Report

Today, March 5th (Friday), we held the final selection round of "Pitch & Match," Antlers' first-ever pitch contest, in an effort to create new communities where entertainment and technology intersect, leveraging the unique management resources of a professional football club.



This event is a pitch contest-style program that offers opportunities such as PoC and demonstration experiments with Antlers as a reward. We solicited companies and organizations wishing to collaborate with Antlers, Kashima City, etc., and after a document review of problem-solving ideas proposed by 71 applicants, we conducted a final review for six presenters.

For the final review, in addition to President Koizumi, Director Suzuki, and Consumer Team Manager Kasuga, Mr. Jo Konno, Representative Partner and COO of Globis Capital Partners, joined as a judge, and discussions were held from various perspectives.











The presenters at this event were the following six companies (honorifics omitted):

・Timee Inc.
・AgriMedia Inc.
・Qon Inc.
・emol Inc.
・SQUEEZE Inc.
・MaaS Tech Japan Inc.



Mr. Kasai of Timee Inc.



Mr. Morohashi of AgriMedia Inc.



Mr. Kiso of Qon Inc.



Mr. Takekawa of emol Inc.



Mr. Tatebayashi of SQUEEZE Inc.



Mr. Hidaka of MaaS Tech Japan Inc.



After the final review, overall remarks were given by the judges and awards were presented to the winners.



At the award ceremony, President Koizumi presented the 2021 season uniform to the winner, Mr. Kasai of Timee Inc.





Finally, the closing remarks were given, and the event concluded.



After the event, President Koizumi and Mr. Kasai of Timee Inc. were interviewed by the media online.



Moving forward, based on the proposals from this event, Antlers and the winners will discuss concrete steps and proceed with projects aimed at solving regional issues.