ROCKET PITCH NIGHT KANSAI 2025
A Premier Event for Startups and Entrepreneurs in Their Founding and Growth Stages
Timetable
- 2:00pm- Doors Open
- 2:30pm- Opening Act
- 2:35pm – 2:45pm- How to Enjoy ROCKET PITCH NIGHT KANSAI 2025
- 2:45pm – 8:00pm- Pitches by 40 entrepreneurs
- ROCKET PITCH NIGHT KANSAI will be divided into four themes, with each of the ten groups giving a pitch. The commentators will provide feedback, and the audience will vote on the best pitches.
- Category #1 2:45pm – 3:55pm | IT / AI & Healthcare
- Category #2 4:05pm – 5:15pm | Social, Education, Food & Tourism
- Category #3 5:30pm – 6:40 pm | Smart City, Environment & Energy
- Category #4 6:50pm – 7:50pm | Work & Lifestyle
- 8:00pm- Networking
- 8:45pm- Closing
Who are the Judges
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Alex ODAJIMA, Japan Representative Start2 Group K.K.
- Yu Li SHEIN, Director Founder Institute Japan-Korea-Taiwan
- Yoshikazu IKEDA, Associate DEEPCORE Inc.
- Shota ISODA, Principle Globis Capital Partners
- Eriko NONAKA, CEO N.FIELD Inc.
- Niklas TAWAST, Principal DG Incubation
- Keita YAZAKI, Senior Associate CyberAgent Capital, Inc.
- Manoka MUTA, Business Development Analyst Incubate Fund
- Anri TOMITA, CEO WORKPARK Inc.
- Yuji HARA, Partner and Director Apollo Capital Inc.
- Koki FUKATSU, Startup Expert Fast Track Initiative, Inc.
- Joshua FLANNERY, CEO Innovation Dojo Japan LLC
For more details- https://venturecafetokyo.org/event/rocket-pitch-night-kansai-2025-oic-37/
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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.
