I enjoyed Tech In Asia Tokyo 2018 at Shibuya Hikarie yesterday. I heard Arena Pitch Battle. It was so excited.
There were eight pairs of startups as finalists who were selected from Asian countries. As a result of pitch judgment, Ginco, a crypto wallet app, won the championship. Stories about each products and services stuck in my heart.
Three judges, Kengo Ito, General Partner, D4V, Masaya Kubota, Partner, WiL and Ryu Hirota, Principal, Spiral Ventures asked keen questions to finalists and it became a very active place. They discussed feasibility, target, market, competitors, and the most obvious concept. I thought how important it was to communicate in a limited 5 minutes pitch and question-and-answer period.
It was the first time for me to join Tech In Asia. The venue atmosphere was cool and like a live house because of the dark tone and elaborate lightening. I felt it was different from another event hosted by Japanese domestic company. As many agendas were prepared, I would like to have fun next year.
- Ginco (Japan): The Next Generation Crypto Wallet
- MaBeee (Japan): Communication dry cell battery developed by Novars Inc.
- アメグミ(Japan): Smartphone OS Sunblaze specialized for busines
- PEN Cube by PEN Robotics (Japan): A personal assistant robot equipped with face recognition camera and IoT remote control
- GPU Eater by Pegara (Japan): Cloud services for deep learning
- DubHub by Wika Media (Singapore): Provide the solution for viewers looking to enjoy a TV show or movie in a language they can understand.
- mui by mui Lab (Japan): IoT device adjusts your environment
- insureVite (Singapore): Chat bot for insurance service