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Pocket Marche Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company established in 2015, headquartered in Hanamaki. It specializes in supplying a wide range of food products, including vegetables, fishery products, rice, cereals, fruits, tea, seafood, meat, eggs, milk, and honey. The company operates a mobile application that enables consumers to purchase these products directly while facilitating communication with farmers and fishermen from across the country. Pocket Marche aims to provide a direct link between producers and consumers, enhancing the buying experience through personal interaction and access to fresh, locally sourced food.

AquaRech develops a fish farming platform aimed at reducing production costs for farmers and making quality tilapia more affordable and accessible. The platform enables farmers to source quality feed, adopt precision fish farming technology, access new markets, secure credit for farm growth, thereby enhancing productivity, income, and fostering an inclusive community-based aquaculture value chain.

Tabechoku is an e-commerce platform for food products. They offer honey, seafood, sake, tea, and seasoning products. It also provides door delivery services.

Aruna operates an integrated fisheries platform that connects local fishermen to broader markets, enabling fair trading, improving livelihoods, and delivering affordable, high-quality seafood to communities. The platform collects real-time data from fishermen, links them to B2B markets, and provides supply and market insights to streamline and enhance seafood trading across the fishery sector.

Founded in 2017, Aquaconnect is a tech-driven platform dedicated to improving aquaculture productivity. It connects fish and shrimp farmers with stakeholders across the value chain, providing intelligent technology solutions for farm advisory, financial access, and market linkage.

OnDeck AI is a software development firm that specializes in computer vision and visual intelligence applications. The company develops a monitoring platform that uses AI to automatically identify species, analyze video, and track fisheries activity to support sustainable ocean management. The technology enables clients to improve oversight, streamline conservation efforts, and enhance the accuracy and scalability of marine ecosystem data collection and analysis.