Only 2% of VC funding goes to women-led startups. The question isn’t why, it’s 'what now'. At IVS, we gathered leaders across Asia and Europe to rethink what real change looks like.

At IVS, policymakers and industry leaders came together to discuss Japan’s ¥10 trillion startup investment goal by 2027.

𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘝𝘊 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦? At IVS Kyoto, a panel of investors— Yu Chen (Yunqi Partners), Hyuk-Tae Kwon (Pine Capital Management), Kay Lim (Z Venture Capital), Vishal Harnal (500 Global), and moderator Luke LI of Asu Capital Partners—shared their insights on how Japan and India are becoming key destinations for capital amid global uncertainty.

𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢? At IVS Kyoto last year, Min-Jeong Lee (Bloomberg) moderated a discussion featuring Joseph Chan (AppWorks), Cindy Chow (Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund), and Kenichi Sawaya (Cool Japan Fund クールジャパン機構).

Japan’s IPO Market Is Waking Up—And International Startups Should Pay Attention

In order to create world-class Japanese brands, Shingo Yuhara, Masafumi Nishizawa, and Michael (Akira) Takahashi are building foundations for sustainable growth, helping e-commerce entrepreneurs solve business challenges, and building comprehensive teams capable of supporting a wide range of business needs.

This rising trend is changing the way we bank.

Meet the all-star panel who will be deciding the winner for IVS2021 LAUNCHPAD NASU.

Three Japanese founders of women-led companies share how they overcame their hardships.

We invest in three Japanese problem-solving startups: Spider Labs, 207, and kickflow.

Following our two-part Women Founders series Part I and part Part II, we at Headline Asia are celebrating Women’s History Month by introducing nine exceptional women who are making a difference in not only the technology space but around the world.

The cryptocurrency industry saw its reuptation, money, talent, and media attention skyrocket within the past two years largely because of a new ecosystem known as GameFi- find out more with us!