Collaborating Experts
Experienced founders, advisors, and industry professionals collaborating with us to empower startups and innovators globally.
John Millar
Mentor and Angel @ Self-employed
Pina Hirano
Founder, President & CEO @ Asteria Corporation
Rosario B Casas
Co-Founder & Partner @ BCPartners Tech
Krishan Caldwell
Head of Partnerships & Commercial Solutions, APAC @ Kraken
Michael Ho
Founder @ Ventures Cubed
Yuji Tanabe
Founder & CTO @ Aeterlink Corp.
Kojiro Seto
Startup Advisor @ bTANK合同会社
Yvie Tai
Director, Business Development @ Qualcomm
Justin (Hsin-Ta) Lee
Global Investment Manager @ Taiwania Capital
Marko Simic
Chief Technology Officer @ EvolveWell
Jordan Fisher
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman @ Zehitomo
Stella (Jeehyon) Yoh
Principal @ Orbit Ventures
Todor Panev
Co-Founder & CBDO @ Talnets AG
Serkan Toso
Founder @ byFood
Roger Do
CEO, Co-founder @ WatchDog Cyber Defense
Sertac Yeltekin
Founder & Executive Director @ InVirtuoLabs
Ken Covey
Finance IR Manager @ PowerX, Inc.
Dr. Serkan Toto
CEO & Founder @ Kantan Games, Inc.
Takujiro Oto
Drive Japan Inc. @ Founder CEO
Yusuke Kohno
Head of Supply Chain Development @ Alpha Fusion
Shinya Yamamoto
Guest Professor @ The University of Osaka
Chris Foltz
Managing Director @ Responsible Solutions Ltd
Gaurav Malhotra
Startup Mentor @ Founder Institute Japan
Maaike Doyer
Founder & Managing Partner @ Epic Angel
Karin Wellbrock
Partner | Executive & Team Coach Partner @ Kay Group K.K.
Karthik Rampalli
Business Development Manager @ Ceremorphic, Inc.
Aki Ohashi
Vice President @ Evolution VC
Ben Joffe
Senior Partner @ SOSV
Michael Sheetal
Founder/ CEO @ PlayBrain
Mikio Kawahara
Chief Investment Officer / Head of Investment and Business Development @ UTokyo Innovation Platform Co., Ltd.
Conrad Kimball
Associate @ American Compressor Service
Kazuo Nagasaki
Manager @ City of Yokohama, Asia Smart City Alliance (ASCA)
Sameer Sortur
Founding Partner @ SquareCircle Ventures
Hiroshi Nishikawa
Representative Director @ Tric Trac
Rebecca Chai
Venture Associate @ Plug and Play Tech Center
Jared Campion
Founder @ Dream Drive
Yuki Shirato
Senior Advisor @ Pangaea Ventures
Kevin Brockland
Founder / Managing Partner @ Incubate Fund
Reisa Matsuda
Community Manager @ Google
Jacky Lou
Senior Invest Manager @ Lion Travel
Noriya Tarutani
Head of JETRO Startup; Deputy Director General, Innovation Department; @ JETRO Startup
Ian Huang
Chief Financial Officer @ Gogolook
Edgar Chiu
Co-founder & Managing Partner @ SparkLab Taiwan
Jack Huang
Managing Partner @ Dreamhub Ventures
Schyler Alexandra Cole
Founder @ Startup Co-Creation Community
Yoichi Ito
CEO @ Musashino Valley
So Saito
Supevisory Director @ Mitsubishi Jisho Logistics REIT
Jeffrey Paine
Founding Managing Partner @ Golden Gate Ventures
Rancho Lee
Co-founder and General Partner (Asia Pacific) @ Simsan Ventures
Keigo Shimada, D.Sc.
Investment Associate @ Coral Capital
John Kirch
Regional Director - Business Development @ SingleStore
Masumi Shimafuji
Founder @ xRsion Inc.
