SESSION SPEAKERS
PITCH JUDGES
PITCH SPEAKERS

2025 SPEAKERS

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Kei Ikegami
Planet Savers, Inc.
Founder and CEO
Tomoaki Kudo
JAPAN AI,Inc.
CEO
Takuya Ide
Lotus Thermal Solution, Inc
CEO / COO
Yudai Tsuda
Resilire Inc.
CEO
Yasuhito Uto
BULL Co., Ltd.
CEO
Takanori Awatsu
Skygate Technologies Inc.
CEO
Yuki Kita
Gaia Vision Inc.
CEO
Yuta Nojiri
LINEA Innovations, Inc.
CEO
Takuma Honda
Oceanic Constellations Inc.
Co-Founder/Co-CEO
Shobu Oda
AstroX, Inc.
Founder&CEO
Masayuki Iga
PathAhead
CEO
Shogo Onishi
Space Quarters inc
CEO
IBRAHIM ORHAN
Kanaria Tech Inc.
CEO
Mika Mizunuma
Craif, Inc.
Chief Operating Officer
Takeshi Homma
HOMMA Group Corp
Founder & CEO
Ryohei Kobayashi
ElevationSpace Inc.
Co-Founder / CEO
Maro Gil
SAZO CO., LTD
President and CEO
Mutsuo Iwai
Japan Tobacco Inc
Chairperson of the Board
Ryodo Tanaka
OEDO Dynamics Inc.
CEO
Julien Mialaret
Eurazeo
Operating Partner
Hiroshi Mikitani
Chairman and CEO of Rakuten Group, Inc.
Representative Director of the Japan Association of New Economy
Tomotaka Goji
The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners Co., Ltd.
Managing Partner, CEO and President
Chiamin Lai
FIRSTLIGHT Capital
General Partner
Ryo Ogawa
Timee, Inc.
CEO
Koichi Maruo
Major7th,Inc.
CEO
Lena Waters
Notion Labs, Inc.
Chief Marketing Officer
Kay Mok
Gobi Partners
Senior Partner
Akihiko Nagata
UntroD Capital Japan, Inc.
CEO
Shinichi Takamiya
Globis Capital Partners
Managing Partner
Tim Rowe
CIC
Founder and CEO
Kazuhiko Toyama
Japan Platform of Industrial Transformation, Inc. (JPiX)
Chairman
Miciko Kato
Woven Capital
Partner
Haruka Mera
READYFOR Co.,Ltd
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Taira Masaaki
Member of the House of Representatives
SKY-HI
BMSG, Inc.
CEO
Jesper Koll
Monex Group
Global Ambassador
Takaki Demichi
SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Executive Officer
Osamu Suzuki
STARTUP FACTORY
Founder & CEO
Yukiko Kato
SBI Investment Co., Ltd.
Director & Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Venture Capital Dept.
Noriyuki Matsuda
Pocketalk Corp
CEO
Kenichiro Hara
Coreline Ventures
Co-Founder/General Partner
Putra Eka Prakoso
IndoGen Capital
Senior Associate
Karen Ng
Deel
Regional Manager - Enterprise Asia
Takaya Matsuda
HERALBONY Co., Ltd.
Co-CEO
Yuma Saito
Deloitte Venture Support
CEO
Yoshito Hori
Founder & President, GLOBIS University / Founding Partner, GLOBIS Capital Partners
Yuko Sasahara
NTT DOCOMO Ventures, Inc.
President & CEO / CCO
Hidetaka Aoki
Space Evangelist / Global Brain
Partner / Fellow
Anant Vidur Puri
Bessemer Venture Partners
Partner
Masaru Nagura
CIC
Director
Gen Isayama
WiL
General Partner & CEO
Sakiko Yamada
Splendent Media LLC
CEO
Yusuke Asakura
Animal Spirits Ltd.
Founding Partner
Tohru Akaura
Incubate Fund
General Partner
Kazuhiko Chuman
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
Executive Officer / Chief Business Development Officer
Soichi Tajima
Genesia Ventures, Inc.
CEO / General Partner
Atsushi Kitagawa
Sony Ventures Corp.
Managing Director Japan
Nichola Bates
Xelerated Fifty
CEO
Takaki Umezawa
CIC Japan Chairperson / KEARNEY Japan Chairman
Christophe Blanc
Volaris
VP, Head of M&A
Minoru Imano
Globis Capital Partners
Managing Partner
Jun Yasumoto
NTT DOCOMO Ventures, Inc.
COO
Kathy Matsui
MPower Partners Fund L.P.
General Partner
Kanako Sato
MUFG Innovation Partners
Senior Associate
Tadao Nagasaki
OpenAI Japan, Ltd.
President
Tetsuya Matsumoto
Goldman Sachs
Vice President
Dong-Su Kim
LG Technology Ventures
CEO
MEGUMI
JAPAN NIGHT FOUNDER
Producer
Makoto Takano
linkties Holdings Co., Ltd.
Director and Chairman of the Board / Founder of Forbes JAPAN
Yuka Hata
Japan Investment Corporation
Senior Managing Director / Head of Fund Investments
Takahiro Inoue
ShochikuVentures, inc.
Representative Director, President and CEO
Katsuya Uenoyama
PKSHA Technology Inc.
Founder & CEO
Msayuki Minato
ALL STAR SAAS FUND
Senior Partner
Charlie Hayward
Global Corporate Venturing (GCV)
Deputy Managing Director
Yo Nagami
RAKSUL Inc.
Representative Director / President & Group CEO
Tomomi Ishida
Energy & Environment Investment
Capitalist/ Impact Officer
David Kenji Chang
A-N Partners
General Partner
Julien Mialaret
Eurazeo
Operating Partner
Masataka Wakamatsu
Dentsu Ventures
Venture Partner
Nami Yamamoto
Kyoto University of Advanced Science
Professor
Hiromi Inoue
IBM Japan
Senior Partner
Naoji Nomura
Keio Innovation Initiative, Inc.
Principal
Kazuyuki Kondo
M3, Inc.
CVC Team Leader
Shoji Miyata
Nstock Inc.
CEO
Takeo Inada
ANDPAD, Inc
CEO
Tomohiro Uchida
Translink Capital
Partner
Junichi Murata
Eight Roads Ventures
Partner
Seref Mamas
CREATANT, Inc.
CEO
Huang Chunmei
Impact Capital Limited
Representative Director
Yuko-Nakanishi
Shiseido Company, Limited
Group manager
Takashi Nakagawa
Kakehashi Inc.
Representative Director and CEO
Shun Ito
Dual Bridge Capital
Managing Partner
Yoshihiko Takubo
Graduate School of Management, GLOBIS University
Vice President / Professor
Kazumasa Watanabe
ａSTART Co.,Ltd.
CEO & General Partner
Satoko Murata
Global Brain
Director
Takafumi Murakami
Signifiant Inc.
Co-Founder
Ayaka Maekawa
LOIVE Co., Ltd.
CEO
Jordan Fisher
Zehitomo Inc., Antler Japan
Co-Founder & Chairman / Venture Partner
Takashi Yokoyama
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Growth Business Development Dept. Deputy General Manager
Yusuke Sato
STORES, Inc.
CEO