Acceleration Program in Tokyo for Women
Introduction of Lecturers
US Market Access Center
Co-CEOAlfredo Coppola
Alfredo Coppola is Co-CEO at US Market Access Center, the longest-standing startup incubator in Silicon Valley for foreign companies seeking to successfully enter global markets through Silicon Valley, through its flagship program: “Thing Big, Start Smart,Scale Fast”. Alfredo is also a founding board member of Marin-Sonoma Impact Ventures, an angel investor organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area that invests in both American and global startups.
Alfredo is a seasoned chief executive with a proven track record in helping foreign governments to bolster their tech ecosystems by increasing the strength of their startup communities along with their respective stakeholders.Since 2011, Alfredo has had direct influence in helping more than 1,500 startups to enter global markets from Silicon Valley – 52% of which have been successful in winning customer contract and PoCs, and more than 20%has raised more than $1.5 billion USD in capital from investors.
Alfredo is also the co-founder of Prospera Women, a program dedicated to empowering and fostering the growth of women-led companies around the world.
Alfredo joined USMAC in 2004 as a volunteer mentor, following his previous successful exit of his startup company, Animatics Interactive, a computer gaming company that was acquired by gaming giant Corel Corporation in 1996.
Alfredo is a certified Kauffman FastTrac instructor and teaches the “Tech Venture” and “GrowthVenture” curricula to foreign entrepreneurs and economic development groups worldwide.
Introduction of Lecturers
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ProNova Inc.
President and Representative Director
Euglena Co., Ltd.
Director and CHRO (part-time)Etsuko Okajima -
01Booster, Inc.Takahiro Kato
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TalentEx Co.,Ltd. / CEOYojiro Koshi
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Miyakezaka Sogo Law OfficesNaoki Sato
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for Startups, Inc. / CEOYuichiro Shimizu
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GLOBIS University /Graduate School of ManagementRyoko Takei
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Strike Co.,Ltd.
Innovation Support Dept.Fuyuki Tachiyama -
Founder and CEO at Pronoia Group & Co-founder and Chief Science Officer at MotifyPiotr Feliks Grzywacz
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e-Education. / CEOKaito Miwa
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Aspire Intelligence Founder and Managing Principal
Breakthrough Speaking Executive Coach & Professional SpeakerNatsuyo Nobumoto Lipschutz
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Vertex Ventures
Partner of Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & IndiaCarmen YUEN -
KK Fund
FOUNDER & GENERAL PARTNERKoichi Saito -
Techshake
Co-Founder and CEOKohtaro Adachi -
eeevo malaysia Sdn.Bhd.
CEONoritaka Araki -
NIHON ASSIST SINGAPORE PTE.LTD.
BIZLAB Singapore
CEOYasuji Seki -
Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE)
Assistant ManagerRebecca Lim -
yathar Group
CEOShunsuke Ichikawa -
ADVANCE BUSINESS SUPPORT PTE. LTD.
Founder and DirectorTakako Ozone -
Forge Ventures
Partner and Co-founderTiang Lim Foo -
Beutynesia
COOTomonori Hasegawa -
TalentEx Co.,Ltd.
CEOYojiro Koshi -
Star Kitchen
CEOYuya Arashima
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US Market Access Center
Co-CEOAlfredo Coppola -
EndeavorXR
CEO of EndeavorXRAmy Peck -
WaveEdge Capital
Managing DirectorGail Gannon -
MSCI Inc.
PMP.MBA.Juanita Dion -
Spark Plug Labs
President & FounderMonica Phillips -
Amber Bridge Partners
CEO & Managing PartnerNaoko Okumoto -
Director, US-Asia Technology Management Center at Stanford University,
VC Investor, Board DirectorRichard Dasher -
US Market Access Center
Director of Japan ProgramsSaori Kakiuchi -
UC Berkeley
Director of Global EngagementSusan Giesecke