication, the magazines have been highly favored by designers worldwide involved in business, service, and product development, as well as highly influential figures and opinion leaders.

Design Magazine AXIS:
https://www.axisinc.co.jp/english/service/society#design-magazine

For purchase:
Amazon – t.ly/gH-b

About Final Aim
Company Name: Final Aim, Inc.
Location: US, Japan
Founders: Masafumi Asakura, Chief Executive Officer / Yasuhide Yokoi, Chief Design Officer
Business Description: Drive the adoption of Web3 technologies for industrial design
Website: https://final-aim.com
Contact: contact@final-aim.com

Generative Design & Web3 Technologies Combined with Historic Japanese Samurai Sword Craftsmanship, “TACHI” – Tokyo, Japan

2022.06.09

Tokyo, Japan, June 9th, 2022 – Final Aim, Inc. (Delaware, US, CEO Masafumi Asakura, and CDO Yasuhide Yokoi) is pleased to unveil an art piece “TACHI” that combines the latest technologies of AI-powered generative design and Web3 with traditional Japanese katana swords craftsmanship with more than 400 years of history. The product is from a collaboration project between Studio Shikumi Inc. (Tokyo, Japan, CEO Shimpei Kawachi).



Background & Concept
Final Aim is a startup that drives the adoption of Web3 technologies for industrial design.
To extend the vision further to the traditional arts and crafts industry, the company partnered with Studio Shikumi. This leading producing company supports many kinds of Japanese craftspeople and artists.
The katana sword is crafted by Kunihira Kawachi, the 15th-generation swordsmith Kunisuke Kawachinokami with more than 400 years of inherited traditions in the Osaka and Nara region.
By combining it with the innovative AI-powered generative design and Web3 technologies, the final art piece realized the distinctive design and re-imagined the style of displaying the katana sword.
The title “TACHI” comes from a combination of a Japanese word: “太刀 (tachi),” meaning a sword, and “立ち(tachi),” meaning to stand up.


Kunihira Kawachi

Optimum Shape Modeled by AI-powered Generative Design
Generative design is a cloud-based automated design exploration and 3D modeling technology powered by artificial intelligence that allows designers to input parameters such as design goals, materials, manufacturing methods, and cost.
Thanks to these latest technologies, the design achieved functionality such as grip ergonomics, product strength, suitable material selection, and minor consumption.
Furthermore, not just its functional achievements, this innovative approach generated a breathtaking organic look that resembles the skeleton of an animal or the veins of a leaf, adding an energetic vital impression to the sword made by the craftsman’s whole heart and soul.




Authenticating The Value of Design by Web3 Technologies
The design created is managed and protected by a Web3 platform for design and digital manufacturing, “Final Chain,” developed by Final Aim.
The platform integrates decentralized and distributed systems like blockchain, smart contracts, and IPFS. Through this comprehensive web3 platform, original master design files are stored and shared by IPFS technology.

Read more about the Web3 platform: https://final-aim.com/final-chain-beta-launch

Every generated design file has been certified by blockchain record to prove its originality and integrity. Furthermore, this certificate record is physically engraved on every model.
As a result, this becomes the proof of authenticity and uniqueness, allowing the project owner to create and share design files with partners and collaborators without the worries of underlying digital risks and further fulfilling the buyer’s desire for possession.

Blockchain certificate record is physically engraved on every model


Web3 platform for design & manufacturing “Final Chain”

Exhibition & Sales
As a world premiere, “TACHI” was unveiled at a global conference, “Autodesk Accelerate 2022,” held in New Orleans, US, from 17th to 18th May, by Autodesk, Inc. (HQ: San Rafael, California, United States), a global leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software.
Furthermore, the project team is planning exhibitions in Japan and worldwide, such as in New York. More information, including sales, is to be announced.

Contact for The Art Piece, Exhibition, and Sales
Studio Shikumi Inc.
Mail: info@studio-shikumi.jp


About Kunihira Kawachi
He was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1941 and apprenticed under archaeologist Masao Matsunaga while at the Faculty of Law, Kansai University. After graduation, he studied Soshuden from a craftsman named Akihira Miyairi (lately changed name to Yukihira). He then established a katana sword blacksmith in Higashi-Yoshino-Mura in Nara prefecture. He also studied Bizenden from a craftsman named Sumitani Masamine in 1984. He was qualified for an exemption of examination in 1987 and designated as Important Intangible Cultural Property by Nara prefecture in 2005.

