Blitzscaling Academy was honored to have been selected by Jetro to run the JETRO J-StarX Global Growth AI program. As a direct consequence of the AI Salon run by Blitzscaling Academy CEO Jeffrey D. Abbott and the #AISalonTokyo chapter, a partnership with JETRO - Japan External Trade Organization and Tokyo AI (TAI) led by Ilya Kulyatin and Sana T.., JETRO’s Yusuke Kaga took note of the tremendous number and quality of #AIstartups being formed in the Tokyo ecosystem and decided to support them by creating this program that we were pleased to have been selected to run. Participants received autographed copies of #Blitzscaling from co-author Chris Yeh and worked with Chris and Jeff to evaluate the current scability of their business model and learn to apply the techniques of Blitzscaling to their businesses. They also worked with mentors on growth, sales, operations, branding, GTM, fundraising, pitch preparation and practice and more during the program. Three companies will be selected to receive support from Jetro to explore scaling into the US market during a two week immersion in Silicon Valley. The Blitzscaling Academy team offers its special thanks to Program Manager Nicole Schaub for her role in executing the program, and would like to recognize all the outstanding participating startups and founders, listed below, and the experienced mentors who joined us for this experience in #Japan. Yusuke Mori Haris H. Michel Mustapha Raggio, CFA Manas Kala Seref Mamas Cyril Bizieau Ani Terada Akinori Nakajima Ryo Jiromaru Oscar Medrano Briones Ricardo Celaya Etienne Gillard Lorenzo Donati Benjamin Narasin Simon Lancaster ???????????? Sonal P. Kashi Tahir Marat Karpeko Seref Mamas Cyril Bizieau Akinori Nakajima Ryo Jiromaru Tim Taylor Jeff Snider Charlie Hinojosa Nathan Thompson Jorge Del Carpio Jeremiah Owyang Scott Johnson
?? Thrilled to announce the successful completion of our AI Startup Demo Day in collaboration with Blitzscaling Academy! Six exceptional startups showcased groundbreaking AI solutions across diverse sectors: ?? Smart Agri Labs (Kirill Gusev) - Revolutionizing agricultural yields through AI ?? Newell Road (Yusuke Mori, Haris H., Michel Mustapha Raggio, CFA) - Transforming market intelligence with AI-powered analysis ?? Veritus (Manas Kala) - Streamlining complex research workflows with AI copilot ?? CREATANT, Inc (Seref Mamas, Cyril Bizieau, Cheryl Tong) - Building the next-gen AI-enabled digital collaboration platform ??? AironWorks (Ani Terada) - Pioneering AI defense against social engineering threats ??? VoicePing (Akinori Nakajima, Ryo Jiromaru) - Delivering real-time, offline translations on-device Immense gratitude to Blitzscaling Academy (Chris Yeh, Jeffrey D. Abbott, Nicole Schaub) for nurturing these innovations, and to our dedicated mentors from Omni Ventures (Simon Lancaster ????????????), Tau Ventures (Sonal P.), Wargaming (Marat Karpeko), and Facebook (Kashi Tahir) of their exceptional guidance and expertise. A special thanks to Ilya Kulyatin for providing an incredible demo day environment, and Momoka Ueda (JETRO Startup), Kenneth Jeng (Headline), Kosuke Yusa (Digital Garage, Inc.), Hiroshi Nemoto (DEEPCORE) for judgement. Excited to witness these innovative startups shape the future of AI technology! #AI #DemoDay #Innovation #Startup #VC