Global Business Matching Event WARAKU SUMMIT for Pitching startups and Booth exhibitors!

Global Business Matching Event WARAKU SUMMIT for Pitching startups and Booth exhibitors!
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Global Business Matching Event WARAKU SUMMIT for Pitching startups and Booth exhibitors!

We are receiving applications of booth exhibitors and pitching startups for global business matching event, WARAKU SUMMIT in September.We are inviting guests from *Fukuoka City partners (12 counterparts) and hosting panel discussions, pitch contests, booth exhibitions, as business matching tools. A main theme of this event will be about AI and Block chain. Startups, startups supporters and VCs will be gathering all together at this event.

Please come and join us to have a great opportunity to meet VCs and expand your network!

*Fukuoka City partners:
France(Bordeaux),Estonia(Tallin),Finland(Helsinki),Russia(St.Petersburg),U.S.A(SanFrancisco),New Zealand(Auckland),Taiwan(Taipei),Singapore and Thailand.

▼WARAKU SUMMIT OUTLINE

Date: 15th Sat-16th Sun September, 2018
Time: Fukuoka Growth Next https://growth-next.com/en/
Organizer: Myojowaraku and Fukuoka City

Guest: VCs (tentative)
-Katsumasa Niki
PRESIDENT&CEO
DEEPCORE
-Brandon K.Hill
CEO&FOUNDER
BTRAX,INC
-Koto Akinori
PARTNER
WIL LLC PARTNER
and other guests have been under arrangement.

▼STARTUP

We are receiving applications for pitch in English and pitch in Japanese, booth exhibitors as a startup. Our screening procedure requires your business plans and purposes to attend this event.

PITCH STARTUP

1. The number of startups

-Pitch in English: 6 startups
-Pitch in Japanese: 6 startups

2. Requirements

-All Applicants should be startups who are based on Fukuoka city or planning to expand your business in Fukuoka city.
-All Applicants should be startups who are able to cooperate for our public activities (e.g. taking photography) and surveys after this event taken by Fukuoka City.
-Applicants for pitch in English should be startups who have been already doing or planning their business out of Japan.

3. Pitching time

our preparation, 3 mins for pitch and 3 mins for answering questions)

4. Pitching fee

-Free of charge

5. Award

-Award from sponsor enterprises
-Award from Fukuoka City/ MOU partners
* This information may be subjected to change.

6. VC and other guests (tentative)

– Kazuma Ieiri
CEO & co-founder
NOW, Inc.
-Shota Morozumi
CEO
F Ventures
-Ryohei Hayashi
Representative Director & Patner
DOGAN beta, Inc.
-and more
*Other guests and judges for pitch have been under arrangement.

BOOTH EXHIBITOR

1. Requirements

-Applicants should be startups who are based on Fukuoka city or planning to expand their business in Fukuoka city.
-Applicants should be startups who are able to cooperate for our public activities (e.g. Taking photography) and surveys after this event taken by Fukuoka City.

2. Exhibition fee

-Free of charge

3. Booth

-Table 120 cm × 45 cm
-Chair (2)
-Power plug
-Company nameplate
Please let me know in case you would like to use a panel stand (for paper size A1, A2, B1 and B2) beside your booth. The event organizer will decide Booth location. This specification may be subject to change.

4. Networking

– Booth exhibitors will be welcomed to join our networking event on 16th Sep.
*The details have been under arrangement.

▼HOW TO APPLY

Please download application from the website as follows and send to us by e-mail.
Please type the following title in your e-mail when you send your application to us.
In case you apply for Pitch in Japanese
Title: APPLICATION/ Pitch in Japanese /Name of startup

In case you apply for booth exhibition and pitch in English
Title: APPLICATION/booth exhibition and pitch in English /Name of startup

If you would like to apply both of them, please submit each application to us.
-Deadline for Pitch and booth be at 12:00 noon on 20 August 2018.

– Booth exhibition (https://docs.google.com/forms/…)
– Pitch in Japanese (https://docs.google.com/forms/…)
– Pitch in English (https://docs.google.com/forms/…)

<CONTACT>

Mr. Matsuguchi
MYOJOWARAKU
info@myojowaraku.net
2-6-11,Daimyo,Chuo-ku,Fukuoka-city,Fukuoka
Fukuoka Growth Next 1F awabar fukuoka

*Your personal information you fill in by an application form will be managed properly by the event organizer, MYOJOWARAKU and not be provided to third part for any reason.

▼OPPROTUNITY

Myojowaraku has been hosting various annual events in and out of Japan since 2011.

(Left)Event in Fukuoka in March,2018 (Right)Event in Taiwan in April,2018

-Executives of startups in Fukuoka and major companies are also attending to this event.
-Students of future leaders who attended other business contests are gathering to this event.
-Highly motivated people from all over Japan are gathering to this event. It will be a great business recruiting and matching chance!

Previous event data: March, 2018
*Attendees: 4,695 in the event at Fukuoka Growth Next on 30th and 31st March, 2018.
-MYOJOWARAKU 2018.03 event report
(http://oreoka.com/2018/05/myojowaraku201803-report/) Japanese only.

-VCs, startups and startup supporters are coming from Fukuoka City partner cities (12 counterparts).
-Introducing about their current startups and ecosystems.

●Fukuoka Growth Next is a public-private collaborated startup support institution where is located in the center of Fukuoka City. (https://growth-next.com)

●Hosting various events

Music Live event in March, 2018.

-We will have arts, live performances, and entertainment programs in this event, not only business booths and pitch events.
-Creators who have unique ideas will be gathering for this event.

●Press is expected to come for interviews (such as the bridge and local media.)