Raphael Hodé
CEO & Design Director @ nowthen
Hany Sayed
CIO & MENA Partner @ GEM DiCom | Gemstones as a Digital Commodity
Fujiyo Ishiguro
Chair of Japan @ World Economic Forum
Jason Everaert
Chief Product Officer @ Chocolate Finance
Stan Yu (Hsien Wen)
Venture Partner, Head of Asia Pacific @ Cardumen Capital
Dr. Joe Hüg
Full Time - Professor 教授 @ iU 情報経営イノベーション専門職大学 Professional University of Information and Management for Innovation
Takahiro Hayashi
Representative Director, Chief Executive Officer @ HEROZ,inc
Vladimir Pletyukhin
Founder, Creative Director @ Launch Deck
Joshua Flannery
Founder & CEO (Japan) @ Innovation Dojo Japan
Asuka Kondo
Design Research Director @ D4V (Design for Ventures)
Max Zheng
Investor @ Doppler Finance
Jad Tarifi
CEO & Co-founder @ Integral AI
Maximillian Naza
Founder/ CEO/ CTO @ Hope Records
Dr. Ish Anand
Board Member @ iCapital Ventures
Kei Watanabe
Co-Founder @ Glasp
Chintan Oza
Advisory Board Member @ ATLAS SkillTech University
Jeni Chang
Managing Director @ Founder Institute
Giang Trịnh
Vietnam Country Director @ Founder Institute Vietnam
Erik Colin
Venture Capital Investment @ 國泰創業投資股份有限公司(Cathay Venture)
Ahram Chui
Commissioner / Goyang Investment Authority @ Goyang Industry Promotion Agency
Yasumasa Saito
Manager, Corporate Venture Capital Department @ SBI Investment
Tunc Berkman
SIF Ventures @ Co-Founder & Chief Network Officer
José Francisco Fernandez Serna
Managing Director at E-motion @ E-motionfood
Sergio Escobar
CEO/ Managing Director @ BCF Ventures
Keeryung Kim
Partner @ Saehan Ventures
Yamato Sasagawa
Principal @ WiL (World Innovation Lab)
Chiamin Lai
Director @ Japan Venture Capital Association
Hanjoong (Andrew) Kim
Founding Member / Managing Director @ Andis Partners
Alexander De Vore
CEO @ 株式会社MadeHere
Woohyun Nahm
Team Leader @ 한국투자액셀러레이터
Tyson Batino
CEO & Founder @ Scaling Your Business
Brian Yoo
Founder, Global career coach @ CareerLabVSI
Sanjay Kumar Patel
Founder @ EXCELON IP - Patent & Trademark Attorneys
Darren Menabney
Professor and Partner Faculty @ GLOBIS University
Ippei Takushima
Partner @ Kimura Takushima & Yamaguchi
Tomohiro Uchida
Partner @ Translink Capital
Nitin Mistry
Founder @ MC Squared Solutions
Kiyotake Sugita
Founder & Partner @ KLAR K.K
Marco De Biasi
Accelerator Program Director Brasil @ Founder Institute
Mike (マイク) Sudano
Senior Robotics Operations Engineer @ Woven by Toyota
Cedric Wagrez
Head of Data Strategy & Operations @ Stability AI
Anna Leshchuk
Founder & CEO @ Breamsresearch
Julie Oh
Coach | Facilitator @ Coach Julie Oh
Leo Ma
Gen AI @ NVIDIA
Arcui Usoara
CEO & Founder @ Iaculus
Ikuo Hiraishi
Co-Founder/ CEO @ GoGlobal Catalyst (GGC)
Walied Albashee
Founder & Managing Partner @ Intuitio Ventures
Khalil Maaouni
Head of Data and Digital @ Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Inc.
Andrew Shuttleworth
Chief Strategy Officer @ Obayashi Construction-Tech Lab Singapore
Cenk (잭) Baladura
Korea Country Manager @ Founder Institute Korea
Hirokazu Nagano
Founder @ ANOBAKA
Rosario B Casas
Co-Founder & Partner @ BCPartners Tech
Christoph Sollich
Pitch Coach @ The Pitch Doctor
Steve Monaghan
Independent Non Executive Director @ RAKBANK
Niklas Tawast
Principal, Venture Capitalist @ Digital Garage, Inc.
Jennifer Lin
Investor @ Headline
Jun Kojima
Venture Capitalist @ Egg FORWARD, Inc.
Jonathan Nguyen
Founder & CEO @ Unsensible
Franklin Kamnang Ngansop
Planning & Reporting Management Controller @ Tiger Brands
Sergio G. Elias-Wilson
Defense attorney @ Public Sector
Satoshi Nunokawa
Associate @ Incubate Fund
Lauren Nham
Central Product Team, Office of the CTO @ Woven by Toyota
Lu Dong
CEO, Founder @ TakeMe 株式会社
Kei Shimada
Chief Executive Officer @ Sirius Technologies, Inc.
Jay Onda
Venture Advisor / Investor @ Marubeni Power International, Inc.
Mahesh Kasar
SVP, Head of Sales APAC & ANZ @ Rakuten Symphony
Yeon Jihun
Manager @ Pen Ventures
Yuki Sato
CEO @ obniz Inc.
Michael Lee
Task Force Member of Employment & Education @ B20 South Africa
Hiroyuki Anno
Technical founder and CEO @ DELIGHT(FI50’23)
Abdellah Aouf
Chief Exponential Officer @ Go Platform
Tilo Bonow Piabo
Founder & CEO @ PIABO Communications
Fuminori Gunji
Head of Global Marketing and Software Sales @ ZooKeep
Neeti Virmani
LP and Advisor @ Loyal VC
Jan Kaiser
Vice President, Head of Corporate Finance @ Marelli
Erdinc Ekinci
Co-Founder & CEO @ Openfor.co
David Yeng
Financial Advisor @ Manulife Singapore
Shuji Honjo
Advisor @ 500 Global
Kotaro Mori
Deputy Secretary General @ Yokohama Future Organization
Eugene Noh
Strategic Advisor @ Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Fumiaki Koizumi
CEO @ Kashima Antlers FC
Taku Furukawa
Founder & Producer @ Tokyo Fabhub
Makihara Arisa
Associate @ ANOBAKA
Yoichi Morimoto
新規事業担当執行役員/Head of Business Development @ HiJoJo Partners Inc.
Paloma Lecheta
Co-Founder @ Founder Haus
Tao Romera Martinez
Chief of Staff @ Soundraw
Sush Bapna
Founding Partner @ 10Ten Ventures