{"rewrite":{"id":"r_ce351f7b7c259673e35719a5","clusterId":"c_5f8b02b75de35865829a4101","slug":"encarmas-selected-for-1stround-deep-tech-program","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Encarmas Selected for 1stRound Deep Tech Program","summary":"Encarmas Co., Ltd., a Hamamatsu-based startup founded in 2026, has been selected as a 15th cohort company of 1stRound, the startup growth support program run by University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners. The company recovers carbon fiber from carbon fiber reinforced plastic using supercritical and subcritical fluid technology, aiming for horizontal recycling of a material that is mostly landfilled today.","whyItMatters":"The selection puts UTEC funding and partnerships behind a company whose pitch is the long fiber, low cost, high quality combination that existing CFRP recycling has not delivered, at a time when CFRP waste is projected to pass 150,000 tons a year worldwide by 2030.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003e1stRound is co-hosted by universities and research institutions, and its 15th cohort adds a company built out of the JST EARLY program, drawing on research at Shizuoka University and Institute of Science Tokyo. Encarmas says the support covers funding, business partnerships, and access to experts, which it intends to use for initial funding and first customers. The company was evaluated on three points it says existing recycling has struggled with: keeping fibers long, keeping cost low, and keeping quality high.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"1stRound picks Encarmas for a 15th cohort. The program has run long enough that cohort number now signals how far University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners is from the first batch, and what a deep tech bet looked like then.","twitterPost":"Encarmas enters 1stRound as a 15th cohort company. The cohort number is the fact; the program's pipeline length is the subtext.","threadsPost":"Encarmas is the latest 1stRound pick, joining as a 15th cohort company. The number matters more than the name: it shows how many deep tech bets University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners has already made, and how the program's selection criteria have had time to settle.","newsletterBlurb":"Encarmas Co., Ltd. has been selected as a 15th cohort company of 1stRound, the startup growth program run by University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners and co-hosted by universities and research institutions. The Hamamatsu company recovers carbon fiber from CFRP using supercritical and subcritical fluid technology, and was evaluated on long fibers, low cost, and high quality. It plans to use the program's funding and partnership support for initial funding and first customers.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"ASCII.jp\",\"url\":\"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/439/4439934/?rss\",\"title\":\"【1stRound Selection】Encarmas Co., Ltd. Selected for Japan's Premier Deep Tech Support Program\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4585,"outputTokens":608,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791190770,"createdAt":"2026-10-05T08:55:04.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T08:58:24.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T08:58:24.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_5f8b02b75de35865829a4101","canonicalTitle":"【1stRound採択】国内最高峰のディープテック支援プログラムに株式会社エンカーマスが選出","representativeArticleId":"a_7349a6d56c0a1c96529f634a","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"business\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-05T01:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-05T01:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T08:58:21.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"ASCII.jp","url":"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/439/4439934/?rss","title":"【1stRound採択】国内最高峰のディープテック支援プログラムに株式会社エンカーマスが選出"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"business","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}