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Episode 13: Big in Japan with DJ Tokyo
- bleongcw 12y agoAnalyse Asia episode 13 synopsis: Hiro Maeda (aka @djtokyo), managing partner from Beenos Venture Capital joins us on an interesting conversation about the nascent and exciting ecosystem in Japan. Covering the landscape of entrepreneurs & investors in Tokyo and describing the ongoing three wars between startups within the ecosystem, Hiro provides a fresh perspective about Japan that we have not seen before. He also provide a glimpse how Beenos is involved in the earlier investment rounds of Tokopedia and Instacart and the ongoing relationship between Japanese entrepreneurs and Silicon Valley. We also discuss why the top Japanese corporations such as Softbank, Uniqlo and Rakuten are all out for global domination and why the best technology in Japan always end up going out to the world thru the US.