About PicoCELA
Company Profile
| Company Name | PicoCELA Inc. |
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| Headquarters | 〒103-0013 4th Floor, SANOS Nihonbashi Building, 2-34-5 Ningyocho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan Google Maps TEL: +81-3-6661-2780 / FAX: +81-3-6800-2003 |
| Fukuoka Technology Center | 〒814-0001 609-B, Fukuoka SRP Center Building, 2-1-22 Momochihama, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka, Japan Google Maps |
| Poland R&D Center | Warsaw , Poland |
| Representative Director | Hiroshi Furukawa (Career) |
| Business Overview and Value Provided |
Technology
Proprietary multihop wireless technology / PicoCELA Backhaul Engine (PBE) Products Sales of cable-free & multihop wireless technology-based products and solutions PicoManager® Cloud-based management system PicoManager® Collection and analysis of big data such as people flow analytics and people counting |
| Established | August 8, 2008 |
Awards & Recognitions
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2022
Received the FY2022 Intellectual Property Achievement Award, “Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office Award (Excellent Company Utilizing Intellectual Property Rights System)”
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2021
Ranked 433rd in High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2021
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2020
Received the Encouragement Award for Intellectual Property Utilization (Intellectual Property Information Division) at the 6th Intellectual Property Utilization Awards / Won the 5th JEITA Venture Award / 1st Place in Orange Fab Asia 5G Challenge Final Pitch Competition
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2019
Selected for Orange Fab Asia at Viva Technology
Selected as one of 28 exhibiting companies at the Super City Forum 2019 hosted by the Cabinet Office -
2018
Winner of JR East Startup Grand Prize
Selected as a supported company in JETRO Silicon Valley Innovation Program
Selected for Google Launchpad Tokyo -
2016
Selected as Kyushu Area Representative for Entrepreneur of the Year 2016
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2015
Selected as West Japan Regional Winner of The Independents Club Grand Prize 2015
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2011
Excellence Award, Fukuoka Venture Market Grand Prize 2011
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2010
Received the IT Enterprise Grand Prize at the ISIT Kyushu Advanced Science and Technology R&D Awards commemorating ISIT’s 15th anniversary
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2009
Won the Grand Prize in Fukuoka City Step-Up Support Program
Selected for the FY2009 1st Research and Development Grant by Mitsubishi UFJ Technology Development Foundation -
2008
Winner of the “Manufacturing Collaboration Grand Prize” organized by The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun
President & CEO Hiroshi Furukawa
Career
Completed Doctoral Program in Intelligent Systems, Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University in 1998 (Ph.D. in Engineering).
Worked at NEC Central Research Laboratories (1996–2003), Associate Professor at Kyushu University Graduate School (2003–2010), and Professor at the same university (2010–2018) before assuming his current position.
Throughout his career, he has consistently engaged in research, development, and commercialization of wireless communication systems.
His invented transmission diversity method (commonly known as SSDT) was adopted as a global standard for third-generation mobile communications in 2000 and has been incorporated into several billion mobile phones and smartphones worldwide.
Since 2003, he has been involved in research and development of wireless backhaul for small cells.
From 2007 to 2016, he served as Project Leader for the MIMO-MESH Project, Phase II of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Intellectual Cluster Creation Project.
Founded PicoCELA Inc. in 2008 while serving at Kyushu University. He has served as chairperson and member on multiple committees of academic societies, governments, and municipalities in Japan and abroad.
Delivered numerous invited lectures internationally. Recipient of multiple awards, including the 2016 EY Entrepreneur of the Year Kyushu Regional Representative.
Holds over 60 registered patents (domestic and international) and has authored over 100 research papers.
Co-author of “Latest Trends in Wi-Fi Network Technologies Toward Gigabit 2013–2014” (Impress Business Media) and “Advances in 3G Enhanced Technologies for Wireless Communications” (Artech House), among others.