SESSION SPEAKERS
PITCH JUDGES
PITCH SPEAKERS

PITCH JUDGES

2024 SPEAKERS
Masataka Matsumoto
WiL
General Partner & Co-Founder
Julien Mialaret
Eurazeo
Operating Partner
Koichi Maruo
Add11th Inc.
Representative Director
Chunmei Huang
Impact Capital Limited
Representative Director
Nicole Jang
Rakuten Ventures
Partner
Atsushi Kitagawa
Sony Ventures Corporation
Managing Director Japan
Michiko Kato
Woven Capital
Partner
Yusuke Murata
Incubate Fund
Representative partner
Yuki Akiyama
Globe Advisors Ventures LLP
Partner
Kay Mok
Gobi Ventures
Senior Partner
Tokuhisa Akihiko
Hakuhodo DY Ventures Ltd
CEO
Katsutoshi Matsushita
SMBC Venture Capital Co., Ltd.
Executive Officers
Shun Nagao
White Star Capital
Venture Partner
Tomohiro Uchida
Translink Capital
Partner
Yuko Nakanishi
SHISEIDO
R&D Strategy Dept.　Group manager
Yukako Yokota
One Capital
Healthcare　Partner
Thomas Prunel
LVMH
IT Digital Director
Andrew Sanden
Intrinsic Venture Capital
Managing Director / Founder
Alan Du
PayPal Ventures
Investment Partner
Annabel Lee
Tokyo University of Science Innovation Capital
Investment Manager
Takuma Kobayashi
ORBIS, Inc.
CEO
Michael Feldman
Vision Asia
Partner
Ishida Tomomi
Energy & Environment Investment
Capitalist/ Impact Officer
Kato Yukiko
SBI Investment Co., Ltd.
Corporate Venture Capital Department
Kenneth Li
MDI ventures
Managing Partner
Bill Liao
SOSV
General Partner
Todd Perman
Seed Healthcare, LLC
President & CEO
Sophia Nadur
bp Ventures
Managing Director - Asia Pacific & MENA
Fuyuki Yamaguchi
Abies Ventures, Inc.
Investment Department　Managing Partner
Takeaki Kokubu
Lotte Ventures Japan
CEO
Chandra Firmanto
Indogen Capital
Managing Partner
Neil Fong
Burda Principal Investments
Managing Director, Head of APAC
Takeshi Matsushita
Nomura Securities Co.,Ltd.
IB Private Business Development Dept.　Executive Director
Simon Lancaster
Omni Ventures
General Partner
Tomokatsu Hongo
Keio Innovation Initiative, Inc.
Corporate Officer
Naoji Nomura
Keio Innovation Initiative, Inc.
Principal
Takamitsu Miyaso
DIMENSION, Inc.
President / General Partner
Kazuhiko Morita
Innovation Engine, Inc.
Venture Partner
Hayato Hanaoka
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Senior Vice President
Erik Mooren
A.T. Kearney K.K.
Principal
Ichitaro Akita
SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Co-Head of Investment for Next-generation Growth
Yoshi Okubo
East Ventures
Principal/Founding Member
Toshitsugu Yamamoto
Nomura Securities Co.,Ltd.
Corporate Finance Dept.Ⅸ／IB Private Business Development Dept.　Managing Director
Sota Koyama
Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corporation
Group CX & Innovation Department Innovation Strategy Group　Manager
Fumiko Uraki
Mitsubishi Chemical Group
Frontier & Open Innovation Division　Director
Jeffrey Volinski
A.T.カーニー株式会社
パートナー
Shigehiro Sawara
Nomura Securities Co.,Ltd.
IB Private Business Development Dept.　Vice President
Shinzo Nakano
ITOCHU Technology Ventures, Inc.
Partner
Yuki Watanabe
KUSABI
General Partner
Hiroaki Yoshida
Tokyu Corporation
Future Design Lab　Manager
Kazuyuki Kondo
M3, Inc.
CVC team　team leader
Mark Tan
GEOPOST
GEOPOST Southeast Asia Head GEOPOST Southeast Asia
Yuya Sakai
TOKYU CORPORATION
Future Design Lab　TAP/SOIL Operations Supervisor
Tomokazu Okuno
Spiral Capital, Inc.
General partner
Takafumi Murakami
Signifiant Inc.
Co-Founder
Hiroshi Nakamura
AGS Consulting Co., Ltd.
Director of the IPO Department
Daisuke Suzuki
Sony Ventures
Senior Investment Director
Kengo Horiuchi
Carbide Ventures
General Partner
Shun Ito
Dual Bridge Capital
Managing Partner
Hideki Fukudome
Spurcle Inc.
CEO
Inoue Ryo
UNITED,inc
Head of Business Division
David CHEN
TGVest Capital
Vice President
Shigeo Tsukamoto
i-nest capital, inc..
partner
Masataka Wakamatsu
Dentsu Ventures
Venture Partners
Yui Fujii
Minami Incubate
CEO
Yuri Nakayama
Animal Spirits
Director
Sano Takashi
MUFG Innovation Partners.,Co., Ltd.
Strategic Investment Dept.　Chief Investment Officer
Inoue Masahiro
NTT DOCOMO Ventures, Inc
Silicon Valley Branch Investment & Business Development
Felix Langenbach
LVMH Japan
CFO and Business Development
Sun Dongxue
Daiwa Corporate Investment
Investment Department I　Associate Director
Kengo Tanaka
Japan Post Insurance NEXT Partners Co.,Ltd.
General Partner
Satoko Murata
Global Brain
Investment Group　Director
Yuma Shirane
TEKO LEVERAGE Inc.／Growth Partner
Hakuhodo DY Ventures Ltd. / Ventures Capitalist
Xia Guo
Japan Post Investment Corporation
Venture Growth Investments Principal
Kanako Sato
MUFG Innovation Partners
Strategic Investment Division Associate
Sumiyo Tsuchikawa
Hearst International
Japan Country Manager
Aleksandra Hesselroth
angel investor
Suguru Yamaryo
ITOCHU Technology Ventures
President & CEO
Karthik Chandrasekar
Synapses Venture Capital Fund
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Keisuke Tatsuoka
Global Brain
General Partner
Schulze Andreas
Narwhale Ventures
Managing Partner
Pamela Chiang
YF Capital Japan Co., Ltd.
Senior Associate
Sayuri Okamoto
Nippon Venture Capital Co., Ltd.
Venture Capitalist
Berthold Baurek-Karlic
Venionaire Capital AG
Chief Executive Officer
Justin Turkat
SIP Capital
Managing Partner
Rebecca Chai
Plug and Play Japan
Ventures Associate
Isaka Ruri
Smitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Vice President
Jordan Fisher
Zehitomo Inc. / Antler Japan
Co-Founder & Chairman / Venture Partner
Inoue Takahiro
Shochiku Ventures, inc.
Representative Director, President and CEO
Bailey Chad
NewBuild Venture Capital
Co-Founder and Partner
Mariko Yazawa
Yazawa Ventures
General Partner
Jeffrey Abbott
Blitzscaling Ventures
General Partner
Ruchira Shukla
Synapses Venture Capital Fund
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Apurva Kedia
Synapses Venture Capital Fund
Investment Analyst & EA
Murayama Louis
Antares Ventures
General Partner
Peter Oszkó
OXO Ventures
Managing Partner
Yoko Fukata
Sony Ventures
Investment Director
Shinichi Tsuda
Nikkei CNBC
Sales Bureau GM
Takayuki Odawara
GIP Corporation
Founding Partner
Christian Mecker
Bosch Corporation
President and representative director / Bosch Mobility South and East Asia President and responsible for engineering