(Location: Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Directors: Masato Shimohira and Kosuke Nakayama; hereinafter referred to as “the Company”) held its first “Out of BOUNDS” DEMO DAY at Global Business Hub Tokyo on November 15, 2024. （The first phase of the Out of BOUNDS program includes a series of seminars and seminars for major financial institutions.
 A total of 21 entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds, including former graduates of major financial institutions, mega-ventures, and serial entrepreneurs, participated in the first phase of this program. The winner of the competition was Omiisay K.K., a support service for opening overseas stores called “Omiisay.
 The name “Out of Bounds” reflects our members' desire to work together to create a startup that will become the next social infrastructure for the world and Japan, without fear of failure and without being bound by existing frameworks! The name “Out of Bounds” reflects the desire of our company members to create the next global and Japanese social infrastructure startups together without fear of failure and without being bound by existing frameworks.
 On the day of the first “Out of BOUNDS” DEMO DAY, five teams with promising business hypotheses made pitches full of enthusiasm and creativity in front of about 50 of Japan's leading venture capitalists and angel investors.

DEMO DAY group photo

Championship

Omiisay Corporation https://omiisay-service-english--l2320y3.gamma.site/
Omiisay Service” to enable the opening of stores in the UK without setting up a local subsidiary.
#Overseas Expansion
Ms. Maika Kaneda

Finishing second

Latio Corporation https://ratio-bpaas.com
Latipen, which leverages generative AI to streamline complex business processes such as accounting, labor, and legal, creating an environment where companies can focus on their core business.
#Back Office DX #AI Solutions #BPaaS
Mr. Ryo Kagaya

Honorable Mention Awards *Honorifics omitted, in order of company nameIoria

Corporation https://aeolia.co.jp/
Spots Ninja, a new type of social media that uses location information x generative AI to instantly discover hidden local attractions hidden in the user's current location.
#toC #Generative AI #Regional #Local　
Mr. Genki Matsubara

CAPER Corporation https://www.caperrr.com/
Sales organizations of growing companies are the ones that tend to lose productivity due to multitasking. We have developed an AI agent that can complete tasks in Slack alone without opening other tools. It automates document creation, data entry, and simple communication to reduce unnecessary costs and improve production.
Collaboration between human and AI employees is achieved by increasing the amount of time salespeople spend on actions directly related to results and delegating sales preparation tasks to a dedicated AI secretary (LLM).
#AI Agents #LLM #SalesTech
Mr. Shun Yamashita

LobbyAI Corporation (to be established)
Provides real-time information on local governments and government agencies to instantly select targets for liaison work. And Lobby AI, a public information analysis platform that reduces research costs and proposes optimal contact points by understanding the trends of key personnel.
#Govtech #Lobbying #Government Liaison #Municipal Sales #Local Collaboration
Mr. Kyotaro Takahashi

1st “Out of BOUNDS” Jury *Honorifics omitted, in order of company name

WiL
Partner
Toshimitsu Namba
[Profile]
Toshimitsu Namba is a Partner at WiL, and has supported many startups in Japan from Series A to Series B to B to C since WiL was founded in 2013.
Previously, he worked at CyberAgent from 2003 to 2013, where he held positions in advertising agency business, representative director of the U.S. branch, and SVP of an investment subsidiary.

Globis Capital Partners K.K.
Partner
Hidekazu Emre Yuasa
[Profile]
Mr. Yuasa has invested mainly in domestic IT startups aiming for industrial transformation (digital transformation) from pre-Series A to IPO while providing hands-on support. Lecturer at the Graduate School of Management, Globis University (MBA). MBA from Harvard Business School.

paidy Corporation
Representative Director and CEO
Riku Sugie
[Profile]
After graduating from the University of Tokyo, Riku Sugie joined Fuji Bank (currently Mizuho Financial Group). After working for Accenture, he joined GE Consumer Finance in 2006. In November 2017, he was appointed President and CEO of Paidy, which was acquired by PayPal for 300 billion yen in October 2021. He has also served as VP of PayPal's headquarters since November 2021. He holds an MBA and a Master of Science in Financial Engineering from Columbia University.
In 2024, he was appointed Advisor to ON &BOARD.

Guest Judge

Creation Department
Yuta Hashimoto
[Profile]
After working for a newspaper company, a consulting firm, and a railroad company, he has been in his current position since 2021. He is responsible for launching “BRICKs Fund Tokyo,” a CVC based on the concept of co-creation of growth industries, making new investments in promising start-ups and supporting their growth, promoting collaboration and business co-creation with investee companies, and engaging in strategic planning for the fund as a whole. He also leads the planning and execution of the open innovation strategy of the company, including the launch of the Startup Studio initiative. He will also lead the planning and execution of the company's open innovation strategy, including the launch of the Startup Studio initiative.

Phase 1 “Out of BOUNDS” Support Menmbers

The second phase of the “Out of BOUNDS for Biz” business start-up support program is scheduled to begin in mid-December 2024!
ON&BOARD plans to hold the second phase of the “Out of BOUNDS for Biz” program, which will begin accepting applications in mid-December 2024!

The official recruitment for the second phase is scheduled to start in mid-December, but you can still apply even before the official recruitment.

Inquiry form: https://onboardvc.com/contact/

Company Overview

Company Name: ON&BOARD Inc.
Established: October 2023
Representative Directors: Masato Shimodaira, Kosuke Nakayama
Location: Toranomon Hills Business Tower, 15th Floor (CIC Tokyo), 1-17-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-6415
Business Description: Management and operation of venture capital funds, and incubation-related business
URL: https://onboardvc.com/
Contact Information
ON&BOARD Public Relations (Hamauchi, Doiyama, Hasegawa)
Email: info@on-board-vc.com