SESSION SPEAKERS
PITCH JUDGES
PITCH SPEAKERS

SPEAKERS

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Neil Fong
Burda Principal Investments
Managing Director, Head of APAC
Kojiro Hatada
Innovative Space Carrier Inc.
President and CEO
Yoshiaki Ishii
Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation，JAPAN
Entrepreneur and Startup Support Department　Director General
Job van der Voort
Remote
CEO / Co-founder
Fumiko Uraki
Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corporation
Frontier & Open Innovation Division Senior Director
Miwa Seki
MPower Partners Fund
General Partner
Takeshi Matsushita
Nomura Securities Co.,Ltd.
IB Private Business Development Dept.　Executive Director
Soichiro Murata
eiicon Co., Ltd.
Managing Executive Officer / CHRO, Head of Regional Revitalization and Innovation Creation Support Business Division
Simon Lancaster
Omni Ventures
General Partner
Lebre Marcelo
Remote
President / Co-founder
Eli Chuah
Remote
Solutions Consultant, APAC
Hannah Seal
Index Ventures
Partner
Rebecca Applewhite
Remote
Director, Solutions Consulting
Marie Oshioka
HERALBONY
COO / HERALBONY EUROPE CEO
Kawakami Yuko
IBM Japan, Ltd.
Managing Partner
Reiko Ayano
EventHub, Inc
Eventproducer
Sayaka Wada
BETTEI
CEO
Nicole LeBlanc
Woven Capital
Partner
Joost Segers
Toyota Motor Europe
Senior Manager Social Impact
Shunsuke Karasawa
Almoha
Co-founder, COO
Sandra Hernandez
Woven by Toyota
Strategy Manager
Michiko Kato
Woven Capital
Partner
Tomokatsu Hongo
Keio Innovation Initiative, Inc.
Corporate Officer
Keishi Kameyama
DMM.com LLC
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Ben Mathias
Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India
Managing Partner
Ryo Naiki
Plug and Play Japan
Executive Officer, COO
Aki Jiang
WiL (World Innovation Lab)
US Investment Team　Principal
Naoji Nomura
Keio Innovation Initiative, Inc.
Principal
Takada Kenichi
Incloop,inc.
CEO
Makiko "Maggie" Suzuki
Innovation Core SEI, a Sumitomo Electric Industries Company
Business Development Specialist
Michael Peng
Moon Creative Lab
Chief Creative Officer
Vishnu Amble
GreenBear Group LLC
Investments Director
Kohsuke Hamamura
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co.,Ltd.
Space Business Development Section, Commercial Market Strategy Department　Manager
Misuzu Onuki
SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd
Executive Vice President
Hiromichi Fujimoto
Thinker Inc.
CEO
Takashi Yokoyama
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.
Growth Business Development Dept.　Senior Vice President
Satoshi Suzuki
Studist Corporation
CEO
Takamitsu Miyaso
DIMENSION, Inc.
President / General Partner
Kazuhiko Morita
Innovation Engine, Inc.
Venture Partner
Hayato Hanaoka
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Senior Vice President
Naoto Hoshi
Unifa Inc.
Board Member / CFO
Erik Mooren
A.T. Kearney K.K.
Principal
Nakajima Kazuaki
bellFace.inc
CEO
Saori Nakai
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
Digital Strategy Dept.　Vice President
Namiki Ryo
PlariTwon.Inc
CEO
Yuki Goto
Cabinet Office
Secretariat of Science,Technology and Innovation Policy
Kentaro Yanashima
Logomix, Inc.
VP, Head of Synthetic Biology
Ichitaro Akita
SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Co-Head of Investment for Next-generation Growth
Saeko Seno
Shibuya City
Global City Promotion Section　Section Chief
Yoshi Okubo
East Ventures
Principal/Founding Member
Kimura Naoko
Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)
Director
Toshitsugu Yamamoto
Nomura Securities Co.,Ltd.
Corporate Finance Dept.Ⅸ／IB Private Business Development Dept.　Managing Director
Yuka Murata
I-ne Co., Ltd.
HR Division
Sota Koyama
Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corporation
Group CX & Innovation Department Innovation Strategy Group　Manager
Kenji Yamada
映画ドラマプロデューサー
Fumiko Uraki
Mitsubishi Chemical Group
Frontier & Open Innovation Division　Director
Yuichi Suzuki
EventHub, Inc.
Marketing Manager
Takashi Uematsu
Salesforce Japan Co.,Ltd.
Commercial Sales　Area Vice President
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
Kazuki Nobue
Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.
31VENTURES, Open Innovation Department　Principal
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
Moeri Yatsu
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Sustainability Development Department　Business Development Group
Hiroyuki Tanaka
TOKYU　CORPORATION
Future Design Lab Manager
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
Satoko Suzuki
for Startups, Inc.
Executive Officer, Talent Agency Headquarters
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