We have a new CEO, Go Masuda (our ex-COO).
Kazuyuki Masuda (ex-CEO) keeps involved as our Chairman.
New CEO’s bio:
Developing the career in business development for 15+ years in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI, the largest engineering firm in Japan), Accenture (management consulting) and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC, the largest commercial bank in Japan). In SMBC, experienced VC investment in the west/east coast of the US and projects related to blockchain.
Our startup incubation program launched Darling & Darwin LLC, a No-Code startup (https://dads.tokyo).
The company will do 1) development of semi custom-made system, 2) education of web engineers and web directors, and 3) creation of our own No-Code application.
We exhibited at 1st Blockchain Expo Tokyo, together with startups founded under our incubation program: Monokoto Design Inc., Beyond Blockchain .org, and Japan Security Token Association.
https://www.bc-expo-at.jp/en-gb.html
We sponsored to Fintech Japan 2020 (Nov 17-19, 2020), the largest fintech conference hosted by Fintech Association of Japan. Our COO will present at a session titled as “DeFi in New Normal”.
We are now an incubator registered to AWS Activate.Startups founded under our incubation program can enjoy benefits of free usage of AWS services and training courses. Entrepreneurs and entrepreneur candidates are very much welcome to our incubation program.
Nagase & Co., Ltd. registered to our corporate membership.Nagase & Co., Ltd., trading house specializing in chemicals, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and foodstuffs, registered to our corporate membership.
On Oct 15 (Thu), we will co-host a webinar “FATF Travel Rule” together with Merkle Science (formerly, Stackseer Technologies Pte Ltd, Singapore). We invite legal counsels from the Japanese top-tier legal firms for a panel discussion. (sorry the panel to be in Japanese mainly)
Date: 7pm-8pm on Oct 15 (Thu) 2020
Venue: Zoom
Registration: https://blockchainhub20201015.peatix.com
We will sponsor Japan Security Token Association’s business idea contest 2020.
The contest is aiming to capture new innovative ideas of business products or models using security token technologies. We are excited to support this great opportunity to drive innovation in finance and varied sectors.
Web: https://securitytoken.or.jp/contest2020/
Application Period: Sep 1 (Tue) 2020 to Oct 30 (Fri) 2020
We will co-host a webinar “Digital transformation of IoT security” with IBM Japan.
Date: 7pm-8.40pm on October 8 (Thu), 2020
Venue: Online (ZOOM)
Participation Fee: Free
Registration: https://blockchainhub20201008.peatix.com
(Please note all presentation and discussion to be made in Japanese)
We are pleased to announce partnership with Diagonal Run Tokyo, coworking place operated by the Bank of Fukuoka.
We will offer blockchain-related contents to their community, in light of our educational program, Blockchain Academy.
DIAGONAL RUN TOKYO: https://diagonal-run.jp/