About Studio Shikumi
With a mission to ensure the continuity of arts and crafts culture while respecting the essential value of artworks and products, the company organizes and supports a wide variety of Japanese craftspeople and artists.

About Final Aim
Company Name: Final Aim, Inc.
Location: US, Japan
Founders: Masafumi Asakura, Chief Executive Officer / Yasuhide Yokoi, Chief Design Officer
Business Description: Zero-to-one support with design and Web3 technologies
Website: https://final-aim.com
Contact: contact@final-aim.com

Final Aim Chief Design Officer Yasuhide Yokoi Will Be Speaking at “Autodesk Accelerate 2022” – New Orleans, US

2022.05.17

Introducing our latest case studies on driving the adoption of Web3 technologies for industrial design

New Orleans, US, May 16th, 2022 – Final Aim, Inc. (Delaware, US, CEO Masafumi Asakura, and CDO Yasuhide Yokoi) is pleased to announce the company has been invited to speak at a global conference held by Autodesk, Inc. (HQ: San Rafael, California, United States), a global leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software.

Conference Overview
Title: Autodesk Accelerate 2022
Date: May 16-18, 2022
Location: New Orleans, LA / Sheraton New Orleans Hotel
URL:https://cvent.autodesk.com/event/512021ec-f029-4c32-abaf-f80316027be4/summary

Final Aim is a startup that drives the adoption of Web3 technologies for industrial design.

Since its foundation in 2019, Final Aim has been supporting many startups and new business development in MNCs such as OTSAW, a Singapore-based robotics startup, Ultimaker, a Netherland-based global leader in the professional 3D printing industry, Autodesk, a global leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, and Sony Design Consulting in Japan.

Furthermore, the company has launched a beta platform, “Final Chain,” the industry-first solution with decentralized and distributed technologies such as blockchain, smart contracts, digital tokens, and IPFS, bringing full ownership and authenticity to designers and manufacturers in design planning, development, and production.

Autodesk Accelerate is an exclusive event for design and manufacturing leaders with featured keynotes, panel discussions, industry networking, and analyst presentations by business experts. Participants can gain industry insights during the event and discover better ways to collaborate, automate, and make smarter decisions faster. Key speakers are invited worldwide, including Steelcase, Airbus, and Seymourpowell.

Final Aim has been invited to introduce its latest case studies on its Web3 platform and the technologies where clients, designers, and manufacturers can build trust, connect and collaborate with complete ownership and vital authenticity.

About The Speaker

Yasuhide Yokoi, Co-Founder & Chief Design Officer
Raised in Australia, he started his industrial designer career at Nikon Corporation.
As an initial founding member, he then joined an additive manufacturing startup, Kabuku Inc. After the startup’s M&A, he co-founded Final Aim, Inc. He has collaborated by design with numerous partners such Toyota, Honda, Sony, Panasonic, Softbank, Microsoft, and Autodesk. Received multiple international design awards such as iF Design Award, Red Dot Design Award, Good Design Award, etc.

About Final Aim
Company Name: Final Aim, Inc.
Location: US, Japan
Founders: Masafumi Asakura, Chief Executive Officer / Yasuhide Yokoi, Chief Design Officer
Business Description: Zero-to-one support with design and web3 technologies
Website: https://final-aim.com
Contact: contact@final-aim.com

Final Aim Has Established a Corporation in the United States to Expand Its Web3 Business – Delaware, US

2022.04.21

Delware, US, April 21st, 2022 – Final Aim, Inc. (Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, CEO Masafumi Asakura, and CDO Yasuhide Yokoi) announced that the company has established a corporation in the United States to expand its web3 business.

Date: April 4th, 2022
Corporate name: Final Aim, Inc.
Registered state: Delaware
Chief Executive Officer: Masafumi Asakura

Since its foundation in 2019, Final Aim has been supporting many startups and new business development in MNCs such as OTSAW, a Singapore-based robotics startup, Ultimaker, a Netherland-based global leader in the professional 3D printing industry, Autodesk, a global leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, and Sony Design Consulting in Japan.

Read more: Final Aim and Sony Design Consulting Partner to Conduct Joint Research
https://final-aim.com/joint-research-sony-design-consulting

In our daily industrial design business, we face many challenges and critical user insights where web2 technologies cannot fulfill and often contradict. Therefore, Final Aim has launched “Final Chain,” a beta platform for the industrial design domain with web3 technologies.

