Session
EXPERTS
The Role of Japans Largest Startup Support Hub: STATION Ai’s Impact and Future
Opened in October last year, STATION Ai has spent the past four months collaborating with over 500 startups, 200 partner companies, and countless other stakeholders. Aiming to become Asia's largest open innovation hub, STATION Ai’s journey so far and its vision for the future will be discussed by CEO Mr. Sabashi, along with representatives from startups and corporations involved with STATION Ai.
Available passes
- Executive
- Business/Startup
- Rising Star
- City
Language：Japanese
Speakers
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Akihiro Yoshimoto
Sintokogio, Ltd.
Akihiro Yoshimoto
Sintokogio, Ltd. Executive Officer
He is in charge of equity investment and business collaborations and M&A for new business development at Sintokogio, foundry equipment and surface treatment company headquartered in Nagoya. The company actively invests in both domestic and overseas starups. Prior to joining Sintokogio, he worked as a CPA at Arthur Andersen in New York, where he was involved in audits and M&A due diligence. After returning to Japan, he served as president of a Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed company, and supported startups with fundraising, business plan, and shareholder reporting as a part-time CFO.
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Hirotaka Sahashi
STATION Ai Corporation
Hirotaka Sahashi
STATION Ai Corporation Preseident and CEO
After joining SoftBank Corp., he gained experience in the Human Resources Department before moving to the President's Office at SoftBank Group Corp. where he was responsible for corporate strategy. Following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, he managed renewable energy projects as the Business Planning Department Manager at SB Energy Corp. From 2014, he promoted the development of internal entrepreneur training programs and hands-on support at SB Innoventure Corp. Since September 2021, he has been seconded to STATION Ai, where he currently holds his present position.
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Haruna Shiga
BeLiebe K.K.
Haruna Shiga
BeLiebe K.K. CEO
Engaged in medical life science research at the University of Tokyo. I became aware of the problem that excellent research and technologies were being stopped at the publication stage, and decided to study business in order to realize “social implementation of research”. After graduating, I joined P&G and worked as the Asia-Japan leader of a project related to gender equality. Feeling a challenge in realizing career advancement for women as their life stage changes, I developed a service that enables life career planning from a biological perspective through “social implementation of research” and started BeLiebe, K.K. as a parallel career in 2021.
