Introduction of Lecturers
Forge Ventures
Partner and Co-founderTiang Lim
Foo
Tiang is a partner and co-founder of Forge Ventures and a venture partner at Next Billion Ventures.
Previously, he was a partner at SeedPlus, a leading seed fund in Southeast Asia backed by SGInnovate,
Jungle Ventures, Cisco, and IFC, where he also managed the launch of Evernote's Asian operations.
He has invested in category-leading startups in the region and currently serves on the board of Qoala,
an Indonesian insurtech company backed by Sequoia. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical
engineering with honors from the National University of Singapore, is a graduate of the NUS Overseas
College (NOC) program in Silicon Valley, and attended Stanford University.
Introduction of Lecturers
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Wiz. Group, Inc.
CEO&FounderHiromi Okuda -
Cast a spell, Inc.
CEOTsutomu Aota -
TalentEx Co.,Ltd.
CEOYojiro Koshi -
NEWPEACE Inc.
CEO
Creative DirectorShimpei Takagi -
Niremia Collective
Founder & Managing PartnerNaoko Okumoto -
SSS Capital G.K.
General PartnerRyota Kamiya -
DNX Ventures
Director of Growth and PartnershipsNomura Yoshimi -
Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
Attorney at LawAkiyo Inoko Hewett -
Glocomm.kk.
CEOJunko Okamoto -
e-Education.
Representative DirectorKaito Miwa
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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 -
Beautynesia
COOTomonori Hasegawa -
TalentEx Co.,Ltd.
CEOYojiro Koshi -
Star Kitchen
CEOYuya Arashima
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US Market Access Center
Co-CEOAlfredo Coppola -
EndeavorXR
Founder / CEOAmy Peck -
USAsia Venture Partners
Founder / CEOAkemi Koda -
Soulful Selling
Founder / Sales & Marketing ConsultantChristine Volden -
WaveEdge Capital
Managing DirectorGail Gannon -
MSCI Inc.
PMP.MBA.Juanita Dion -
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