GRIC PITCH

A pitch contest to raise Japan's ecosystem to global perspective

HOW IT WORKS

  • Startups will be evaluated by over 100 Japanese and international judges to receive PRIZES from various sponsor companies and GO GLOBAL PRIZES to challenge the world.

    This stage will be simultaneously interpreted into English and broadcasted worldwide.
  • GRIC PITCH登壇企業の*応募期限:9月30日(火)
GO GLOBAL PARTNERS
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PRIZE

GRAND PRIZE

GRIC

Contact support with conference participants (session speakers, etc.)

GCV

Global Corporate Venturing Asia Congress 2025 Participation ticket worth 150,000 yen

We offer tickets to participate in an international congress where enterprise players, mainly CVC, gather from around the world.

Crunchbase

Crunchbase Pro
Free 1-year account

GO Global Prize

Worldwide Pressures to Go Global
Austria
Global Incubator Network Austria

Participation is available within one year, and you may select from one of the following programs: ・GO AUSTRIA SPRING 2026 (May 2026) ・GO AUSTRIA FALL 2026 (October to November 2026) ・GO AUSTRIA INDIVIDUAL (dates to be mutually agreed upon)

CANADA
DMZ

One free slot for one company in a two-week acceleration program in Toronto (worth 10,000 CAD)

FRANCE
Hello Tomorrow Japan

・Participation ticket for an event to be held in Amsterdam in June (worth approximately 50,000 yen) ・Free booth exhibition at an event to be held in Japan in February

FRANCE
Inovexus

6-month Inovexus acceleration program (worth €35,000)

FRANCE
VIVA TECHNOLOGY

Opportunity to be selected by VivaTech (17–20 June, 2026) to showcase your startup with a booth.

INDONESIA
Indogen Capital

Southeast Asia Expansion Support (Venture Capital / Consulting / Local Client Sourcing)

SWITZERLAND
Startupblink

Overseas expansion research+consulting

SPONSOR PRIZE

PROGRAM

11:55 AM - 12:50 PM JST
Theme 1

CLIMATE TECH
& RESILIENCE

Japanese / English (Simultaneous Interpretation)

#CleanEnergy #CarbonNeutral #RenewableEnergy #NewEnergy #EnergyManagement #ElectricityStorage #WasteManagement #Water #Environment #FoodTech #Agri -tech...

JUDGES

Murat Aktihanoglu

Remarkable Ventures

Managing Partner

Jane Ge

Vectors Capital

General Partner

Hiroki Kawabata

SMBC Edge

Hatsunao Yamamoto

DENTSU INC.

Managing Director

Mitchell Yun

Hyundai Mobis Ventures

Managing Director

Nichola Bates

Xelerated Fifty

CEO

Masato Kaneda

Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

Operating Officer, Deputy Head of Retail & Business Banking Division

Takaki Nakamura

Cross Capital Pte. Ltd.

Co-Founder CEO

Toshihisa Kiyomiya

Sega Sammy HD

Director of investment

Takaki Kobayashi

Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.

Managing Director

Akiyuki Minami

CREST Skill Partners Inc.

CEO

Tomokazu Okuno

Spiral Capital, Inc.

General Partner

Taiki Hino

Energy & Environment Investment, Inc.

Principal

Takeshi Kodama

JERA Co., Inc.

Head of JERA Ventures and Managing Partner

Putra Eka Prakoso

IndoGen Capital

Senior Associate

Philippe Roche

Inovexus SAS

Founder & CEO

Hédi Farhat

Neolook Solutions

Strategy & Investment Officer

Tas Pojanavaraphan

GC Ventures

Director

Jun Hibbard

Zacua Ventures

Venture Partner

Takaki Demichi

SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd.

Executive Officer

Mistuharu Goto

INTEC Inc.

Senior High-end Specialist

Mehran Zaker

Emerald Technology Ventures

Partner

Elmar Dresbach

AAA advisors

Executive advisor

Tomohiro Uchida

Translink Capital

Partner

Satoko Murata

Global Brain

Director

Mariko Yazawa

Yazawa Ventures

General Partner

Koichi Maruo

Major7th,Inc.