The beta platform “Final Chain” aims to drive the adoption of web3 technologies for designers and manufacturers who need decentralized and distributed systems to achieve full ownership and authenticity of designs and manufactured products. The platform leverages decentralized features like a public blockchain, smart contracts, and IPFS.

In sync with our platform strategies, we have filed three patent applications related to blockchain, smart contract and machine learning technologies applying IP management, valuation and scoring management, and digital manufacturing supply chain.

Read more: “Final Aim Introduces Beta Platform “Final Chain” to Drive Adoption of Web3 Technologies for Design & Manufacturing”
https://final-aim.com/final-chain-beta-launch

With the launch of the US company, Final Aim will be strengthening its resources and formation. Furthermore, the company will expand partnerships to co-create and realize web3 in the design and manufacturing industry.

About Final Aim
Company Name: Final Aim, Inc.
Location: US, Japan
Founders: Masafumi Asakura, Chief Executive Officer / Yasuhide Yokoi, Chief Design Officer
Business Description: Zero-to-one support with design and web3 technologies
Website: https://final-aim.com
Contact: contact@final-aim.com

The Leading Web3 Startup – Final Aim Covered by “Key Players,” Run by The Japanese Top Angel Investor, Hidetoshi Takano

2022.04.14

Tokyo, Japan, April 14th, 2022 – Final Aim, Inc. (Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, CEO Masafumi Asakura, and CDO Yasuhide Yokoi) is pleased to announce that the company was featured in “Key Players,” run by one of the Japanese top angel investors, Hidetoshi Takano.

The article introduced Japanese startups in the Web3 industry and featured Final Aim as one of the leading companies in Japan.

The article can be read from here (Jp only):
https://keyplayers.jp/archives/28064/#Final_Aim

English Translation of the Article


Final Aim is a startup that builds Web3 technologies for industrial design.

The two co-founders, the Chief Executive Officer, Masafumi Asakura, and the Chief Design Officer, Yasuhide Yokoi, are former members of the machine learning and 3D printing startup that was acquired by a Tokyo Stock Exchange listed company.

They are currently working in the digital manufacturing domain solving issues such as authenticity and ownership of the industrial design. A Web3 platform, “Final Chain” supports design data and 3D printing data management by utilizing IPFS and blockchain technology.

They have collaborated with Autodesk, a global 3D CAD software maker from the US, and with Ultimaker, a global leader in the professional 3D printing industry from the Netherlands. They also run joint research with Sony Design Consulting, which indicates its high technical quality. Since its establishment in 2019, the company has been working on the blockchain. The company has also filed for three patents for its technology.


About Hidetoshi Takano
Hidetoshi Takano, formerly from Intelligence, is the CEO of KEY PLAYERS. He has angel invested in over 55 companies and 5 companies have gone public including SHIKIGAKU and Slogan. Out of them, he served as a board member in 2 startups: CrowdWorks and Medley. He has supported 147 companies to be listed on the stock exchange. His talent ranges widely from setting up a business as a shareholder of a Bangladesh real estate company, to a commercial bank, and to a bar in Shibuya.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/keyplayers
Website: https://keyplayers.jp/archives/5482/
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/hidetoshitakano/
YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCTecQiUKBbEZixOj6OPiSMQ
Investment list: https://keyplayers.jp/archives/6965/

About Final Aim
Company Name: Final Aim, Inc.
Location: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Founders: Masafumi Asakura, Chief Executive Officer / Yasuhide Yokoi, Chief Design Officer
Business Description: Zero-to-one support with design and technology
Website: https://final-aim.com
Contact: contact@final-aim.com

Substantiating by Web3 Technologies the Value of Design & Serial 3D Printing – Final Aim’s Platform Use Case in Productions and Sales

2022.02.01

Tokyo, Japan, February 1st, 2021 – Final Aim, Inc. (Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, CEO Masafumi Asakura, and CDO Yasuhide Yokoi) announced that the company utilized its web3 platform “Final Chain” in productions and sales to substantiate the value of design and products. Specifically, the platform protected the authenticity of the figurine design created by the Final Aim designer and the originality of each product manufactured in serial 3D printing.

Designing with 3D CAD software, sharing final design files via the cloud, serial 3D printing, and distributing products have been the core of the modern industrial design. Designers at Final Aim heavily use these conventional tools and services daily. However, there remain underlying digital risks: reverse-engineering, copying, tampering, counterfeiting, and losing control of the data ownership.

