nipponnovation
Our first conference, Nipponnovation was hosted in Tokyo, Japan on October 12, 2023.
It was an incredible honor to have folks from around the world join us for this Japan/US collaboration on startups and venture capital.
It was such a pleasure to have Dave McClure and Russell Cummer open the event with Russell's journey at Paidy and leading into each of our sessions with:
Mark Suster, Upshot Ventures - The Next Decade of Venture Capital
Arnaud Bonzom, Black Mangroves- History of VC ecosystems (US, Israel, uk/eu, Singapore)
Aman Verjee, CFA, Practical Venture Capital - Global Macro Market Update
Víctor Mulas, Quantum Visioning - Japan VC Policy Framework and Objectives
Our panelists:
Taizo Son, Atsushi Taira - Asia Japan VC Ecosystem and Platforms
Shuji Honjo, Naoko Okumoto, Tomoko I. - Innovation in Life Sciences, Healthcare and Wellness
Manabu Miyasaka, Vice Governor Tokyo Metropolitan Government - Japan VC Ecosystem: Tokyo 2.0 Initiatives
Andrew Chen, a16z Games - GAME OVER, MAN? The New Gaming VC Market
Masahiko Homma, Incubate Fund Asia - Profile of Incubate Fund and FoF Program
Eric Woo, CFA, George Kellerman, Kazushige Kobayashi, Dave McClure, Ben Casnocha - Fund of Funds panel: Investing in Emerging Managers
Hideo Natsume, Matthew Romaine, Chiamin Lai, Michael J. Case, Michiko K.- The Next Generation of Japan VCs
Ben Parr, Nuno Goncalves Pedro, Karthee Madasamy, Binh Tran - VC Fund Profiles: AI, Deep tech, and robotics
Stonly Blue, Stevie C., ganesh rengaswamy, Norman Liang - VC Fund Profiles: Green Tech, Clean Tech, infrastructure
42Geeks is simply just getting started, more global conferences to come!