CEO

Yuichiro Tsuchi

MCP Asset Management (Japan), Inc.

Senior Vice President

Masataka Matsumoto

WiL

General Partner & Co-Founder

Tomomi Ishida

Energy & Environment Investment

Capitalist/ Impact Officer

Nami Yamamoto

Kyoto University of Advanced Science

Professor

Atsushi Kitagawa

Sony Ventures Corp.

Managing Director Japan

Sun Dongxue

Daiwa Corporate Investment Co.,Ltd.

Associate Director

Naoji Nomura

Keio Innovation Initiative, Inc.

Principal

Kazuhiko Morita

Innovation Engine, Inc.

Venture Partner

Huang Chunmei

Impact Capital Limited

Representative Director

Shunsuke Uchikawa

Keyrock Capital Management

Senior Advisor

Juan Nieto

ZACUA VENTURES

General Partner

Michael Feldman

VisionAsia Investments

Partner

Julien Mialaret

Eurazeo

Operating Partner

Dong-Su Kim

LG Technology Ventures

CEO

13:20 PM - 14:15 PM JST
Theme 2

Frontier Tech

Japanese / English (Simultaneous Interpretation)

#Space #Security #Cybersecurity #Satellite #Rocket #Space transportation #Space environment #Orbital utilization #Unmanned probe #Precision machinery #Measuring instruments...

JUDGES

Hidetaka Aoki

Partner / Fellow

Space Evangelist / Global Brain

Yuta Torisu

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Shusuke Terada

Managing Partner

Dual Bridge Capital

Yuma Saito

CEO

Deloitte Venture Support

Ryo Oshima

Managing Director, Co-Head of Venture Growth Investments

Japan Post Investment Corporation

Shohei Iwaya

Fund Manager

Asset Management One CO., Ltd.

Huang Mike

Investment Manager

Lam Research

Jun Yasumoto

COO

NTT DOCOMO Ventures, Inc.

Takeshi Matsushita

Executive Director

Nomura Securities Co.,Ltd.

Takaki Ishii

General Partner

Chiba Dojo Fund

Masaru Nagura

Director

CIC

Keisuke Tateoka

General Partner

alpha inc,

Masayasu Ishida

President and CEO

SPACETIDE Foundation

Marco Placidi

Head of IMI Ventures

IMI plc

Mike Maté

General Partner

Kickstart Ventures

Akihiko Nagata

CEO

UntroD Capital Japan, Inc.

Imam Habib

Managing Partner

Menlo Park Capital

QuHarrison Terry

Venture Capitalist

Mark Cuban Companies

David Vaccaro

Partner

Aurora Global Ventures

Toyoyuki Ushioda

Founder / Angel Investor

World Finance Edu

Takashi Yokoyama

Growth Business Development Dept. Deputy General Manager

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Kazuhiko Chuman

Executive Officer / Chief Business Development Officer

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

Kazumasa Watanabe

CEO & General Partner

aSTART Co.,Ltd.

Andrew Sanden

President

Intrinsic Venture Capital

Charlie Hayward

Deputy Managing Director

Global Corporate Venturing (GCV)

Deandra Fidelia Marbun

Investment Manager

FAC

Miciko Kato

Partner

Woven Capital

Yuichi Fukunaga

Co-founder & President of Asia-Pacific

Taxa Technologies

Naoto Ohitsu

Senior Executive Managing Officer

Midas Capital Co., Ltd.

Takafumi Murakami

Co-Founder

Signifiant Inc.

Yuko-Nakanishi

Group manager

Shiseido Company, Limited

Takamitsu Miyaso

President & CEO / General Partner

DIMENSION, Inc.

