Monozukuri Ventures Launches "Deep Tech Forum" and Brings It to Three North American Cities in January 2024 and Japan in March 2024
Summary
To connect to the worlds leading manufacturing companies with deep tech startups, the Deep Tech Forum will take place in March 2024 in Kyoto, a Japanese city known for its historical heritage as well as global manufacturing companies such as Kyocera, Maxell, Murata, Nidec, Nintendo, Omron, Rohm, Screen and Shimadzu. "Japanese manufacturing companies do business globally, but they are still shy about working with startups, especially outside of Japan," said Nobuhiro Seki, Chief Investment Officer and Founding Partner of Monozukuri Ventures. Dave Mawhinney, founding executive director of the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University and also a serial entrepreneur, explained the importance of the Deep Tech Forum. • Guest speaker: , Managing Partner at 412 Venture Fund, Founder of Hardware Cup Pitch Competition and former Founding Managing Director of AlphaLab Gear • Excursion (optional): Visit to & Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship (planned on ) January 19, 2024 in New York, NY: Deep Tech Forum New York 2024 • HAX is the first startup accelerator focused on hardtech. Monozukuri Ventures is a company that provides investment and hands-on support to seed stage startups and also works on open innovation education in the deep tech sector.