On Thursday, March 13, 2025, the Japan Patent Office will hold an online study session in cooperation with ASCII STARTUP to share how to prevent barriers and problems that startups commonly face, not limited to intellectual property, from the viewpoint of supporters.Masato Shimodaira, President and Representative Director of our company, will be speaking at the event.
*This study session will be archived on IP BASE's YouTube channel at a later date.

Recommended for the following people!

Aspiring entrepreneurs and start-ups
Various supporters of startups (including experts, academia, etc.)

Seminar Outline

There are many common barriers that startups must overcome in order to continue to grow, and methods to avoid these barriers have been accumulating in the ecosystem in recent years.In this seminar, we will invite venture capitalists from three different fields to lecture on issues startup supporters need to know about and how to solve them, and discuss the key points to overcome the new challenges they are now facing.

Speakers

Masato Shimohira
Co-founder & General partner, ON&BOARD Co.
Co Founder & General partner

Born in Nagano Prefecture.After working as a lawyer at a law firm, he joined LINE Corporation (currently LINE Yahoo! Inc.) as an in-house lawyer and engaged in new business development in the field of AI. He established a venture capital company at the company and was engaged in investment in and support for startups.Nine companies he invested in have exited.Founded venture capital firm ON&BOARD.

Graduated from Hitotsubashi University Faculty of Law.Graduated from Keio Law School.

Author of "Risk and Law for Entrepreneurs: A Storybook for Entrepreneurs" published by Diamond Publishing Co.26 Stories to Avoid Fatal Failure."
Delivered "Textbook of Startup Management Strategy" on Udemy
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Mr. Keijiro Shintani
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital Co.
Deputy General Manager, Investment Dept.

Mr. Shintani joined KDDI Corporation as a new graduate and was in charge of infrastructure network construction and data center operations in Japan and overseas for more than a decade. 2018, he joined Mitsubishi UFJ Capital Co.He is responsible for investing in tech startups in Japan, Israel, and the US.He holds a Bachelor of Science in Science and Engineering from Chuo University and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts Lowell.

Mr. Naohiro Mizumoto
CIO / Partner, Business Development Department, The University of Tokyo Collaborative Platform Development Co.
CIO / Partner, Business Development Department

Mr. Mizumoto joined Daiwa SMBC Capital (now Daiwa Corporate Investment), where he was involved in venture investments in the IT, medical, and other high-tech fields.As a task force leader, he led the planning and market introduction of new services such as payment settlement, new electric power, and store DX.
In January 2017, he joined the University of Tokyo IPC as the third member.While in charge of venture investment operations, he founded 1stRound, a consortium-type incubation program through industry-academia collaboration.Later, he launched an open innovation promotion fund specializing in carve-out and seed investments, and assumed the position of investment manager.
As a capitalist, he focuses on labor saving and invests in AI/space/robotics fields and some IT services.
Major investments include: Synspective, Astroscale, Telexistence, Signate, Citadel AI, ARAV, Logomix, and Alibexis.
Graduated from Kyoto Graduate School (Management of Technology) and passed the final exam for Patent Attorney (2004).

Event Summary

Conditions for Growing Startups: The Crossroads of Success and Failure as Seen by VCs

Date: Thursday, March 13, 2025, 15:00-17:00
Location: Held online
Admission: Free
Main contents:
Part 1: Lecture "How to prevent barriers and problems that startups commonly face, not limited to intellectual property, from a supporter's perspective
Part 2: Q&A (talk session format)
Program contents are subject to change.The program is tentative and subject to change.

How to apply

Registration on IP BASE is required to view the ticket page and apply.
Please access to the IP BASE website.
1. access IP BASE
2. log in to "Members Only Contents
3. after logging in, click on the "Application Form" for the event you wish to attend
4. register using the linked form
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