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2024/02/28
Online Participation Available】3/11(Mon.)17:30〜Global Market Strategy: Targeting the World Market from Japan! ～Entrepreneurs in Brazil and Academia & SMEs in Japan team up to challenge the world!
INDEST is an incubation office operated by Tokyo Institute of Technology on the Tamachi campus. Under the concept of “fostering university-launched startups that will change the world,” various events are currently being held.
This time, as the first co-hosted event with YVP(Tokyo Tech Yokohama Venture Plaza ), we are holding “Global Market Strategy: Aiming at the World Market from Japan! ～Brazilian Entrepreneurs and Japanese Academia & SMEs Team Up to Challenge the World”, we will present a cross-talk session between Mr. BENTO MASSAHIKO KOIKE, CEO of EVERON Corporation, a YVP resident, and Mr. Tomohiro HAYASHI, Associate Professor at Tokyo Tech’s School of Materials Science and Engineering.
Mr. BENTO MASSAHIKO KOIKE is the founder of EVERON Corporation, and together with its CKO (Chief Knowledge Officer), Dr. Tomohiro Hayashi, Associate Professor at Tokyo Tech’s School of Materials Science and Engineering, they are developing graphene supercapacitors with high environmental compatibility and energy storage performance. He aims to contribute to the development of a sustainable society. He started his own business in Japan, focusing on the technical skills and supply chain of Japanese small and medium enterprises (SMEs). He also founded Tecsis, a startup in Brazil that produces wind turbine blades, and grew it into a large international company with 7,500 employees. (Tecsis’ growth strategy was featured as a case study in the Harvard Business Review. He and Dr. Tomohiro Hayashi will talk about his path to date, his mindset as an entrepreneur, and the key points for Japanese startups to compete globally. We hope that the cross-talk between the two will be useful for your future. We are looking forward to seeing you there.
-Outline
Date: Monday, March 11, 2024, 17:30-19:30 (on-site/online: both hybrid participation)
Organizers: YVP (Yokohama Venture Plaza), INDEST
Location: INDEST 2F Event Space
Theme: “Global Market Strategy: Targeting the World Market from Japan! ～Brazilian Entrepreneurs and Japanese Academia & SMEs join forces to challenge the world”.
-Access
3-3-6 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0023 1 minute walk from Shibaura exit of JR Tamachi station
-Registration
Please register using the form below (on-site/online: both hybrid participation type)
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-Introduction of Speakers
GuestSpeaker: BENTO MASSAHIKO KOIKE, CEO EVERON Corporation
A graduate and postgraduate in Aeronautical Engineering from ITA, Bento worked for 8 years in both the Institute of Space Activities (IAE) and the Institute of Space Research (INPE). During that time he participated in projects at the German Institute of Aerospace Research (DFVLR) and the Canadian Communications Research Centre in Ottawa. Later he co-founded and managed Composite, a company that produced important components for the Brazilian Space Program. In 1995 he founded Tecsis and was its CEO for 18 years (in 2007 Tecsis became a case study at the Harvard Business School). The company became the largest global manufacturer of customized wind turbine blades (7500+ employees) and for years held more than 45% of the US Market In 2013, he won the Endeavor Global Entrepreneur of the Year award. He did management courses at Harvard, Columbia and Stanford University among others. He left Tecsis in 2014 and dedicates himself to new technology-based ventures.
He graduated from ITA with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering and worked at the Institute of Space Activities (IAE) and the Institute of Space Research (INPE) for a total of 8 years before joining the German Institute of Aerospace Research (DFVLR). (DFVLR) and the Canadian Communications Research Centre. He then co-founded and managed Composite, a company that manufactured key components for the Brazilian space program. In 1995, he founded Tecsis, where he served as CEO for 18 years. In 2013, he received the Endeavor Global Entrepreneur of the Year Award. In 2023, he teamed up with Dr. Tomohiro Hayashi, Associate Professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology’s School of Materials Science and Engineering, to develop the Graphene Super Capacitor and found EVERON Corporation with the goal of developing a sustainable society.
Guest Speaker: Tomohiro HAYASHI, Associ ate Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tomohiro HAYASHIAssociate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tomohiro Hayashi completed his bachelor’s course at Waseda University in 1997. He received his Ph.D. from Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg in 2003. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher in Tokyo TECH and then as a permanent researcher at AIST in Tsukuba (2006). In 2023, he joined Everon as a Chief Knowledge Officer. 12 awards have so far been given to him. (Asahi Kasei Award (2011), JSPS Young Researchers’ Award (2018), Tokyo TECH Education Award (2019), Fellow of Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science, etc.). His recent scientific focus is on developing surface andinterfacial analytical techniques to explore biointerfaces (atomic force microscopy combined with laser spectroscopy and high-speed signal processing spectroscopy), single-molecule dynamic force measurements, and materials All scientific activities and achievements are summarized in http://lab.spm.jp/.
Dr. Kurtz received his B.Sc. from Waseda University in 1997, his M.Sc. from the University of Tsukuba in 2000, and his Ph. He joined Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2007 as an assistant professor and in 2010 as an associate professor. 2023 he joined Everon Corporation as CKO (Chief Knowledge Officer). He has received 12 awards (Asahi Kasei Prize 2011). (Asahi Kasei Award (2011), JSPS Young Investigator Award (2018), Tokyo TECH Education Award (2019), Fellow of the Surface Vacuum Society of Japan, etc.). *For all research activities and results: see http://lab.spm.jp/.
-Timetable
17:30 Greetings, introduction of YVP (Yokohama Venture Plaza, Tokyo Tech) and INDEST
17:35 Session by Mr. BENTO MASSAHIKO KOIKE, CEO, EVERON Corporation × Mr. Tomohiro HAYASHI, Associate Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tokyo Tech
18:20 Q&A
18:30 Social gathering (~19:30 to be finished)
Target
・ Tokyo Tech Venture Businesses
INDEST residents and prospective residents
Tokyo Tech GAP Fund applicants and adopters
Students, faculty and staff of GTIE-related universities and related venture companies
Students and professionals interested in startup global strategy and entrepreneurship
-Concurrent Event (16:15-17:15) @ INDEST 4th Floor Lounge
Organizer: Innovation Design Organization, Research and Industry Alliances Division, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Theme: “Behind the Scenes of Canon & US VB/Molecular Imprints PMI: The Story of How Nanoprints Changed the World
Speaker: Takehiko Iwanaga, Senior PrincipalEngineer, Canon Inc.
Mr. Dwayne LaBrake, Presidentand CEO, Cannon Nanotechnologies,Inc
In 2014, Canon acquired US VB Molecular Imprints, Inc. and made it a wholly owned subsidiary.
The synergy between the two companies accelerates the development of next-generation semiconductor exposure systems that enable miniaturization,
Nanoprint technology, which solidified Canon’s position in the semiconductor lithography equipment field.
Mr. Iwanaga, Canon’s PMI (Post Merger Integration) manager at the time, and Dwayne LaBrake, President and CEO of Molecular Imprints, will talk about their mutual struggles behind the scenes.
We hope you will find this information useful in creating synergies with large companies.
For more information, please visit
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Registration
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For inquiries, please contact
For inquiries regarding this study session, please contact
Innovation Design Organization, Tokyo Institute of Technology
v enture@ sangaku.titech.ac.jp