01Booster, a Business Creation Company, Holds DEMODAY for 'NGAS-Accelerator Program 2025'

01Booster Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director & CEO: George Goda, hereafter "01Booster"), a business creation company that supports corporate open innovation and new business development, co-operates the "NGAS-Accelerator Program 2025" sponsored by Nihonkai Gas Kizuna Holdings Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Toyama City, Representative Director & President: Yotaro Nitta, hereafter "Nihonkai Gas Kizuna HD"), alongside Nihonkai Lab Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Toyama City, Representative Director & President: Yotaro Nitta, hereafter "Nihonkai Lab") from the same group.

On Tuesday, March 17, 2026, the Demo Day for this program was held at the Ensemble Hall, 4F Toyama Shimin Plaza (Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture). The six selected startups, together with Nihonkai Gas Kizuna, presented the results of their co-creation activities developed under themes such as well-being, decarbonization/energy saving, and real estate utilization.

NGAS-Accelerator Program 2025 Website: https://01booster.com/program/ngas/

The "NGAS-Accelerator Program" is a business creation program sponsored by Nihonkai Gas Kizuna HD and jointly operated by Nihonkai Lab and 01Booster Inc. Aiming to provide new value to the Hokuriku region, it promotes co-creation with startups. For the six startups selected from many applications, catalysts who are employees of the Nihonkai Gas Kizuna HD Group provided hands-on support for about six months starting last September.

At the recently held Demo Day, each of the six companies, together with employees of the Nihonkai Gas Kizuna HD Group, presented the results of their co-creation activities developed under themes such as well-being, decarbonization/energy saving, and real estate utilization. At the closing, Junichi Hirata, Executive Vice President and Representative Director of Nihonkai Gas Kizuna HD, expressed his gratitude to the presenting companies and sent a message: "Through this program as well, we were able to build a strong network toward solving regional issues. This is not the end, and we would like to continue to engage with startups in various ways in the future."

Based on the results achieved so far, we will continue to consider future initiatives with the six companies. Part of each company's business content and co-creation details during the period are as follows.

"NGAS-Accelerator Program 2025" 6 Selected Companies (in alphabetical order)

M2X, Inc. (https://m2xsoftware.com/)
Speaker: Shintaro Okabe
Business Description: Development and sales of software for equipment maintenance efficiency
Co-creation Details: Conducted approach to regional companies and expanded awareness through co-hosting web seminars, while verifying the digitalization of facility management through a PoC at a pharmaceutical company in the prefecture. Explored the possibility of new equipment maintenance businesses through collaboration with infrastructure companies.

KUROFUNE, Inc.