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B Dash Camp is a private summit for Japan’s technology leaders, featuring in-depth talks and focused networking with other founders, investors, and senior corporate executives.
EVENT OVERVIEW
EVENT CONTENT
EXPERIENCE
DATE
Thursday, March 16th–Friday, March 17th, 2017
VENUE
Hilton Fukuoka Sea Hawk Hotel (Venue Website)
2-2-3, Jigyohama, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka, 810-8650, Japan (Map)
Tel. +81-92-844-8111
PROGRAM
1. Talks by successful technology founders and industry leaders
2. Pitch Arena
3. Networking between industry leaders from Japan and abroad
GUESTS
1. Corporate CEOs and CXOs responsible for investment, partnerships, and M&A
2. VCs from Japan and abroad
3. Startup founders from Japan and abroad
4. Sponsors & partners
Shinji Kimura
CEO, AnyPay
Hironao Kunimitsu
CEO, gumi
Yusuke Sato
Chief Executive Officer, FreakOut
Shin Hasegawa
Managing Director (Japan), Facebook Japan
Akira Morikawa
CEO, C Channel
Yoshikazu Tanaka
Founder, Chairman & CEO, GREE
Shintaro Yamada
CEO, Mercari
Tetsuya Komuro
Musician
Yuji Maeda
Chief Executive Officer, SHOWROOM
Gen Miyazawa
Executive Corporate Officer EVP, President of Media & Marketing Solutions Group, Yahoo Japan
Yusuke Nakagawa
President, ASOBISYSTEM
Def Will
Takanori Katagiri
CEO, DMM.com
Yusuke Tanaka
CEO, LOCONDO
Masato Minei
Senior Vice President, Mynet
Koji Obuchi
Frounder & CEO, CROOZ
Haruhisa Okamura
CEO, Adways
Kenji Kohashi
Actor/Director & Event Producer
Koki Yabu
President & CEO, mobcast
Akira Kurabayashi
Managing Director,
Draper Nexus Ventures
Hidenobu Masuyama
Executive Board member & CFO, TeamSpirit
Kei Tomioka
Director, Sansan
Ritaro Yahagi
Operating Officer,
from scratch
Naoki Aoyagi
Naoya Hashimoto
CEO, Kids Public
Reimu Sugita
MD, CEO, clintal
Goichiro Toyoda
CEO, Medley
Hamano Tomonari
COO, Hottolink
Shunsuke Itadani
Director General Manager of DI Shanghai, Dream Incubator
Yongbiao Weng
CEO, Inagora
Seijun Cho
CEO, Spicemart
Vivian Chou
Operating Officer, Vstar Japan
Yuji Osato
COO, Access Bright Japan
Norikazu Sugino
Business Alliance Division Director, mobcast
Toshiki Nakayama
Senior Executive Vice President, NTT DOCOMO
Jun Masuda
Director CSMO, LINE
Hiroue Harada
CEO, Gruff
Jun Iinuma
Founder, Cogent Labs
Yutaka Matsuo
Project Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering The University of Tokyo
Ken Nishimura
Chief Editor,
TechCrunch Japan
Byungkyu Choi
CEO, NSHC
Yuichi Kuramoto
Security Architect,
Microsoft Japan
Riotaro Okada
Executive Researcher, Asterisk Research
Kensaku Shimada
CTO, Altplus
Yusuke Asakura
Founding Partner,
Tokyo Founders Fund
Shunsuke Konno
President & Chief Executive Officer, IREP
Tak Miyata
General Partner,
Scrum Ventures
A Gathering of Industry Influencers
By invitation only, attendance is mostly limited to decision makers in investment, partnerships, and acquisitions from Japan's largest technology companies, prominent VCs, and tech journalists.
Meet Vetted Startups
Each startup that attends has been vetted by B Dash Ventures or introduced by a partner, with the hope that new business opportunities will arise between these startups and our corporate guests.
Conduct Business on the Spot
The Guest Connector desk can help you meet any type of company or specific guest directly at the event within minutes. Along with private meeting spaces and long networking lunches and dinners, we provide an environment to facilitate your business goals on the spot.
Approximately 600 Guests by Invitation
Startup Founders
Vetted by our network
20%
Public Tech Company CEOs & Investment/Partnership SVPs
Web & Mobile Companies, Carriers, Media/Games/Advertising/etc.
50%
Investors & the Media
VCs, Angels, Tech Blogs,
Newspapers, etc.
20%
The Pitch Arena is a pitching competition aimed at both Japanese and overseas startups that are looking to raise funding, announce new products, or are looking for partnerships. Many past pitching startups have met their future investor or partner by participating in the Pitch Arena! Teams may pitch in either English or Japanese.
Prerequisites
• Were founded less than 3 years ago
• Have raised less than $2m in total financing
• Have at least a beta product or service developed
Application Process
Apply to Attend or to Pitch at B Dash Camp
Judges
Previous Final Round Judges
Previous First Round Judges
Winners
Previous Winner
Previous Runner-Up
Combinator
Winning 2nd has helped us secure important new customers, many of which contacted us for the first time after seeing how well we did in the Pitch Arena!
Earlier Winners
In the media
B Dash Campのプレゼンコンテスト「ピッチアリーナ」、優勝は仮想化SIMソリューションのSimgoに (Japanese)
SIMply Victorious: Singapore's Simgo wins B Dash Pitch Arena 2016
国をまたいでも抜き差し不要のクラウド仮想SIM“Simgo” (Japanese)
最優秀賞は SIM 仮想化ソリューションの「Simgo」が獲得、B Dash Camp 2016 Fall ファイナル (Japanese)