How to leverage the European Startup Ecosystem
Date：2020/10/5（Mon）18：00～21：00
Entry fee：Free
Place：Zoom
*The URL of the meeting will be sent to those who have applied by the day before the event.
Different startup ecosystems are being built in different areas of Europe, such as London, one of the world's leading financial cities; Paris, home to one of the world's largest incubation facilities; and Berlin and Munich, where unicorns have emerged due to their decentralized industrial structure.
At this event, Mr. Keiichiro Yano, who has been supporting startups to expand into Europe and has experience in both Japan and Europe, will talk about the realities of successes and failures of expanding into Europe, as well as what startups should know and latest trends in light of the impact of the COVID-19.
In addition, 500 Startups, which has a global presence, will share tips on how to pitch overseas that startups should keep in mind if they want to go abroad.
We look forward to seeing you, not only from startups, but also from supporters and institutions!
Event Report
Contents
| 1 | X-HUB Program Overview | X-HUB Administrative Office |
| 2 | Introduction of German Ecosystem | Germany Trade & Invest GmbH Director Japan Mr. Hiroshi Iwamura Director Trend & Innovation Scouting Ms. Josefina Nungesser Senior Manager Tax & Legal Services Ms. Christina Schön |
| 3 | How to leverage the European Startup Ecosystem | SWAT Lab Inc. Co Founder Mr. Keiichiro Kay Yano |
| 4 | Overseas pitch strategies that Startups from Japan need to keep in mind | 500 Startups Kobe EIR Mr. Ajay Chainani 500 Startups Japan Country Lead Ms. Ayumi Ode |
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【About Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI)】
Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI) is the economic development agency of the Federal Republic of Germany. With more than 50 offices in Germany and abroad, and its network of partners throughout the world, GTAI supports German companies setting up in foreign markets, promotes Germany as a business location and assists foreign companies setting up in Germany.
Mr. Hiroshi Iwamura
Germany Trade & Invest GmbH
Director Japan
A professional whose background lies in risk advisory in a global financial group and international economic research firms to support Japanese companies’ overseas operations, but allied with considerable management experience working for over 20 years in Europe based on the UK.
Joined Germany Trade & Invest, an organization of Federal Republic of Germany under the purview of the Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, in January 2019 as the Director of Japan and until present.
Ms. Josefina Nungesser
Germany Trade & Invest GmbH
Director Trend & Innovation Scouting
Josefina Nungesser leads within the GTAI investor consulting division the dept. for Trend – and Innovationscouting which she built from scratch since 2017. The main focus of Josefina and her team is hereby to internationalize the Digital Hub Initiative put in place by the Minis-try of Economic Affairs and Energy.
Before joining GTAI she worked from 2013 to 2016 as Startup and VC Strategy Leader at Ora-cle also creating from scratch the Startup and VC Program for Oracle Germany. Furthermore she worked as a Strategy Consultant with pwc but originally started her career at Microsoft as Western Europe and later Central- and Eastern Europe Partner Programs Lead, fully responsible for 12 (WE) und 24 subsidiaries (CEE) and its partner programs. Her studies in marketing and communication management as well as political science were an essential base for her professional career.
Ms. Christina Schön
Germany Trade & Invest GmbH
Senior Manager Tax & Legal Services
Christina Schön is Senior Manager Tax & Legal in the field of Investor Support Services at Germany Trade and Invest (GTAI), the foreign trade and inward investment agency of the Federal Republic of Germany. In this position she advises and assists companies seeking to enter the German market and to realize investment projects in Germany. Christina specializes on legal questions relevant to establishing businesses in Germany. She has been working closely with many Japanese companies that have successfully expanded their business operations in Germany.
Prior to her position at GTAI she worked in the legal sector in Sweden and in Germany. Christina, who is a trained lawyer, studied international business law at the University of Lund in Sweden and the Humboldt University of Berlin in Germany.
Germany Trade & Invest has considerable experience in helping international companies set up business in Germany. For further information please visit our website.
How to leverage the European Startup Ecosystem
Mr. Keiichiro Kay Yano
SWAT Lab Inc.
Co Founder
Ex Salesforce, Ex Google entrepreneur based in Berlin since 2015. Founded 4 companies based in Estonia, Germany and Japan in the field of Open Innovation and Web 3.0. Now as a Co Founder at SWAT Lab, aim to create an AI Driven Liquid Workforce Platform for the enterprise DX. IE Business School MBA. Co author of “Next Silicon Valley” Published by Nikkei BP.
Overseas pitch strategies that Startups from Japan need to keep in mind
Mr. Ajay Chainani
500 Startups
Kobe EIR
Ajay is a software engineer with years of experience helping to build and advise startups in the United States and Japan. He specializes in iOS development and has helped build multiple award winning mobile applications, including Spring, which was recognized by Apple as one of the “Best Apps of 2014” and Sonar, which launched at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2011 and won second place in the Startup Battlefield Competition.
During his 5 years, as an Entrepreneur in Residence at 500 Kobe, Ajay has advised and mentored Japanese startups on a wide range of topics from engineering to pitching investors.
Ms. Ayumi Ode
500 Startups
Japan Country Lead
Ayumi is Japan Country Lead at 500 Startups, one of the world’s most active seed stage venture capital firms and innovation network. She leads 500’s innovation and partnership efforts related to corporate innovation and ecosystem building in Japan.
She developed strong entrepreneurial mind and skill sets through nearly 10 years of experience working directly with founder CEOs on business management both at a 40-person startup specialized in cloud services for creativity purposes as the CEO’s right hand woman and an educational and career coaching startup as its first full-time employee.
She earned an Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from Columbia University Barnard College.
Target
Anyone interested in overseas expansion of their startups can join!
Startups aiming to expand overseas
Major corporations, VCs, financial institutions, universities, and other organizations that support startups which is looking to expand overseas.
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