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7/25/2018

Venture Innovation in Space: The Growing Story of Infostellar

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Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Time: 7:30 - 9:00am
Venue: Tokyo American Club, Manhattan I
Speakers: Naomi Kurahara, Chief Executive Officer, Infostellar
James Riney, Co-Founder and Head, 500 Startups Japan
Hosting Committees: Alternative Investment, Independent Business, Women in Business
Member Fee: ¥3,300
Guest Fee: ¥6,700
Meal: American Breakfast Buffet
Registration/Cancellation Deadline: Friday, July 20, 12:00 noon
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​Event Overview:

Dr. Naomi Kurahara, CEO and Co-Founder of Infostellar, and James Riney, head of 500 Startups Japan, will lead a discussion about the venture journey and the capital journey at this space focused business.

Infostellar is a newspace communications infrastructure company in Japan that aims to connect satellite operators with antenna owners, laying down a scalable network for business expansion in space, leveraging existing aerospace infrastructure, and collaborating globally by renting out unused satellite ground station time, Airbnb style.

This innovative independent business plan attracted a solid group of investors to its Series A Round in 2017, which included Airbus Ventures making its first investment in a Japanese startup.

Please join this program to learn how Infostellar is meeting challenging topics in business today in Japan: Why is the Japanese aerospace industry slow to innovate?  Why does the “Airbnb for satellites” startup model make sense?  Why is the satellite market much larger than it seems today, and what are the key growth drivers in this segment?  Why are investors attracted to space venture startups in Japan?

Speaker Biographies:

​Naomi Kurahara
Naomi co-founded Infostellar and has been its Chief Executive Officer since January 2016. Prior to Infostellar, Naomi was a System Engineer at Integral Systems Japan and received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Kyushu Institute of Technology. During that time, she conducted ion engine and space plasma environment research with JAXA.
She was also a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Tokyo, where she led development of satellite operations and ground systems for the Hodoyoshi Project.

James Riney
James is the co-founder and head of 500 Startups’ $35m fund for Japan, and recently listed in Forbes Asia’s 30 under 30. Prior to 500 Startups, James covered early stage investments for DeNA’s venture arm, focusing on Silicon Valley and Asia. He drove DeNA’s first investments in Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, and India. His notable investments include SmartHR, Infostellar, Coins.ph, Within, and Penrose Studios.
Before investing, he was the founding CEO of ResuPress (now Coincheck, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in Japan), and the creator of STORYS.JP, the “Medium.com of Japan.” In another life, he worked at J.P. Morgan in New York and Tokyo.

Frank Packard, Chair
Pieter Franken, Jenifer Rogers, Christopher P. Wells, Vice Chairs
ACCJ Alternative Investment Committee

Steven Bleistein, Thomas Shockley, Co-Chairs
Annie Chang, Mary Nishikawa, Vice Chairs
ACCJ Independent Business Committee

Ryann Thomas, Chair
Makiko Tachimori (Fukui), Elizabeth Handover, Deborah Hayden, 
Jiana Leung, Tomoka Miho, Sayaka Takahashi, Yoshiko Zoet-Suzuki, 
Zane Zumbahlen, Vice Chairs
ACCJ Women in Business Committee

NOTE 1: This event is ON THE RECORD.

NOTE 2: If you cancel after the stated deadline, the full meeting fee will be charged to your account. Sorry, no substitutions or walk-ins.

NOTE 3:  If you are driving to Tokyo American Club, please inform the ACCJ in advance as arrangements must be made and a 1,700 yen parking fee will apply.

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