Acceleration Program in Tokyo for Women
Introduction of Lecturers
Amber Bridge Partners
CEO & Managing PartnerNaoko Okumoto
Naoko holds a Master's degree from Boston University and has worked in Silicon Valley for Microsoft and TIBCO Software, where she was responsible for developing and executing business strategies for the Pacific Rim and Asia-Pacific markets. In 2014, she participated in the founding of WiL, a venture capital firm, where she was a partner and engaged in investment activities. In 2017, she founded Amber Bridge Partners, a strategic consulting and investment firm with the mission of building bridges and collaboration between Japan and the United States. She is the U.S. Managing Director of Mistletoe, a social impact creation fund and community led by Taizo Son, and Executive Advisor to Z Corporation, a fund under the Softbank Group. She is an outside director of S4Capital, a global operating company headquartered in the UK. Outside Director of EdCast, a Silicon Valley startup in the U.S., and Board Advisor to two other U.S. startups. She is a board advisor to TransformativeTechnology, the world's largest wellbeing technology ecosystem, and the head of its Japan and Asia offices, where she works to promote and expand wellbeing technologies that support human physical and mental growth. She is also a board advisor to TransformativeTechnology, the world's largest wellbeing technology ecosystem.
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