SPACECOOL Wins Excellence Award at JA Accelerator Program 8th Batch

## Overview
SPACECOOL Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Masahiro Suemitsu) has received an excellence award in the 8th JA Accelerator Program, an open innovation initiative organized by AgVenture Lab, an innovation hub formed by eight national JA Group organizations, which supports startups with innovative ideas and technologies in the agricultural, forestry, and livestock fields.

## Selection Results
In this program, startups that passed preliminary screenings from a record-breaking 270+ applications took the stage at the final selection event held on May 21, 2026. The company was awarded the prize for proposing a new solution leveraging its radiative cooling material, "SPACECOOL," which contributes to maintaining and improving productivity in the livestock industry and reducing the risk of heatstroke for farmers.

*Reference: Applying SPACECOOL to pig barns reduced the days to shipping by 25 days.

"SPACECOOL" is expected to be utilized in a wide range of fields, including maintaining agricultural productivity and supporting the health of producers, in addition to its high energy-saving performance. In recent years, the importance of heat countermeasures in the agriculture and livestock industry has increased due to worsening heat waves caused by climate change. Following this award, the company intends to tackle various challenges in the agricultural and livestock sectors through its "SPACECOOL" material.

## Livestock Materials EXPO Exhibition
As part of its efforts in the agricultural and livestock sectors, the company will exhibit at the "Livestock Materials EXPO" to be held at Grand Messe Kumamoto from May 27 to 29, 2026. During the event, the company will introduce its heat mitigation solutions, focusing on case studies of "SPACECOOL" implementation on farms.

## About the JA Accelerator Program
With the slogan "Co-creating a sustainable future for food, agriculture, and daily life," this program recruits and selects startups with innovative ideas and technologies. It provides intensive growth support over a short period to connect them to new business and service development.

## About SPACECOOL Inc.
Founded in April 2021, the company is a domestic climate-tech startup. It conducts research, development, and sales of "SPACECOOL," a radiative cooling material that technologicalizes the natural phenomenon of radiative cooling, enabling zero-energy daytime cooling previously unrealizable with conventional technology.

## About "SPACECOOL" Radiative Cooling Material
A new material with world-class radiative cooling performance. It not only blocks sunlight and suppresses heat absorption but also allows heat to escape into space as infrared radiation in the "atmospheric window" wavelength range, enabling temperatures to drop below ambient levels with zero energy.