Overseas Accelerators Gather! ~ Osaka/Kansai Startups
/ Pitch and Mentoring Event (held online)
<Outline of the event
Date and Time: January 25, 2021 (Monday) 14:00-16:10
Admission: Free of charge
Method: Online (Cisco Webex Events will be used)
Target: Startups and other companies interested in the startup ecosystem
How to apply: Please register from this page. (Go to OSAKA BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY website)
URL for viewing will be sent to those who apply at a later date. Deadline: Thursday, January 21, 2021, 12:00 p.m.
Hosted by: Osaka Prefectural Government, Kansai Economic Federation ABC Platform
Co-sponsored by: Osaka Startup Ecosystem Consortium, Osaka Innovation Hub (Osaka City)
Cooperation: Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, Hyogo Prefecture, Kobe City
Contact: OSAKA BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (Osaka Startup Ecosystem Consortium Secretariat)
(Secretariat) Attn: OZEKI, MINAMINO
Phone: 06-7657-4260 FAX: 06-6947-4327
At this event, five startups (tentative) from Osaka and the Kansai region that are expected to make great strides in the future will take the stage to pitch and receive mentoring from overseas accelerators.
The pitches and mentoring sessions will be broadcasted online to promote the startups' businesses to the public.
After the pitches, the international accelerators will answer questions and issues collected from dozens of startups in advance.
We look forward to your participation as an opportunity to learn about the businesses of startups active in Osaka and the Kansai region and their common challenges.
Program
14：00 Greetings from the organizers and explanation of the program
14：10 Pitches by startups (5 startups x 15 minutes)
15：25 Feedback from startups on issues/questions in the pre-survey (45 minutes)
16：10 End of the session
◆About 5 companies scheduled to speak (to be posted in early January 2021)
◆Accelerators scheduled for mentoring ◆
500Startups (English or consecutive interpretation, in Singapore)
Plug and Play Japan (in Japanese)
Rainmaking Innovation Japan (Japanese)
We will be accepting questions and answers from startups about issues related to overseas expansion in advance of the event. If you have any questions you would like to ask the accelerators on the day of the event, please fill out the form when you register for the event.
There will also be time after the event for one-on-one interviews with the international accelerators,
If you would like to have an interview with an international accelerator after the event, please fill in the details in the questionnaire form when you register.
Please note that we may not be able to meet your request.
Applications for individual consultations will close at noon on Wednesday, January 13.
Those who are selected will be contacted separately by the secretariat with details such as the time of the meeting.
*Individual consultations will be conducted online (ZOOM scheduled) between 16:30 and 17:30, with each slot lasting about 15 minutes.
All interviews will be conducted in Japanese.
[Survey URL].
https://www.sansokan.jp/enquete/?H_ENQ_NO=32153
(Deadline: January 13, 2021, noon)
(*1) The survey will be compiled by the secretariat, and the names of companies will not be disclosed.
The names of the companies may be provided to overseas accelerators for their reference when they respond to the survey.)
Accelerators who will participate in individual interviews (tentative)
All interviews will be conducted in Japanese (English will be available for 500Startups).
500Startups (English or consecutive interpretation, in Singapore)
Plug and Play Japan (in Japanese)
Rainmaking Innovation Japan (in Japanese)
ICMG (Japanese, in Singapore)
Global Brain Corporation (Japanese, in Singapore/Indonesia)
Leave a Nest Co., Ltd.