The List of Participant Companies

Myojowaraku 2018 Summer will have three different pitching events.
Start-ups in Fukuoka are pitching to overseas organizations.

Company①「Qurate Inc.」

Qurate® is a content discovery, management and monitoring platform for social media, web and mobile.

Company②「Doreming Co.,Ltd.」

We aim to provide financial services such as payment service, loan composition and various insurance to the unbanked workers all over the world through the real-time payroll system. We are providing the payroll system that enables workers to get their wages as soon as they finished working which helps the workers to improve their income and also helps employers to improve their revenues. Our system is capable of handling various work styles and has unique functions that motivate workers to reward their efforts. Our one-stop solution contributes to improving workers income and give them the opportunities to be evaluated fairly and also contributes to improving employer’s revenues by reducing back-office jobs.

Company③「anect Inc.」

We are devoloping business for secure online purchase and sale in South East Asia to be materialized. Our featured product is a service called Toko- Toko, anyone can easily create and manage online shopping website.

Company④「Medmain Inc.」

Coming soon

Company⑤「Team AIBOD」

Team AIBOD is a venture company founded by academia, two universities in Fukuoka, such as Kyushu University. We make AI depending on challenges that customers bring, and systemize solutions for it. Our ASM accelerates capitalization and practical utilization of data owned.

Company⑥「SMILE SCORE INC.」

SMILE SCORE visualizes the emotion, “Happiness” and “Sadness” of people related to organizations, such as workers and clients with five different level of smile score. While finding the risks of organizations at early stage, it spotlights on the people who really do their best.

Judges

Overseas organization cooperated with Fukuoka city

Estonia

①Tallinn Science Park TEHNOPOL
Martin Goroško

②Startup Estonia

③Estonian Investment Agency,Enterprise Estonia
Mr ALLAN SELIRAND /Enterprise Estonia Head of the Estonian Investment Agency (the Estonian Investment Agency is an agency within Enterprise Estonia)

Allan Selirand’s background is in the private sector, mostly in banking. In his career, he has held managing positions from marketing to business development of international companies. Taking an expanding IT company to foreign markets has been one of his biggest successes – managing a company in 15 different markets, including outside Europe, proved to be a great challenge. As head of the Estonian Investment Agency, he can apply all his past experience into developing and shaping the most competitive product from Estonia and presenting it in the best possible way.

Finland /Helsinki

④City of Helsinki
Santtu von Bruun /Vice-Director of Economic Development (Innovations and new experiments) Mayor’s Office City of Helsinki

Vice-Director of Economic Development (Innovations and new experiments) Mayor’s Office City of Helsinki Core responsibilities: • Innovation policy • Innovation and start-up ecosystem development • Strategic initiatives and development projects • Enabling and designing urban experimentation and innovation platforms • Strategic co-operation with universities and institutions of higher education • Development of corporate partnerships • Economic-policy advocacy Specialties: Economic development and innovation policy, Strategic planning, Start-up and innovation ecosystem development, Other: Chairman of the board: Maria01 Inc. 2016- Member: National committee on regional and cohesion policy 2014- Member: Advisory board for Forum Virium Helsinki 2014- Member of board: Helsinki enterprice agency 2014- Chairman of the board: Helsinki Abroad Inc. 2014-

France /Bordeaux

⑤BORDEAUX TECHNOWEST
Marc AUGUSTIN /International Business Developer

International Business Developer for Innovation by Bordeaux Technowest. In charge of Aquitaine SIRENA project for Stratups : « groth by exportation ». 20 years of experience in Aeronautical, Space and Defence industries. 2015 : Managing Director for a US company in Bordeaux, developing Acoustic Mixers 2010 : Operation Director by Roxel France World #3 in Engines for Missiles (subsidiary of SAFRAN and MBDA) 2005 : Quality Director in Aeronautical Industry 2000 : Supply Chain Manager in Aeronautical Industry 1996 : Purchasing Manager for a German company Graduate : Master in Business Management for Industries After having spend my first 20 years managing different deprtment in big companies in Europe, I decided to join the fascinating world of innovation and startups. From my big experience in Business Development and Management, I am now focus insupporting and promoting French stratup at an international level. I am convinced that innovation, agility, customer oriented and open to the world, are the key succes for startups!

⑥AQUINETIC
Christophe Catarina/Project Manager

Beginning in 1975 as a teacher in computer maintenance and programming within the French Air Force, Christophe has accompanied the dissemination of information technologies in all sectors of society. In 1986, he started working for CAP Gemini, a major IT services company, managing the technical infrastructures of big customers (IBM, France Telecom, Air Liquide). In 1996, he participated to the adventure of one of the first French web agencies, FI SYSTEM. From 2005, he specialized in the integration of Free Software and Open Source solutions, and became an independent consultant in 2010. Within Aquinetic, since 2015, he has been helping start-ups to take advantage of these solutions in their business model.

