Connect & Thrive Beyond Borders - The Japan-Taiwan Business Showcase
・Date: March 11th, 2025
・Time: 18:00～20:30
・Venue: One&Co (https://www.oneandco.tw/)
104010 台湾 Taipei City, Zhongshan District, Section 1, Nanjing E Rd, 15號 2F, 3F
・Admission Fee: Free
・Language: English
【Event Overview】
As Taiwan continues to emerge as a hub for innovation and business growth, an increasing number of Japanese companies are looking to establish a foothold in the market.
This exclusive pitch event is organized in collaboration with Leading Startup Square, a Japanese community dedicated to supporting innovative and globally sustainable startup companies by creating business opportunities. It is also co-hosted by Startup Island Taiwan, Headline and One&Co.
Through this initiative, Leading Startup Square is bringing a group of promising Japanese startups to Taiwan to pitch, connect, and thrive alongside Taiwanese companies. Join us as we introduce cutting-edge Japanese companies across various industries, from technology and manufacturing to consumer goods and services. Each company will present its vision and market approach, aiming to build meaningful connections with local investors, potential business partners, and key stakeholders in Taiwan.
Who Should Attend?
・Taiwanese companies seeking Japanese business collaborations
・Investors looking for high-potential Japanese ventures
・Industry professionals interested in Japan-Taiwan business relations
♦Agenda:
18:00～18:30 Registration
18:30～18:35 Opening
18:35～19:25 Pitch by 8 Japanese Companies (5min each)
19:25～19:30 Closing
19:30～20:30 Networking
♦Company Details
①ASUENE Ltd. #Climate Tech
・Company Outline: Asuene Inc. is a leading Climate Tech company in Japan with the mission of ”making a better world for next generations”. Our cutting-edge service, ASUENE enables companies and organizations to calculate and visualize their GHG emissions easily. We also offer comprehensive decarbonization solutions including ESG rating platform “ASUENE ESG”, sustainability consulting, carbon offset, and initiative alignment assistance for TCFD, CDP, SBTi, and PCAF.
・Stage: Series C (For ASUENE, Inc.)
・Established: ASUENE, Inc.: October 2019
・Purpose of visit: We expect to build good relationships with Taiwanese local companies to expand our business in Taiwan.
②HELICAL FUSION #Fusion Energy
・Company Outline: Helical Fusion is dedicated to developing sustainable and stable energy source that will enable the coexistence of humans and the Earth for the next million years. They aim to realize a steady-state fusion reactor by 2034 using the “Helical Stellarator”. Currently, they are involved in 14 collaborative research projects including high-temperature superconducting magnets, blankets (liquid metal, new materials, numerical simulations, etc.), heating systems (gyrotron), power generation systems (CO2 gas turbines), fuel systems (solid hydrogen pellet injection), and maintenance robots.
・Stage: Seed Established: October 22, 2021
・Purpose of visit: Fundraising the Series A round.
・No. of Employee: 11-50 employee
・Website: https://www.helicalfusion.com/en
▶Contact person: Co-founder,CEO Takaya Taguchi
Email: takaya.taguchi@helicalfusion.com
③J-Phoenix Research #Value Added Service
・Company Outline: J-Phoenix Research - an independent research company dedicated to providing clear and objective corporate value analysis for companies and institutional investors. Their services address common concerns, such as understanding management resources, identifying unique strengths in unmatched business models, and offering second opinions from buy-side analysts.
・Stage: SME Established: May 2003
・Purpose of visit : Investment Mediation: Facilitate partnerships between Taiwanese and Japanese firms through market analysis, diligence, and investment support. Value Tracking systems: Implement management tools to monitor Taiwanese companies' performance in human and invested capital. Executive Exchange Program: Organize visits for Taiwanese executives to meet Japanese CEOs and experience Japanese culture, fostering business ties. Recycling Technology Colaboration: Set up Taiwanese recycling facilities with Japanese technology, promoting knowledge sharing and sustainable waste management. No. of Employee: 2-10 employees
・Website: https://www.j-phoenix.com/
▶Contact person: CEO Osamu Miyashita
Email: miyashita@j-phoenix.com
④LINK T&B #EV/Electronics
・Company Outline: LinkT&B is a technology development venture originating from Nagoya University, specializes in power electronics with a track record of contracted developments with automobile companies. We provide E2MS, a next-generation energy management system with proprietary EV chargers that analyze CO2 emissions and electricity-fuel economy on per vehicle/facility basis when transitioning from gasoline vehicles. Our battery diagnostics precisely determine capacity and degradation states, preventing sudden breakdowns and battery fires. We're expanding E2MS to include hydrogen power generation and Energy Storage Systems (ESS), delivering global solutions with integrated hardware-software for stable power supply and next-generation power trading.
