Creativity expansion class "Mitaxis Class" by Real Tech Fund
Part 2 approaches the essence of life with the theme of "touching things that you do not touch"

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　Euglena Group Co., Ltd. Euglena Investment-specialized venture capital fund "Real Tech Fund" (Representative: Akihiko Nagata) Started the creativity expansion experiment project "Mitaxis" with the theme of "Science & Art" in July 2018, and as the first project, "Mitaxis", a classroom to train the ability to face and express the unknown. Class (Mitaxis Class) ”has been held (1st: http://www.euglena.jp/news/20180709-2/).
　Each time, we invite people who practice "expression" born from both science and art as lecturers, and offer a series of hands-on programs consisting of lectures and expression work by all participants.

　At the 1st meeting held on July 20, scientist Akira Wakita gave a lecture and work on "Seeing the Invisible". This time, which is the second time, we invite Mr. Hideo Iwasaki, a life science researcher and a pioneer of bioart, as a lecturer, and Iwasaki tries to approach the difficult-to-touch biological field and the difficult concept of [life]. Together with him, I will challenge the unknown expression of "touching something that I do not touch."

■ Outline of "Mitaxis Class Vol.2"
◎ Event name: "Mitaxis Class Vol.2-Touch something you don't touch-"
◎ Date and time: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 19: 00-21: 00 (Reception starts: 18: 30-)
◎ Venue: G-BASE Tamachi 3rd floor, 5-29-11 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0014
(Euglena Tamachi Office)
◎ Capacity: General recruitment 20 people
◎ Membership fee: 1,000 yen
◎ How to apply: Peatix (Apply from the link below) https://realtech-002.peatix.com/
◎ Time schedule
18: 30- Opening, reception start
19:00 – 19:10 Introduction (Project Representative: Akihiko Nagata)
19:10 – 19:50 Lecture (Lecturer: Hideo Iwasaki)
19:50 – 20:00 Break
20:00 – 20:30 Expression work
20:30 – 21:00 Review
* The program is subject to change without notice.

■ Lecturer Profile: Hideo Iwasaki | Hideo Iwasaki
Life science researcher and modeling artist. He has a keen interest in the criticality of science and art related to life, especially the resonance of describing / experiencing / creating life and referring / experiencing / embodying art. He has been involved in research on the formation of spatiotemporal patterns of bacteria, historical research on the scientific thought of life rhythms, three-dimensional expression of abstract paper-cutting, and production of works using microorganisms, and continues to consider their relevance. There is. His book is "What is <Life>: Biology to Express, Art to Think" (Kodansha's New Book). Born in 1971. Professor of Waseda University Faculty of Science and Engineering, sponsored by the life aesthetics platform "metaPhorest". http://metaphorest.net/residents/currentmembers/hideoiwasaki/38

■ Project Representative: Akihiko Nagata | Akihiko Nagata

Representative of Real Tech Fund / Director and CFO of Euglena
Born in an independent private equity fund. In 2008, he became a director of Euglena Euglena, he is in charge of strategy, finance, management business fields that support technology, such as business strategy planning, M & A, financing, capital tie-up, public relations / IR, management department construction, listing on the TSE Mothers / TSE First Section, etc. Familiar. As a representative of the Real Tech Fund, he oversees overall fund management.

■ About the creativity expansion experiment project "Mitaxis"
"Mitaxis" is a combination of "Phototaxis", which is the property of Euglena (Euglena) to move using light as a stimulus source, and "Mi", which is unknown, future, and unexplored. It is a coined word that expresses "sex (orientation toward the unknown)". In today's society, which is undergoing unprecedentedly rapid transformation, many people are exhausted by the flood of information and are surrounded by anxiety and doubts about the future. In such a complicated and uncertain world, in order for each individual to be independent and live in his or her own way, it is necessary to actively face the unknown and visualize a better future.
Realtech Fund investment support venture companies and Euglena Co., Ltd. are "seekers" who boldly challenge the unknown, while artists (artists) are unknown. It can be said that he is an "expressor" who excels in the ability to visualize things. In other words, although they have different abilities and occupations, they have a big commonality: "intention to the unknown = Mitaxis".
The Mitaxis project is a place for experiments to expand people's creativity by learning how to face the unknown that is common to "science" and "art", and "seekers" and "expressors" can share their strengths with each other. By complementing each other, I believe that the way of thinking and expressiveness that will lead a better future will be cultivated.

■ About Real Tech Fund
Our 100% subsidiary of Euglena Investment, SMBC Nikko Securities, Ribanesu "Limited Liability Company was founded three companies Euglena in venture capital funds that SMBC Nikko Ribanesu capital" to management and operation, the investment development of the real tech venture as the main purpose is. With a total of 30 participating companies and a fund size of 9.4 billion yen (as of April 2018), it is Japan's largest fund specializing in real tech. We are investing in and nurturing real-tech ventures together with the operating companies that are our investors. Established in 2015.
(HP: http://www.realtech.fund)

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