Topics
- CorporatesCVC and open innovationHow large corporations can work with startups effectively
- GovernanceCorporate governance in a global eraGovernance, legal risk and internationalization for Japanese companies
- Startup EcosystemJapan's startup momentWhy global founders and investors are turning to Tokyo, and what it takes to succeed there
- InvestmentCross-border venture investment & M&AStructuring investment and expansion between Japan, the U.S., Asia and the Middle East
- TechnologyDeep tech & physical AIJapan's opportunity in robotics, hardware and frontier technology
Selected engagements
- 2026 · TaipeiTaiwan Venture Capital & Private Equity Annual Conference · TVCAInvited as a main-panel speaker along with representatives from Germany, Singapore and Silicon Valley
- 2026 · KyotoIVS KyotoModerator of a main-stage panel on the global future of AI, with a General Partner of Headline US Growth Fund and OpenAI's Head of Startups, APAC
- 2026 · San FranciscoBuilding Global-Minded StartupsPanel connecting the Tokyo and Silicon Valley innovation ecosystems, with the CEO of Silicon Foundry and a General Partner of DCVC
- 2025 · 2026 · TokyoSusHi Tech Tokyo · two appearancesPanel with a partner of Andreessen Horowitz and the Director-General of METI on physical AI and dual-use; earlier panel with a16z and the Head of Japanese government (Cabinet Office, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and JETRO) Startup on why global investors are focused on Japan
- 2026 · TokyoLW3 Tokyo SummitSession "The Changing Face of the Startup Ecosystem in Japan" with a General Partner of Global Brain, before 100+ global allocators and investment managers, in partnership with Japanese government (Cabinet Office, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and JETRO)
- 2025 · 2026 · SingaporeGITEX Asia · multiple panels across both editionsModerated dialogues with the Founding Partner of Rakuten Capital and a Partner of Granite Asia (2026); panel "Empowering the Tech Ecosystem" and special guest panellist at North Star Asia (2025)
- 2026 · New YorkDeep-tech & robotics workshop · with Esper BionicsLed a deep-tech, robotics and manufacturing workshop alongside the CEO of Esper Bionics, a TIME100 founder
- 2025 · Dubai/function1 · AI Conference & ExhibitionInvited to the main-stage opening panel "The Doom of AI Startups?" with a General Partner of Alumni Ventures and the Head of AI at Crunchbase, and the panel "Getting Ready for the Robotics Revolution"
- 2024 · 2025 · TokyoTechstars Tokyo Demo DayHost — pitches by each cohort before hundreds of Japanese and international investors; panelist alongside the co-founders of Twitch and Crunchyroll and a GP of Hustle Fund (2025); moderated a panel with the CEO of Techstars (2024)
- 2025 · OsakaGlobal Startup EXPO 2025Panel on ecosystem growth and global expansion strategies, moderated by Japanese government (Cabinet Office, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and JETRO) Startup
- 2025 · Silicon ValleyJapan Innovation Campus, Palo AltoPanels on Japan's startup ecosystem, including "Bridging Tokyo and Silicon Valley" with the Managing Director of Techstars San Francisco
- 2025 · KawasakiCorporate open innovation gathering · hosted by Fujitsu & ToshibaPresented on the prospects for Japanese startup innovation to major corporations
- 2025 · NagoyaTechGalaPanel with the Head of Japanese government (Cabinet Office, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and JETRO) Startup on how Japanese entrepreneurs make a global impact
- 2025 · TokyoTHE FUTURE X · with Katrina LakeModerated a fireside chat with Katrina Lake, founder of Stitch Fix, at THE SEED's invitation-only founders conference (watch the session)
- 2025 · JudgingStartup competition judgeGITEX Asia Supernova (US$120,000 prize, alongside Antler and Vertex Ventures), Takeoff Tokyo, and J-StarX Supernova Summit 2025
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