Innovation Finders Capital LLC (“IFC”), co-sponsored by the Washington State Government and Orrick, and sponsored by the OBDA, is seeking online participants for the ” AI Online Meetup 15th “.
＊A recording version of the event will be available after the pitch event.
Organizer: Innovation Finders Capital GP, LLC (IFC)
Co-organizers:
Washington State Department of Commerce (WSDoC)
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe (Orrick)
SWAN Venture Group
Supported by:
Consulate General of Japan (CGJ)
Japan External Trade Organization（JETRO）
Osaka Business Development Agency（OBDA）
Dates: September 15th Tuesday – 16th Wednesday, 2020 PDT
Day 1: 9/15 Tue PDT 17:00-18:00 (9/16 Wed JST 09:00-10:00)
Day 2: 9/16 Wed PDT 17:00-18:00 (9/17 Thu JST 09:00-
Event Program
1日目 9月 16日(水)日本時間
Day 1: September 15th Tuesday PDT
09:00JST/17:00PDT Opening and Introduction of IFC AI “Online” Meetup 15.0
Tetsuro Eto, Founder of IFC and Author of AI Gamechanger Seattle
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4296104489/
09:06JST/17:06PDT Introductory Remarks
Steven Maheshwary, Director of Economic Development for the Information & Communication Technology Sector, WA State Dept. of Commerce
http://choosewashingtonstate.com/about-us/meet-our-team/
09:12JST/17:12PDT Orrick Presentation
Blake Ilstrup, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
https://www.orrick.com/en/People/2/3/8/Blake-Ilstrup
09:18JST/17:18PDT Greetings and Innovators Introduction
Jim Reed, Senior Managing Partner, SWAN Venture Group
https://swanvg.com/about/
09:24JST/17:24PDT SWAN Presents Innovators Pitch Session Part 1
Format of 6 min package:
1min Japanese summary by Hiroshi Matsui of SWAN + 5min pitch
09:24JST/17:24PDT Pitch 1 Symbl.ai
https://symbl.ai/
Vikram Modgil, Head of Growth
09:30JST/17:30PDT Pitch 2 Elevāt
https://www.elevat-iot.com/
William Hill, Founder and CEO
09:36JST/17:36PDT Pitch 3 Wavely Diagnostics
https://wavelydx.com/
Arna Stoll, CEO
09:42JST/17:42PDT Pitch 4 Curie
https://curie.co/
Michael Agustin, CEO
09:48JST/17:48PDT Pitch 5 Asignio
https://www.web.asignio.com/
Kyle Rutherford, CEO and Founder
09:54JST/17:54PDT Closing of Day 1 and Introduction to Day 2
Tetsuro Eto, IFC & Julie Monahan, WSDoC
2日目 9月 17日(木) 日本時間
Day 2: September 16th Wednesday PDT
09:00JST/17:00PDT Opening and Introduction of IFC AI “Online” Meetup 15.0 day 2
Tetsuro Eto, Founder of IFC and Author of AI Gamechanger Seattle
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4296104489/
09:06JST/17:06PDT Greetings
Hisao Inagaki, Consul General
https://www.seattle.us.emb-japan.go.jp/itprtop_en/index.html
09:12JST/17:12PDT Keynote 1
Takanari Yamashita, Chief Executive Director, JETRO San Francisco
https://www.jetro.go.jp/en.html
09:18JST/17:18PDT Keynote 2
Susumu Saito, Executive Director, Osaka Business Development Agency
https://www.obda.or.jp/en/about-us.html
09:24JST/17:24PDT SWAN Presents Innovators Pitch Session Part 2
Format of 6 min package:
1min Japanese summary by Hiroshi Matsui of SWAN + 5min pitch
09:24JST/17:24PDT Pitch 6 Noonum
https://noonum.ai/
Shankar Vaidyanathan, CEO and Founder
09:30JST/17:30PDT Pitch 7 One for Neptune https://www.oneforneptune.com/
Nicholas Mendoza, CEO and Co-Founder
09:36JST/17:36PDT Pitch 8 Nanodropper
https://nanodropper.com/
Mackenzie Andrews, CCO
09:42JST/17:42PDT Pitch 9 UNpkl
https://unpkl.io/
Yuan Karppanen, CEO and Co-founder
09:48JST/17:48PDT Pitch 10 Jeeva
https://www.jeevawireless.com/
Scott Bright, CEO
09:54JST/17:54PDT Closing and Introduction to IFC AI “Online” Meetup 16.0
Tetsuro Eto, IFC & Julie Monahan, WSDoC
*If you have any inquiry or request to have 1on1 with the startups of Pitch 1-10, please contact Hiroshi Matsui of SWAN. hm@swanvg.com
INTRODUCTION
Although we run by online for 2 days this time , originally Japan Seattle AI Innovation Meetup is 3 days event for key decision-makers from major Japanese companies to meet up with AI innovators in Seattle.
For the Japanese delegation, 1st day is to meet with the Washington State Department of Commerce to have a briefing on innovation climate in Washington. Also, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe will provide the delegation with a session regarding how to do business transactions with startups. At Japanese Consulate General, startups selected by IFC will do a pitch to the delegation. 2nd day starts from corporate visit to platform provider learning their latest development and alliance strategy. Delegation wishes to have up to date information and personal contact with key people inside platform providers to determine their technology directions and their innovation strategy. Its afternoon is the Japan Seattle AI Innovation Meetup pitch event, where Japanese corps to present pain point and shopping list for AI community of Seattle. 3rd day is back-to-back, one-on-one meetings with innovators will take place. IFC will coordinate these meetings such that all meetings are set up according to each Japanese company’s technology needs.