Meet the FI Japan Startup Ecosystem (In-Person Networking Event)

What You'll Learn:

• Local Organizations to help launch and grow your startup
• Little-known resources that benefit your industry
• How to find Mentors
• Additional funding sources for early-stage founders

About the Ecosystem Organizations: 

• Openfor.co : Openfor.co, inc, is a “Global Partnerships and Collaborations Development Platform” originated in Silicon Valley that provides an online platform and bootcamps for learning, building, launching, and growing with partner programs. We help larger enterprises but also startups and even SMBs to take advantage of partnerships and collaborations for validation, getting traction, increasing revenues, funding, and many more. We provide a boot camp for partner training, an online partner program builder tool, a launch pad for promotion, and an incentivization program that funds your partnership development activities to enable ROI from collaborations!
• Venture Cafe Tokyo : A community where various innovators, including entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, and students, gather, connect, and create innovation in society through a variety of programs.
• CIC : CIC is a world-class innovation campus that offers a strong community, flexible office space, and global network to accelerate startup growth.
• JETRO : Government-related organization promoting mutual trade and investment between Japan and the rest of the world. Jetro is also support for Accelerating open innovation between Japanese corporates and foreign start-ups.
• Shibuya Startup Support : We are “SHIBUYA STARTUP SUPPORT,” an initiative led by the Shibuya City Office to invite your startup business (whether in Japan or from abroad) to Shibuya and grow together in this city.
• Sacling Japan : Gain valuable insights and strategies from experts on growing and scaling businesses successfully in the Japanese market through the Scaling Japan Podcast, the best English business podcast in Japan.
• BOJ : If you’re serious about doing business in, with or related to Japan, you need the right partners and resources. Reach out and get connected with the trusted Business In Japan Partner Network today.
• SO&Sato : Combining years of experience in the field of corporate deals and capital markets with an in-depth understanding of new technologies we are uniquely positioned to develop innovative solutions for our clients.
• Stripe : Hundreds of businesses use Stripe to make payments online, automate financial processes, and increase sales.
• IU Univesity : We will develop human resources who will innovate in the world.
• UTokyo-IPC : We work to expand the University of Tokyo’s innovation ecosystem with three business pillars– Investment, Incubation Support, and DEEPTECH DIVE.
• TBD

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About Founder Institute
The Founder Institute is the world’s most proven network to turn ideas into fundable startups, and startups into global businesses. Since 2009, our structured accelerator programs have helped over 7,000 entrepreneurs raise over $1.75BN in funding. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 100 countries, our mission is to empower communities of talented and motivated people to build impactful technology companies worldwide.