The LVNS Forest Project is advancing initiatives under the vision of “Realizing an autonomous social system between forests and people” The project brings together 14 corporate partners in Japan, three academic researchers, and ventures from countries including the Philippines and Malaysia to promote six development approaches related to forest development.
Details on the six development approaches can be found here:
https://forest.lne.st/approach/

In March 2024, the project hosted the first “Forest Pitch”, creating collaboration opportunities between 11 ventures tackling forest-related challenges and the project’s corporate partners. The program included venture pitches and one-on-one discussions with partner companies.

As a result, two ventures were selected by partner companies, and each was awarded 500,000JPY in initial R&D funding to begin joint development projects.

More information on the first Forest Pitch:
https://forest.lne.st/553/

Selected ventures by partner companies:
https://forest.lne.st/584/

The event received very positive feedback from participants, as it successfully generated new forest development project ideas through collaboration between partners and ventures based on the six development approaches.

Building on this success, the project hosted the second “Forest Pitch” in March 2025, creating further opportunities for collaboration and new project development.

The event featured pitches from 10 ventures and researchers, as well as individual discussion sessions with three partner companies, held online.

Event Overview

Date & Time: March 21, 2025 (Friday), 14:00–17:15 (JST)
Format: Online
Organizer: Leave a Nest Co., Ltd.

Participating Partner Companies

• S.T. Corporation

• Pioneer Corporation

• KOBASHI HOLDINGS Co., Ltd.

Presenting Ventures and Research Institutions

• C-Tech Hiroshima Co., Ltd.

• VUILD Inc.

• National Institute of Technology, Sendai College

• SpiceCube Inc.

• Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Agency (AFFA)

• Forest Fusen LLC

• FKG Corporation

• Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology

• Quantum Flowers & Foods Inc.

• Japan Moss Factory Inc.

The discussions between participating organizations were highly active, leading to the emergence of multiple new project ideas for forest development.

Through initiatives like the Forest Pitch, the LVNS Forest Project will continue to foster cross-sector collaboration across industries and disciplines, generating new development projects and working toward the realization of an autonomous social system between forests and people.

Contact

Leave a Nest Co., Ltd.
Attn: Dr. Takumi Jindo / Dr. Makoto Togami

Email: [email protected]
Phone: +81-3-5227-4198