Nicole Jang

Partner

Rakuten Capital

Xia Guo

Principal

Japan Post Investment Corporation

Shun Ito

Managing Partner

Dual Bridge Capital

Fumiko Uraki

Senior Director

Mitsubishi Chemical Corpotation

Dennis Liu

Managing Director

DL & Co

14:45 PM - 15:40 PM JST
Theme 3

UPRISING DIGITAL

Japanese/English (with interpretation)

#SaaS #DX #5G #BigData #CustomData #Security #Blockchain #VR #AR #Metaverse #AdTech #Fintech #AI #Web3 #Hardware #Robotics #Semiconductors #QuantumTechnology #SmartFactory #IoT #SmartCity #SharedLogistics #Mobility #AutonomousDriving #Space...

JUDGES

Toshitsugu Yamamoto

Nomura Securities Co.,Ltd.

Managing Director

Yuka Hata

Japan Investment Corporation

Senior Managing Director / Head of Fund Investments

Sou Miyake

Corundum Systems Biology

Head of Venture Investments

Shinichi Tsuda

Nikkei CNBC Japan Inc.

GM of Media Business Bureau

Ken Asada

Salesforce Ventures

Head of Japan & Korea, Partner

Kenichiro Hara

Coreline Ventures

Co-Founder/General Partner

Tetsuya Matsumoto

Goldman Sachs

Vice President

Ishii Yoshiaki

SMRJ

Director General

Shinichi Takamiya

Globis Capital Partners

Managing Partner

Sachin Chowdhery

AVS Co., Ltd.

Chairman

Sam Wen

Green Visor Capital

General Partner

Yukiko Kato

SBI Investment Co., Ltd.

Director & Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Venture Capital Dept.

Takahiro Oka

JSSA

CEO

Michelle Woo

IMI Venture Studio

COO

Yuko Sasahara

NTT DOCOMO Ventures, Inc.

President & CEO / CCO

Chandra Firmanto

IndoGen Capital

Managing Partner

Marcel Rasinger

Global Incubator Network Austria(GIN)

GO AUSTRIA Ambassador

Pamela Chiang

ALL STAR SAAS FUND

Senior Associate

Junichi Murata

Eight Roads Ventures

Partner

Rohit Yadav

The Big Book of VC

Strategic Investment Leader

Katsutoshi Matsushita

SMBC Venture Capital Co., Ltd.

Executive Officer

Chiamin Lai

FIRSTLIGHT Capital

General Partner

Yuki Keith Isobe

DG Ventures, Inc.

Member of the Investment Committee Board / Managing Director / Head of Investment

Hirosi Nakamura

AGS Consulting Co., Ltd.

Director

Christophe Blanc

Volaris

VP, Head of M&A

David Kenji Chang

A-N Partners

General Partner

Joshua Barry

ZAIKO KK

Founder / Startup Consultant / Angel Investor

Irmansyah Putera

Ascent Venture Group

Principal

Yusuke Asakura

Animal Spirits Ltd.

Founding Partner

Msayuki Minato

ALL STAR SAAS FUND

Senior Partner

Kazuyuki Kondo

M3, Inc.

CVC Team Leader

Yoshio Kondo

ITK Engineering Japan, Inc.

Business Development Manager

John Lynn

Quay Acceleration

Co-Founder, Managing Partner

Takeru Kozuki

Sony Ventures Corporation

Investment Manager

Kanako Sato

MUFG Innovation Partners

Senior Associate

Takahiro Inoue

ShochikuVentures, inc.

Representative Director, President and CEO

Masataka Wakamatsu

Dentsu Ventures

Venture Partner

Kengo Tanaka

Japan Post Insurance NEXT Partners Co.,Ltd.

Chief Investment Officer

Yuki Watanabe

KUSABI

General Partner

Yuki Akiyama

Globe Advisors Ventures LLP

Partner

Ryo Inoue

UNITED,inc

Head of Business Division

Shigeo Tsukamoto

i-nest capital, inc.

Partner

Yukako Yokota

One Capital

Partner

Kay Mok

Gobi Partners

Senior Partner

Frances Simowitz

QUAY Acceleration / QUAY Ventures

President / GP

Seref Mamas

CREATANT, Inc.

CEO

Jordan Fisher

Zehitomo Inc., Antler Japan

Co-Founder & Chairman / Venture Partner

16:50 PM - 18:50 PM JST

Award ceremony

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