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2025 GLOBIS Venture Challenge (G-CHALLENGE)

February 2nd, 2026|Community News
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Congratulations to our winners of the GLOBIS Venture Challenge 2025 Final Presentation

On February 1, GLOBIS University hosted the final presentation for the GLOBIS Venture Challenge (G-CHALLENGE) 2025, a business plan contest for all current students and graduates, at its Tokyo Campus.

After reviewing the presentations of the 8 finalists, 3 teams, KataLink, yuppa Inc., and House AI Concierge were awarded the Grand Prize. The KIBOW Award, which considers social impact as an additional criterion, was won by H2 Milk Farm in India. All winning teams have the opportunity to receive an investment of up to 10 million yen in their businesses.

Among the competing teams, an English-speaking team reached the final round for the first time since 2022.

Grand Prize Winners: 

KataLink

Representative: Kaede Nakazawa (GLOBIS University Tokyo Campus, Class of 2024)

KataLink is a sales management support AI SaaS designed to eliminate individual dependency through a systematic improvement framework.
Many sales organizations struggle with 1on1 meetings and reviews becoming mere formalities, instead of contributing to improvement and growth. Consequently, skills and know-how remain dependent on individuals, creating challenges in sustainable training and performance. The “ACE Sheet” visualizes and evaluates sales skills at a behavioral level, and the “Goal Management Board” supports a cycle of continuous improvement through both quantitative and qualitative reviews.
Composed of members with top-tier sales and organizational experience at major listed SaaS firms and engineers from SaaS startups, KataLink aims to create sales management where anyone can achieve highly reproducible results.



yuppa Inc.

Representative: Hiroshi Watanabe (GLOBIS University Osaka Campus, Class of 2024)

Under the theme “Adding a playful spirit to health,” yuppa Inc. develops the healthy fast-food brand “yuppa.”
While health consciousness is rising, the dinning-out industry often falls into a trade-off where food is either “convenient but unhealthy” or “healthy but unsatisfying.” Using Kyoto’s high-protein Nama-Yuba (fresh soy milk skin), yuppa Inc. offers healthy fast food that combines volume, texture, and a fun experience. By ensuring quality through in-store production and simple operations in urban locations, we provide a “daily healthy dining-out choice.” Founded in April 2025 and having secured seed funding in May, yuppa Inc. aims to use the rise of health consciousness and demand for high-protein foods for multi-store and overseas expansion, providing a new dining experience that simultaneously satisfies nutrition, taste, and fun.



House AI Concierge

Representative: Masatoshi Umemura (GLOBIS University Tokyo Campus, Class of 2016)

Housing AI Concierge is a platform focused on the  housing industry that leverages generative AI and aims to transform the custom home buying experience.
The housing market currently suffers from a mismatch: users are overwhelmed by excessive information and cannot make decisions, while housing companies struggle to fully communicate their unique value. Housing AI Concierge supports the entire decision-making process—from organizing ideal housing conditions and matching users with companies to the post-contract deliberation phase. The goal is to create an environment where users can choose with confidence and housing companies are able to highlight their strengths.
Composed of consultants, sales, marketing, and AI analysts, Housing AI Concierge aims to establish a new standard for home selection in the AI era by matching undecided users with a suitable housing agency.



KIBOW Award Winner: 

H2 Milk Farm in India

Representative: Hideya Iemura (GLOBIS University Sendai Campus, Class of 2017)

With a mission to modernize India’s dairy industry, H2 Milk Farm in India provides SaaS solutions and human resource development for medium-sized farmers in regional cities.
India is the world’s largest producer of raw milk, and while demand is expected to grow further, rural areas face challenges such as insufficient infrastructure and inefficient production structures.
Leveraging H2 Milk Farm in India’s unique strength as the first Japanese company to be established and operated a dairy production corporation in Northwestern India, the team is building a platform that integrates on-site DX and HR. Alongside a highly specialized Japan-India team, aiming to implement a sustainable agricultural model and improve farmer productivity through individual cattle data analysis and scoring.



English MBA Team Finalist

While the English MBA team did not secure the grand prize, they managed to get nominated as one of 8 top teams out of 47 applying teams. We congratulate their achievements and wish them best of luck for their future endeavors.

Mezusphere

Representative: Karl Henrik Falck (GLOBIS University Tokyo Campus, English MBA Program, Class of 2024)

Mezusphere is a Japan-based cloud platform with global ambitions that simplifies the deployment and security of online services. It provides an environment where developers and companies can focus on service development without having to worry about infrastructure construction.
The current cloud environment has become increasingly complex, leading to setup delays and security risks. Utilizing a unique architecture that connects systems to a global infrastructure, Mezusphere enables the rapid and secure setup of necessary communication and authentication mechanisms.
Led by members with extensive experience in the Japanese software and cloud industries, Mezusphere is challenging the status quo to build a new foundation for internet service development that allows teams to focus entirely on their core product.



About G-CHALLENGE’s Eligibility, Winner Benefits and Selection Process

For more information about G-CHALLENGE, visit the designated website or read the full press release on the GLOBIS Corporation website.

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