Acceleration Program in Tokyo for Women
Introduction of Lecturers
WaveEdge Capital
Managing DirectorGail Gannon
Managing Director at WaveEdge Capital
Since 2006, Gail’s goal has been finding better ways to deploy technology and people to redesign healthcare and improve health outcomes—for example, reducing bottlenecks in operating rooms, clinics, intensive care units, and emergency departments, and moving accessible patient records on demand from vision to reality. Her clients include major health care providers such as Sutter, Stanford, and University of California, San Francisco, as well as startups through US-MAC & the Lazaridis Institute.
Drawing on her strong therapeutics background, Gail excels at identifying and matching compatible partners. For example, she selected companies to expand OneWorld Health-PATH, a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-sponsored product development partnership. She also sourced early-midstage companies for pharma pipelines (e.g., Daiichi Sankyo, Boehringer Ingelheim). Gail enjoys mentoring budding and seasoned entrepreneurs (e.g., Epibiome, Ciel Medical Devices), through the California Life Sciences Association, UCSF's Lean Launchpad, and Stanford's SPARK. Serving on the ASTIA and BIO advisory and educational boards adds to Gail's broad knowledge of the regional, national, and international players in the digital health and therapeutic space.
Gail is particularly good at helping companies figure out and articulate their business model via marketing collateral and company pitches, often helping founders pivot to more lucrative markets they had not considered. She’s often found at conferences with healthcare industry leaders and the Silicon Valley investor community, leading panels and making informal introductions.
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