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Speakers
Son Taizo
Co Founder & Visionary/The Edgeof
Endeavor Japan, Chairman
Makoto Takano
Director and Chairman of the Board & Founder of Forbes JAPAN, linkties Holdings Co., Ltd.
Endeavor Japan, Board Member
Jonathan Epstein
Country Manager of Nuvei Japan
Endeavor Japan, Board Member
Jasper Cheung
President
Amazon Japan, G.K.
Endeavor Japan, Board Member
Manny Ayala
Endeavor Philippines
Director for People and Transformation for Endeavor Global
Yoshi Yokokawa
Alpaca Inc. Co Founder & CEO Endeavor Entrepreneur
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Svilen Rangelov
Co-Founder & CEO
of Dronamics
Endeavor Entrepreneur
Mostafa Amin
Co founder & CEO of Breadfast
Endeavor Entrepreneur
Hyun-gu Cho
Founder & CEO of CT Corp
Nami Hamada
Japan Advisory Board Member, Benhamou Global Ventures, BGV
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Jerry Ye
CEO of Whale
Ta Son Tung
Co Founder & Chairman of Rikkeisoft
Endeavor Entrepreneur
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CEO, Founder
Representative Director of Omise
Endeavor Entrepreneur
Jun Hasegawa
Vladimira Artopé
Regional Director for
Southeast Asia at EBANX
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Dustin Jefferson Onghanseng
Co-Founder & CEO of uHoo
Endeavor Entrepreneur
Luca Bovone
Founder and CEO of Habyt
Endeavor Entrepreneur
William Utomo
Co-Founder of IDN
Endeavor Entrepreneur
Rami J. Saheb
CEO of Alhadaf Intl. Co (RZ) & Chairman of Bustami & Saheb Group (BSG)
Endeavor Entrepreneur
Gonçalo Fortes
Exited Founder & Angel Investor
Phil Wickham,
Founder & General Partner of
Sozo Ventures,
Rina Otsuka
Executive Director
Endeavor Japan
Program
Registration Opens and Networking
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Opening Remarks & Keynotes
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Panel Discussion #1
12:50 pm - 1:40 pm
Scaling Fintech Globally: Leadership, Innovation, and Impact
Panel Discussion #2
1:50 pm - 2:30 pm
From Research to Real-World Impact: Scaling AI Through Entrepreneur-Corporate Collaboration
Panel Discussion #3
2:40 pm - 3:30 pm
Access to Market as a Force Multiplier: The Role of Networks, Capital & Local Execution
Fireside Chat #4
3:40 pm - 4:20 pm
Supporting High-Impact Entrepreneurs: Cultivating Next-Generation Global Leaders
Panel Discussion #5
4:30 pm - 5:10 pm
Global Global VC Trends and the Innovation Emerging from Them
Panel Discussion #5
4:30 pm - 5:10 pm
Keynote Session
Closing Remarks
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Keynote Session
Son Taizo
Co Founder & Visionary / The Edgeof
Endeavor Japan, Chairman
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Panel Discussion #1
12:50 pm - 1:40 pm
Scaling Fintech Globally:
Leadership, Innovation, and Impact
Moderator
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Jonathan Epstein
Country Manager of Nuvei
Endeavor Japan Board Member
Regional Director for
Southeast Asia at EBANX
Endeavor Entrepreneur
Yoshi Yokokawa
Jun Hasegawa
CEO, Founder
Representative Director
of Omise
Endeavor Entrepreneur
AlpacaDB Inc.
Co Founder & CEO Endeavor Entrepreneur
Panel Discussion #2
1:50 pm - 2:40 pm
From Research to Real-World Impact:
Scaling AI Through Entrepreneur-Corporate Collaboration
Moderator
Makoto Takano
Director and Chairman of the Board and Founder of Forbes JAPAN,
linkties Holdings Co., Ltd. /
Founder & GP, D4V
Endeavor Japan, Board Member
Hyun-gu Cho
Founder & CEO of CT Corp
Jerry Ye
CEO of Whale
Panel Discussion #3
2:50 pm - 3:40 pm
Access to Market as a Force Multiplier:
The Role of Networks, Capital & Local Execution
Moderator
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Mostafa Amin
Jasper Cheung
Svilen Rangelov
Co-founder and CEO
of Breadfast
Endeavor Entrepreneur
President
Amazon Japan, G.K.
Endeavor Japan
Board Member
Co-Founder and CEO
of Dronamics
Endeavor Entrepreneur
Co Founder & Chairman
of Rikkeisoft
Endeavor Entrepreneur
Panel Discussion #4
3:50pm - 4:40pm
Moderator
Nami Hamada
Japan Advisory Board Member, Benhamou Global Ventures, BGV
Supporting High-Impact Entrepreneurs:
Cultivating Next-Generation Global Leaders
Luca Bovone
Founder and CEO of Habyt
Endeavor Entrepreneur
Gonçalo Fortes
Exited Founder & Angel Investor
Panel Discussion #5
4:30 pm - 5:10 pm
Global Global VC Trends and the Innovation Emerging from Them
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Moderator
Dustin Jefferson
Onghanseng
Co-Founder & CEO of uHoo
Endeavor Entrepreneur
William Utomo
Co-Founder of IDN
Endeavor Entrepreneur
Rami J. Saheb
CEO of Alhadaf Intl. Co (RZ) & Chairman of Bustami &
Saheb Group (BSG)
Endeavor Entrepreneur
Keynote Session #5
5:15 pm - 5:30 pm
Phil Wickham,
Founder & General Partner of
Sozo Ventures,
Closing Remarks #6
5:35 pm - 6:00 pm
Manny Ayala
Endeavor Global
Director for People & Transformation
Rina Otsuka
Executive Director
Endeavor Japan
Overview
Name
Date & Time
Endeavor Japan Summit 2025
2025 November 21st Friday 12:00 - 18:00
Tickets
Early Bird: ¥5,000
General: ¥10,000
Location
Hamamatsucho, Tokyo
Sponsors
Official Partners
Gold Partners
Silver Partners
Community Partners
Event Partners
Media Partners
