📅 Date: Friday, September 22, 2024

📍 Venue: Azabudai Hills, Tokyo, Japan

🤝 Co-hosts: The Chosun Ilbo, Tokyo Startup Forum Organizing Committee (now Tokyo Unicorn Summit Committee)

🎯 Organized by: Tokyo Startup Forum Organizing Committee (now Tokyo Unicorn Summit Committee)

🚀 Participating Startups, VCs, and Organizations

• Startups

Olive Union · Karrot Market · The Pinkfong Company · AgileSoDA · Spoon Radio · Healing Paper (Gangnam Unni) · Alicorn · Gaudio Lab · MOIN · Treasure Hunter · Caplix Cloud · Megazone Cloud · Metascale · MediQuatrs · Channel Talk · Bespin Global · Creatrip · ELICE · DotSlashDash · Ruitten Technologies · DX Care · Ascent Korea · PUBLY · MINDDA · NullDamm · Wanted Japan · Branderzine · Rebellions · BHSN · Dr. Now · OpenSurvey · Beenu Labs · TimeTree · hacomono · MATCHA · Direct Cloud

• VCs & Supporting Organizations

Hike Ventures, LLC · PKSHA Technology Capital · Salesforce Ventures (Salesforce Japan Co., Ltd.) · ALL STAR SAAS FUND (from BEENEXT) · SBI Investment · Plug and Play Japan · Alois Ventures · GOLDEN EGG Ventures · ORIX Capital Corporation · D4V (Design for Ventures) · Asu Capital Partners · PKSHA Capital · ANRI Inc. · WiL, LLC (World Innovation Lab) · Headline Asia · All About, Inc. · Minerva Growth Partners · New Commerce Ventures Inc. · Femto Partners Inc. · i-nest capital · iSGS Investment Works · Lotte Ventures Japan · Samsung Venture Investment Corp. · Central Investment Partners · Stonebridge Ventures · Premier Partners · GS Ventures · LB Investment · Altos Ventures · Crit Ventures · CJ CVC

🎤 Key Programs

• Keynote Speech 1
  Speaker: Junichi Nakajima (CEO, DG Daiwa Ventures)
  Topic: “The Future of Korea–Japan Startup Collaboration”

• Keynote Speech 2
  Speaker: Siwon Choi (CEO, Channel Talk)
  Topic: “Japan to Global: A Smart Global Strategy for Korean Startups”

📰  News

 “In the venture sector, Korea is like a senior to Japan… The two countries must work together.”

📅 Date: Monday, September 11, 2023

📍 Venue: Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Tokyo, Japan

🤝 Co-hosts: The Chosun Ilbo, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Japan

🎯 Organized by: Tokyo Startup Forum Organizing Committee (now Tokyo Unicorn Summit Committee)

🚀 Participating Startups, VCs, and Organizations

• Startups

Olive Union · Karrot Market · Tech Labs · The Founders · The Pinkfong Company · AgileSoDA · QuadMire · Mathpresso (QANDA) · Spoon Radio · Healing Paper (Gangnam Unni) · Alicorn · H2O Hospitality · Gaudio Lab · Moin · Invet · Urbanbase · Holix Factory · Treasure Hunter · Upstage · Caplix Cloud · Bespin Global · Bear Robotics · Megazone Cloud · Allganize · NRise · Metascale · SweetBio · Mediquatrs · Travel Wallet · Homes Company · Class101 · Channel Talk · Bitsensing · TBM

• VCs & Supporting Organizations

Global Brain · Z Ventures · DG Daiwa Ventures · PKSHA Capital · Alois Ventures · Colopl Next · ZOZO Group · Kakao Piccoma Japan · Spiber · D.CAMP · Startup Alliance · Shinhan Future’s Lab · KOTRA Japan · Jeju Center for Creative Economy & Innovation (Jeju CCEI)

🎤 Key Programs

• Keynote Speech 1
  Speaker: Yasuhiko Yurimoto (CEO, Global Brain)
  Topic: “Fostering Collaboration Between Korean Startups and Japanese Corporations”

• Keynote Speech 2
  Speaker: Hyuk-jae Choi (CEO, Spoon Radio)
  Topic: “Insights from Korean Startups Entering the Japanese Market”

• Keynote Speech 3
  Speaker: Daichi Yamaguchi (CSO, TBM)
  Topic: “Japan Market Strategy Through Coexistence With Traditional Industries”

📰  News

 “Japanese investors: ‘Korean startups’ global mindset is impressive — we want to support their expansion.”