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Hirokazu Yamaguchi

Masakazu Masujima

Partner, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Masa is a guru of startup legal advisory space in Japan. Based on the experiences at Palo Alto office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, his advice is West Coast style; progressive, risk-base and proactive. Through more than 2 dacades of dedication to the startup space, he has advised IPOs, M&As and major cross-border fundraising for may startups, including biotech and healthcare ones, and have also worked with entrepreneurs through a variety of touch situation, such as disputes between founders, problems with investors as well as intellectual property disputes. Masa has served as a council member of numerous Government committees, such as Regulatory Reform Promotion Council, the Regulatory Sandbox Committee, the Digital Market Competition Council and the Industrial Structure Council. He is admitted to NY bar and Japan bar, and a licensed patent attorny in Japan.

Makoto Shigematsu

Representative Director, Kai Fostering Partners Inc.

He worked on a new project research and development, trial manufacture, mass production, and commercializing of glass delay line element for VTR at Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. He moved to CSKVC by making use of his relevant experience. As a venture capitalist, he engaged mainly in establishing, financing, fostering, and managing venture companies. He practiced monetizing of novel technologies, timely financing, establishing organization and management, sharing an exit strategy as a milestone, active use of intellectual property rights (open and close), and business talks and negotiations (not bargaining) hated by engineers. He has providing support for company’s growth fostered by competition and cooperation, while being employed by traditional companies for 20 years and by venture companies for 20 years with an understanding exactly the opposite of the corporate culture of both.

Takahiro Mizumoto

UTokyo Innovation Platform Co., Ltd.

Completed a Master's Program in Intellectual Property Management at Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine. After passing the patent attorney examination, experienced venture investment in the IT and healthcare high-tech sectors at NIFSMBC Capital (currently split into Daiwa Corporate Investment and SMBC Capital). Later, at Showa Shell Sekiyu, led the planning and development of various new services including settlement, new electricity, and application development. With the establishment of the University of Tokyo IPC fund, joined the company and founded 1stRound, the largest university incubation program in partnership with the University of Tokyo, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, and Tsukuba University. Subsequently, led the establishment of an open innovation promotion fund of approximately 25 billion yen and served as the CIO (Chief Investment Officer) of the fund.

Saaya Hirai

Globizz Japan Corporation　Osaka Office Director

After studying abroad in New Zealand during junior high school, she became interested in doing business with foreign countries, and after graduating from high school, she entered a university in Taiwan in English and Mandarin Chinese. At university, she majored in international business administration. During her studies, she experienced corporate internships in the U.S. and Taiwan, gaining insight into the business world from her student days. Currently, as a project controller at headquarters, she is in charge of overall project management and strategic planning for companies entering the U.S. market as a project coordinator.