New Zealand /Auckland

⑦GridAKL/Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development
Catriona Stewart /Marketing & Community Relationship Manager

Catriona is a senior level Brand Marketing and Communications professional with over 20 years’ experience across a diverse range of industries, both nationally and internationally. A strong communicator who is passionate about building brands through strategic planning and targeted communications and building life-long relationships along the way. Prior to joining Ateed, Catriona was Head of Marketing for MitoQ, a New Zealand startup company working in the health supplements sector, with a focus on e-commerce and export sales. Principal markets included the United Kingdom, North America and China. Catriona has worked in senior management (GM) and marketing roles for some of New Zealand’s most iconic brands including Bendon and Les Mills International, working with NZTE and travelling extensively to offshore markets while managing these positions. Catriona created and managed her own successful retail and e-commerce children’s apparel business, called Sugar Free. Having visited France many times and lived in Sth West France with her family, Catriona is a passionate Francophile and speaks fluent French.

Russia /St. Petersburg

⑧JSC “Technopark of Saint-Petersburg”
Polina Lukyanova /CEO

Born on October 17, 1982 in Leningrad. The Director of the Business Incubator “Ingria” (JSC “Technopark of Saint-Petersburg”) since 2015. Prior to the Business Incubator, she worked at St. Petersburg State University as an assistant to the Senior Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs and Research, headed the marketing and sales department in an international construction organization and worked in the high-tech start-up “Agrovit”, starting from the trainee position to the head of the advertising and marketing department. Repeatedly awarded with diplomas and certificates. Was awarded an Honorary Diploma of the Committee on Industrial Policy and Innovation of St. Petersburg for contribution to the development of the city’s innovation infrastructure, a diploma of the finalist of the All-Russia Forum “Mentor” in the category “Mentoring in Business and Entrepreneurship”.

Spain/Barcelona

⑨Barcelona Activa
Xavier Dumont /Head of Business Creation Services

Xavier Dumont studied Business Administration at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. He started working in a bank, but was a nit satisfactori Jon, for this reason he soon decided to change his career. He pivot to work in a private foundation (NGO), helping entrepreneurs with their marketing strategy and their Business and financial plan. After almost 3 years he moved to Barcelona Activa as a Business Advisor, where he helped hundreds of entrepreneurs with their projects. Two years later he became the head of entrepreneurship services of Barcelona Activa. He has been working almost 14 years with startups and freelancers of different sectors (IT, ecommerce, biotech, cleantech …) And he says that in all these years one of the few things that remains in a very same way is the passion of a founder pitching, almost everything else has changed.

Taiwan

⑩Taiwan Institute of Economic Research
Xin-Wu Lin /Director, Researcher at TIER

Experienced Economic Researcher and Director with a demonstrated history of working in the research industry. Strong professional skilled in Innovation Policy, Entrepreneurial Policy, Business Model Innovation, Innovation Management, Emerging Technologies, Regulatory Compliance, and Antitrust Economics. Experience Director/ Economic Reseacher /Compliance Officer at Taiwan Institute of Economic Research April 2000 – Present Chief of Antitrust Compliance at AUO September 2013 – Present Commissioner February 2007 – January 2010 (3 years) Education National Taiwan University Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Economics, 1992 – 1998 National Chengchi University Bachelor’s degree, Business Administration and Management, General, 1985 – 1989

⑪Taipei City
Chi-Yin Huang /Sub-Division Chief

Mr. Huang serves in the Industry and Business Division. He is mainly responsible for the development of industrial policies, economic situation analysis, and the planning and implementation of the business of the investment and industrial development regulations

Thailand

⑫National Innovation Agency (Public Organization)
Vichian Suksoir /Deputy Executive Director (Innovation Development)

Graduated from Chulalongkorn University with Master of Engineering in Chemical Engineering, Mr. Vichian Suksoir is now a Deputy Executive Director in Innovation Development of National Innovation Agency (Public Organization) under the Ministry of Science and Technology, Thailand. He has worked on strategic planning and formulating new financial support mechanisms to promote innovation project for more than 10 years and undertaking a leading role in driving new innovative development in industries, including ethanol production from agricultural waste and lean automation with international collaboration.

USA/San Francisco

⑬D Haus(btrax)
Sato Hidemaru /Senior Advisor

Hidemaru Sato is Senior Adviser for btrax Japan, LLC and has served in his role since September 2014. Prior to joining btrax Japan LLC, Sato worked for MarkMonitor Japan as General Manager and also simultaneously worked for Thomson Reuter Professional KK as Senior Director of Brand Protection, and also worked for comScore Japan as Managing Director. Before joining comScore, Sato worked for Expedia Japan as Managing Director and also worked for Abacus Japan K.K., a division of DoubleClick, Inc. as Managing Director. He implemented and developed Abacus cooperative database into Japanese database marketing industry. Before joining Abacus, Sato was CEO of Media Metrix Japan, a leading Internet audience measurement firm. Sato started the company’s Japanese operation in 2000. Sato has also served as President of AOL Japan, a playing an instrumental role in making the company one of the top ten ISPs in Japan. Before joining AOL, Sato was with Citizen Watch Company, Ltd. For ten years. He was appointed President of Citizen America Corporation in 1996. He also has experience as Product Planning Director at Citizen Systems, Inc., where he worked on the design and development of palmtop computers and oversaw technical and marketing research reporting to Japan. From 1980 to 1987, Sato worked at Nihon Unisys, Ltd. in the planning and development of CAD systems for industrial product design, focusing on use of relational database methodologies in computer animation technology. Sato holds an MA in Science from Waseda University and Master of Science from Stanford University.

・CHERUBIC VENTURES(Beijing, SF, Taiwan)

・Zeroth ai(Hong Kong)