Program Schedule

Main Event Agenda

14:00 – Doors Open & Icebreaking

15:00 – Opening Session

Master of Ceremonies: Donghun Cwak, Principal, DG Daiwa Ventures

15:00-15:10 | Welcome Remarks

Han Sang Woo, Chairman, KSF & Executive Committee Member, Summit 2025

Leo Wu, Vice President, SIT

Sung Ho Chul, Tokyo Bureau Chief, The Chosun Ilbo & Executive Committee Member, Summit 2025

15:10-15:50 | Keynote Speech

"Unicorns of Asia: How to Get Funded by a16z and Scale in the U.S. Market"

Speaker: Lee Seung Yoon, CEO, Story Protocol

(Story Protocol is a U.S.-based company valued at approx. $3B, having raised $134M led by Andreessen Horowitz.)

Moderator: Tiffine Wang, Advisor, Inception Studio

15:50-16:00 | Acknowledgment Remarks

Shin Yun Hsieh, Vice President, Taiwan Stock Exchange

Shinji Takeda, General Manager, Office Business Division Strategic Planning Unit and Planning/Promotion Unit and Corporate Planning Department and New Experience-based Acitivities Department Academyhills, Mori Building 

16:00-16:15 | Korean Startup Pitches

Carrot ＆ Alice

16:15-16:40 | Keynote Speech

"Pivot at Every Hype: Why 91APP Became the TSMC of Retail Tech"

Speaker: Kao Li Ling, CFO, 91APP

(91APP is Taiwan's first SaaS company to list on the Taipei Exchange (2021).)

16:40-16:55 | Taiwanese Startup Pitches

iKala ＆ NextDrive

16:55-17:45 | Unicorns Roundtable Discussion

"Scaling Strategies & Challenges Across Asia"

Panelists:TBM (Japan), Rebellions (Korea), KCD (Korea), iKala (Taiwan), EUI (Taiwan)

Moderator: Leo Wu, Vice President, SIT

Topics Include:

Strategic drivers for becoming a unicorn

Cross-border expansion (U.S., Southeast Asia, etc.)

Key challenges for sustainable growth

17:45-17:50 | Closing Remarks

Closed Networking Dinner

18:00-19:30

Exclusive to unicorns, soon-to-be unicorns, VCs, and CVCs from Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

Attendees: Navy Badge Holders ONLY

(Limited to One C-level Executive per Company)

Venue & Access

Hills House,  Azabudai Hills 

33F–34F, Mori JP Tower, 1-3-1 Azabudai, Minato-ku , Tokyo 

Access by Subway

●Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line – Kamiyacho Station (Exit 5)

1. Go diagonally left through the station square

2. Turn right in front of Sta.

3. Take the escalator up to B1 and go straight

4. Take the escalator to the ground floor

5. Exit into the square and turn left

6. Head towards Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower

7. Take the direct elevator from the 1st basement floor to the 33rd floor

●Tokyo Metro Namboku Line – Roppongi-itchome Station (Exit 2)

1. Turn left following the sign for "Mori JP Tower"

2. Enter through the "TOWER PLAZA" entrance

3. Turn left following the sign for "Office Entrance, Hills House"

4. Go straight and enter Mori JP Tower through the automatic glass doors

5. Head to the basement floor

6. Take the direct elevator from the 1st basement floor to the 33rd floor