・Stage: Pre-SeriesA
・Established: October 2019
・Purpose of visit: Equity Fund, Angel investors network, collaborators No. of Employee: 5 employees
・Website: https://linktab.jp/
▶Contact person: CEO Toshihiro Iwaki
Email: toshihiro.iwaki@linktab.jp
⑤Milk. Inc #Hyperspectral Camera & Imaging, Vision AI
・Company Outline: Milk. Inc. is a leading technology company committed to transforming the medicine, food, and energy sectors by developing gemba-focused applications of space-grade hyperspectral vision and AI. Building on over two decades of innovation—including the development of its original hyperspectral camera in 2002 and five years of extensive industry validations—Milk. Inc. has demonstrated that hyperspectral imaging can identify key product variations in sectors such as agriculture, plant sciences, gemstones, manufacturing, and supply chain management. We are now scaling these validations into domain-specific solutions to further its mission.
・Stage: Seed
・Established: 2019
・Purpose of visit : Cultivation of capital and business aliance partners (300 milion yen) Finding a Taiwanese distributor for hyperspectral cameras Find event co-sponsoring partners Select a venue for the June event
・No. of Employee: 20 employees
・Website: https://milk-med.com
▶Contact person: CEO Daiki Nakaya
Email: daiki.nakaya@milk-med.com
⑥ON&BOARD # Early Stage Focus VC
・Company Outline: ON&BOARD is a Japanese venture capital fund dedicated to nurturing transformative startups and driving innovation across various sectors including AI, healthcare and deep tech etc. With extensive experience in corporate strategy, cross-border investments, and hands-on entrepreneurial support, ON&BOARD partners closely with founders to accelerate their growth, scale globally, and achieve meaningful impact. Through structured incubation programs named "Out of Bounds," ON&BOARD actively cultivates high-potential ventures capable of addressing critical social and economic challenges in Japan and beyond.
・Stage: Early Stage
・Established: 2023
・Purpose of Visit: Expanding connections with Taiwanese investors and entrepreneurs to foster strategic partnerships and enhance collaboration
・No. of Employees: 15 employees
・Website: https://onboardvc.com/en/
▶Contact person: Partner Shunsuke (Shawn) Hasegawa
Email: shunsuke.hasegawa@on-board-vc.coｍ
⑦Standing Ovation #Fashion Tech
・Company Outline: We aim to realize our vision of “creating a cyclical fashion experience of carrying around a closet, starting from the unique data held by ‘visualization of wardrobe inventory / cloud computing of closet information’. 1) “XZ (Closet)”, an online closet toC application where an AI stylist provides coordination suggestions based on the “clothes you own” 2) “XZ-biz,” an OMO toB service that provides a fail-proof shopping experience by enabling customers to check the compatibility of products with the clothes they own. #Value Added Service
・Stage: Series A
・Established: January 2014 Purpose of visit : We are in the midst of a financing round to raise funds and are looking for companies to invest in our company.
・No. of Employee: 10 employees
・Website: https://www.s-ovation.jp
▶Contact person: CEO Yoshihiro Ogita
Email: ogita@s-ovation.jp
⑧Zelo - A foreign law joint enterprise
・Company Outline: ZeLo is a law firm founded in March 2017, driven by the mission to provide equitable access to advanced legal services for not only large urban corporations but also startups and small to medium-sized enterprises across regional areas. ZeLo was founded with LegalOn Technologies, a legal-tech startup providing AI-driven legal contracts review, which have grown exponentially in recent years. The company builds its software in-house, to constantly improve efficiency and optimize the process of tech-aided contracts review in tandem with a specialized legal counsel in the firm, under the mission statement of “Reforming legal services to contribute to the creation of laws and provide a legal platform for myriad economic activities”.
・Below are the notable achievements of ZeLo:
- ALB Japan Law Awards 2024: Managing Partner of the Year (Masataka Ogasawara)
- ALB FAST 30: ASIA'S FASTEST GROWING FIRMS 2023
・Established: March 2017
Purpose of visit : We are looking forward to create further business opportunities.
・No. of Employee: 124 employees
・Website: https://zelojapan.com/en
▶Contact person:Representative Attorney Masataka Ogasawara
Email: contact@zelojapan.com
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