FiberCraze Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture; CEO: Shunya Chosokabe), a Gifu University startup, announces that its innovative fiber material Craze-tex™ has been selected for use in the Paris Fashion Week Fall-Winter 2025 collection by doublet, a Japanese fashion brand founded by globally acclaimed designer Masayuki Ino.

We partnered in the Hyper Interdisciplinary Conference in Malaysia, by Leave a Nest Malaysia on November 23, 2024.

We visited ISAT (Iloilo Science and Technology University) and toured the lab facilities. Prof. Carmelo V. Ambut, Vice President of ISAT, told us about natural fibers manufactured locally and we discussed the possibility of industry-academia collaboration in the future.

FiberCraze Co., Ltd. CEO, Chosokabe, spoke at The Scholars Technopreneurship Training Program (STTP) held in Iloilo City, Philippines. After introducing FiberCraze, he participated in a panel discussion with three other entrepreneurs on such topics as “Why did you start a startup with university technology as a starting point” and “How do you build a team?

We participated as a partner in the Visayas Tech Planter hosted by Leave a Nest Philippines in the Philippines. CEO, Chosokabe participated as a judge and evaluated 9 finalist teams and 5 lightning talk speakers.