{"rewrite":{"id":"r_acad1e9213c9b8185f750d85","clusterId":"c_2174bb279375ec0d85501b22","slug":"eeful-holdings-wins-icc-kyoto-2026-catapult-grand-prix","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"EEFUL Holdings Wins ICC Kyoto 2026 Catapult Grand Prix","summary":"EEFUL Holdings won the Catapult Grand Prix pitch contest at ICC Summit Kyoto 2026 on September 2. Representative director Hoki Moriyama presented on management capability in the elderly care industry. The win follows the company's victory at ICC Fukuoka 2025's Startup Catapult, making this its second award in the ICC competition series.","whyItMatters":"A care-industry succession and M\u0026A firm took the top prize at ICC's highest-tier pitch contest, repeating its 2025 win and putting operational reform of Japan's fragmented elderly care sector in front of the conference's 1,200-plus attendees.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eEEFUL Holdings won the Catapult Grand Prix at ICC Summit Kyoto 2026, held September 2 at the Westin Miyako Hotel Kyoto. Eleven presenters competed, each with seven minutes: seven who qualified from previous ICC catapult contests plus four who advanced from the prior day\u0026#39;s Next Stage Catapult.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRepresentative director Hoki Moriyama pitched on the theme that elderly care\u0026#39;s core problem is management capability to handle economies of scale. He cited industry data showing 784 bankruptcies or business closures, a record high, and that the largest operator holds only 0.8 percent share across roughly 300,000 domestic care offices.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe company previously won the Startup Catapult at ICC Summit Fukuoka 2025 under its predecessor name emome. EEFUL operates home care services and develops the Senior College video recreation cloud and AI products for care settings.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"EEFUL Holdings won the Catapult Grand Prix at ICC Summit Kyoto 2026. CEO Hoki Moriyama pitched on management capability in elderly care, citing a record 784 bankruptcies and 0.8% top-operator share. Second ICC win after Fukuoka 2025.","twitterPost":"EEFUL Holdings took the Catapult Grand Prix at ICC Summit Kyoto 2026. CEO Hoki Moriyama's pitch on care-industry management cited 784 record bankruptcies and 0.8% top-operator share. Follows the firm's ICC Fukuoka 2025 win.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"EEFUL Holdings won the Catapult Grand Prix at ICC Summit Kyoto 2026, its second ICC contest victory after Fukuoka 2025. CEO Hoki Moriyama pitched on bringing economies of scale to Japan's fragmented elderly care sector, where bankruptcies hit a record 784 cases.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"ASCII.jp\",\"url\":\"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/431/4431771/?rss\",\"title\":\"テクノロジーと連続的承継を通じた介護事業を展開するEEFUL、ICC KYOTO 2026「カタパルト・グランプリ」にて優勝\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5162,"outputTokens":672,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1788520531,"createdAt":"2026-09-02T08:58:16.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-02T09:02:23.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-02T09:02:23.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_2174bb279375ec0d85501b22","canonicalTitle":"テクノロジーと連続的承継を通じた介護事業を展開するEEFUL、ICC KYOTO 2026「カタパルト・グランプリ」にて優勝","representativeArticleId":"a_e7eb182e5916b4fe1ab84f31","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"industry\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-02T07:37:27.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-02T07:37:27.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-02T09:02:23.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"ASCII.jp","url":"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/431/4431771/?rss","title":"テクノロジーと連続的承継を通じた介護事業を展開するEEFUL、ICC KYOTO 2026「カタパルト・グランプリ」にて優勝"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"industry","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}