To overcome these inevitable challenges, Final Aim is developing a web3 platform “Final Chain” that integrates decentralized and distributed systems like blockchain, smart contracts, and IPFS technologies.

Read more: “Final Aim Introduces Beta Platform “Final Chain” to Drive Adoption of Web3 Technologies for Design & Manufacturing” – https://final-aim.com/final-chain-beta-launch

With streamlined user experience and intuitive interface, designers and manufacturers can collaborate. It targets not just design files but also intellectual property and legal contracts to build trust and authenticity

To celebrate “Year of the Tiger” – 2022’s oriental zodiac animal symbol – a designer at Final Aim created an original figurine and used the Final Chain platform in design management, productions and selling to customers.
Through the comprehensive web3 platform, original master design files are stored and shared by IPFS technology. And every 3D printed design file has been certified by blockchain record to prove its originality and integrity. Furthermore, this certificate record is 3D printed physically on every model.
As a result, this becomes the proof of authenticity and uniqueness, allowing the designer to create and share without the worries of underlying risks and fulfilling the buyer’s desire for possession.





With the progress of the Final Chain platform, the company will be strengthening and expanding partnerships to co-create and realize web3 in the design and manufacturing industry.

The current platform is by private invite only; users interested in beta user participation, please contact at: contact@final-aim.com

About Final Aim
Company Name: Final Aim, Inc.
Location: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Founders: Masafumi Asakura, Chief Executive Officer / Yasuhide Yokoi, Chief Design Officer
Business Description: Zero-to-one support with design and web3 technologies
Website: https://final-aim.com
Contact: contact@final-aim.com

Final Aim Collaborated With EYEMETRICS JAPAN to Secure 3D Scanned Personal Data by Its Web3 Platform, “Final Chain” – Tokyo, Japan

2022.01.25

Tokyo, Japan, January 25th, 2021 – Final Aim, Inc. (Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, CEO Masafumi Asakura, and CDO Yasuhide Yokoi) today announced that the company has collaborated with EYEMETRICS JAPAN (HQ: Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan), the world’s first eyewear brand that personalizes the design by 3D scanning each user’s face. The collaboration secured customer’s 3D scanned face data by “Final Chain,” a beta platform by Final Aim that drives adoption of web3 technologies for design & manufacturing.


(Courtesy of EYEMETRICS JAPAN Website: https://www.eyemetrics.co.jp/)

Originated in Switzerland, EYEMETRICS JAPAN is the world’s first made-to-order personalized eyewear brand. With its innovative facial 3D scanning and 3D modeling technology, the company has provided eyewear design with a perfect fit to every customer for more than 30 years.
In daily operations, the company manages and stores users’ 3D face data in a centralized system and storage. The brand faces potential issues of maintenance, security, and the ownership of personal data, which may become more critical due to the recent rise in social awareness on privacy data protection.


3D scanning & modeling process (Courtesy of EYEMETRICS JAPAN Website)

The beta platform “Final Chain” by Final Aim aims to drive the adoption of web3 technologies for designers and manufacturers who need decentralized and distributed systems to achieve full ownership and authenticity of designs and manufactured products. The platform leverages decentralized features like a public blockchain, smart contracts, and IPFS.
For example, the platform was used in collaboration with Autodesk Inc. for securing ownership and authenticity of essential files such as 3D design data.
More on: https://final-aim.com/formnext-with-autodesk


The platform was used to secure and share designs with IPFS file management, 3D previews and blockchain certification

Based on the risk and needs associated with 3D scanned personal data and the current system, EYEMETRICS JAPAN teamed up with Final Aim to test the feasibility of its new platform concepts and the potential of web3 technologies.
With actual user data, the team was able to verify the effectiveness of blockchain and IPFS on the platform, not just from the business side but also from the user benefit, securing data integrity and allowing full ownership to users. The verification deepened and expanded to consider new business opportunities capitalizing on the data asset to emerging markets such as digital manufacturing, AR/VR, and the metaverse.


With actual user data, the team was able to verify the effectiveness of blockchain and IPFS on the beta platform “Final Chain”

The beta platform is by private invite only; users interested in participation, please contact at: contact@final-aim.com

About Final Aim
Company Name: Final Aim, Inc.
Location: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Founders: Masafumi Asakura, Chief Executive Officer / Yasuhide Yokoi, Chief Design Officer
Business Description: Zero-to-one support with design and web3 technologies
Website: https://final-aim.com
Contact: contact@final-aim.com

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