Online Event

FI Japan 2022 Cohort Graduation, with Kei Shimada

Name: FI Japan 2022 Cohort Graduation, with Kei Shimada
Start: 2023-02-07T04:00:00-0500
End: 2023-02-07T05:30:00-0500

Join us in celebrating the next generation of startup founders!

Date

Feb 07, 2023

Time

04:00 am - 05:30 am

Address

Online Event

Timezone

Join us for the Graduation, where you can see an inspiring talk by Kei Shimada (Executive | Entrepreneur | Award winning Innovator | Global Keynote Speaker | Pitch Doctor | Startup Mentor | Angel Investor ) and a few debut presentations from the new Alumni. Learn about some of the companies that will go onto seed-accelerators, raise funding, and build the next great Japan startups. There will also be an opportunity to network with other entrepreneurs and celebrate the new Graduates.

Graduation Keynote Speaker:

Kei Shimada - Executive | Entrepreneur | Award-winning Innovator | Global Keynote Speaker| Startup Mentor | Angel Investor | EMBA: Kei is a Japanese American entrepreneur and award-winning innovation leader. He focuses on world-first, region-first and industry-first projects, having led teams to develop Japan’s de facto national database of evacuation shelters, produce the world’s first AI classic concert at Ars Electronica that won a Silver Lion at the Cannes Festival, and create a world’s first smart speaker that won a CES Innovation Award. Previously, he was Managing Director of R/GA Tokyo, the Digital Makers Lab leader at IBM Japan, and before that the Global Innovation Director at Dentsu.

Kei is one of Japan’s most active global keynote speakers having spoken in approximately 40 countries, also contributes as a pitch mentor for the Japan chapter of the world’s largest accelerator PlugandPlay, and as a mentor for founder institute japan, the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator. He is also one of three official evangelists assisting the Prime Minister’s Office in their promotion and business development around the national QZSS satellite.
He is a graduate of Waseda University and with an Executive MBA degree from Quantic School of Business and Technology.

We Proudly Announce the Following Graduates:

Masumi Shimafuji , Founder and CEO at xRsion Inc.
Hiroyuki ANNO, Founder and CEO at DELIGHT Inc.
William Tanzania, Founder and CEO at Pocket Nihongo
Takujiro Oto, Co-Founder and CEO at Drive Japan Inc.
Davide S., CO-Founder and CEO at SAN
Kaung Khant Nyar (Sebastian), Co-Founder and CEO at Juncture
Min Myat Swan Pyae, Co-founder at Juncture
Atsushi Hamada, Co-founder and CEO at Aeru.me

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 6,000 entrepreneurs raise over $1.75BN in funding. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 95 countries, our mission is to empower communities of talented and motivated people to build impactful technology companies worldwide.

Speakers

Kei Shimada

Platinum Partners

Local Partners

Professional University of Information and Management for Innovation

Register to get a copy of the event video:

or Register with

Already Have an Account? Sign In

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 8,100 entrepreneurs raise over 1.9BN 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.