tag:peatix.com,2011:1 2021-11-17T05:50:27+00:00 Peatix SunBridge Global Ventures Inc. tag:peatix.com,2014:event-39461 2014-07-04T17:00:00GMT 2014-07-04T17:00:00GMT

What is Innovation Weekend London? Innovation Weekend is a "pitch contest" originated from Tokyo Japan back in May 2011. This is the FIRST Innovation Weekend London and the winner will be invited to Tokyo for "Innovation Weekend Grand Finale" in December to compete for the FIRST World Champion of the season.In addition to the pitch contest performed by promising startups from London and European countries at Innovation Weekend London, a presentation of "Today's Japan" which gives you a basic understanding of what's happening in Japan and guest speeches by successful entrepreneurs from London will be delivered. Also, it is the very first of the series of "Innovation Weekend World Tour" composed of Singapore (May), Tokyo (June), "London (July 4th)", Boston (Sep), Tokyo again (Oct), and all the winners will get together in Tokyo in December at Innovation Weekend Grand Finale to compete for the FIRST World Champion of the season.Why should I join the event?Don't miss the chance to meet startups carefully selected from hundreds of highly competitive candidates. You'll see some of the leading startups of London and European countries who will be globally successful in the near future. The 1st place winner will be invited to Tokyo to make a pitch at the final session in December. The 2nd place winner will also earn the right to make a pitch in Tokyo, too!The organizer of the event is SunBridge Global Ventures, who has a strong presence in the Japanese startup community, so you can get connected to a lot of Japanese venture capitalists, angel investors, media writers, entrepreneurs, engineers, students and so on.In addition, the CEO of SunBridge Global Ventures, Prof. Hiraishi, will give a speech about what's happening in Japan today. It'll be a quite rare opportunity for startup people to learn up-to-date Japanese market, without traveling out of London. Innovation Weekend World Tour is a first-ever challenge that connects non-Silicon Valley entrepreneurial cities in the world. Don't miss the chance to join the movement!Why should I pitch?If you win the first prize, you will be invited to Tokyo and get your product known not only in Japan, but also in other continents as winners from Singapore and Boston will join too. Apply now!http://innovation-weekend.jp/2014/pitch-application/DetailsDate: July 4th(Fri), 2014 Venue: Google Campus London, 5 Bonhill St, Shoreditch, London EC2A 4BXCharge: Free!Timetable: ===========================================16:30 Door open17:00 Opening Remarks (Ikuo Hiraishi, Co-Founder, SunBridge Global Ventures) 17:30 Guest Speech (Chris Wade, Partner at Entrepreneur First）17:45 Guest Speech (Masayuki Watanabe, CEO at Quipper)18:00 Break18:15 Innovation Weekend Live (Pitches)19:30 Reception Party (Announcement of the winners)=========================================== Please make sure to fill in your first name and last name, otherwise you may not enter the building!

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