Healthcare Venture Conference KYOTO 2018
Showcasing the“Next Innovations in Healthcare”

Conference Report
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The OnlyHealthcare English Pitch & Partnering Eventin Japan!

24 Innovative English Pitch & Mentoring!
3 Cutting Edge Lectures
39 Individual Business Meetings

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Bring “smile” to suffering patients worldwide
with superb technological seeds in Japan

HVC KYOTO focuses on early stage technology
incubation in life science field to bridge basic
and local scientific knowledge and commercial
developments for the global market.
The barriers which HVC KYOTO aims to solve:

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HVC KYOTO 2018 Program Overview

Title

HVC KYOTO 2018Date

2018/7/3 Tue. 09:30-17:00

Venue

Kyoto Research Park

Participants

260

Organizers

Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO), Kyoto Prefecture,
City of Kyoto, Kyoto Research Park Corp.

CoOrganizers

Kyoto University Office of Society Academia Collaboration
for Innovation (Kyoto University SACI)Kyoto Industry-Academia-Government Cooperative
Organization

Healthcare Venture Conference KYOTO 2018

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Regional Promotion ProjectHVC KYOTO 2018 Program Overview
9:30

Opening NoteKenichi Ishihara

9:40

JETRO KYOTO

Keynote Session
From Academic Discovery to Novel Therapeutic -12 years of "SPARKing Translational ResearchDr. Kevin Grimes
Stanford University

10:05
11:30

11:50

Pitch Session 1Coffee Break & Exhibition (Drinks available at Banquet Hall)International Session
BioLabs -The new way of building bitech companiesDr. Laura Holberger
BioLabs
International Pitch: HISKY Medical Technologies Co.,Ltd., Invitrocue Limited

12:30

13:30

Lunch BreakKyoto University Session
Translational Research and Bioresources for the Acceleration of Early Stage Drug Discovery
Tomoyoshi Koyanagi
Kyoto University

13:50
15:00

Pitch Session 2
Coffee Break & Exhibition (Drinks available at Banquet Hall)

15:30

Pitch Session 3

17:00

Reception ※Admission:JPY5,000 (Please pay by cash at registration desk)

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HVC KYOTO 2018 Pitch Presenters
Pitch Session 1
Title

1

Business development of regenerative medicine by use of magnetic
targeting technology
Development of world's first therapeutic drug for Dry AMD

Manager of business development for AMD project,
Department of Pharmacology Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Kyoto University

Development and sales of vaccine seal

Chief Technical Officer,
Kyushu University Startup Club NOVIGO

Qingliang Kong

35Yasumasa Goh

Preventive and therapeutic vaccine against Hepatitis B using a novel
HBs-L antigen

President and CEO,Beacle Inc.

Drug absorption enhancers boost the development of “beyond-Ro5”
medicines.

CKO,
BeCellBar LLC.

Hidekazu Hiroaki
Kenji Kakuta

6

Development of alternative to heart transplantation
7

Naotaka Hirami
Professor,
Center for Collaborative Research & Community
Cooperation, Hiroshima University

Tomokazu Hirose

24Speaker

Development of Regenerative Medical Product using Human Neural
Stem Cell “OligoGenie”

President & CEO,iHeart Japan Corporation

Tsuneo Kido
CEO,OLIGOGEN, Inc.

Yasumichi Hitoshi

8Fighting Cancer with Nobel Prize-winning iPS Cell Technology

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President & CEO,Thyas Co. Ltd.

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International Pitch
Title

1

Speaker

FibroTouch—Non-invasive Diagnosis of Liver Fibrosis and Fatty Liver

Jack Yu
Head of International Market
Wuxi Hisky Medical Technologies Co., Ltd.

Sunny Chiok Ling Tan

2

Onco-PDO: Phenotypic driven Precision Oncology

Senior Vice President, Scientific Affairs &Business Development, Invitrocue Limited

Noriko Endo

3

Biobot Analytics: We analyze city sewage to measure population health Spatial Epidemiologist,
Pitch Session 2TitleSpeaker

The best house for cells

Medical Doctor,
Kyoto Industrial Health Association

Body on a Chip for next stem-cell applications

Associate Professor,
Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Kyoto University Institutefor Advanced Study (KUIAS), Kyoto University

Akira Nakada

1Ken-ichiro Kamei

2

3

Freedom from Routine Work in R&D - Unprecedented clinical examination process with Mitsuyo Yamamotoa game-changing motion planning technology -45

Biobot Analytics

Cell culture substrate stands on ‘MATRIXOME’President & CEO,
JOHNAN Corporation

Takuji Yamamoto
CEO,Matrixome, Inc.

MiCAN will accelerate infectious disease research through special cells Kazuo Miyazaki
Founder & CEO,created with regenerative medicine technology
MiCAN Technologies Inc.
Jiro Ono

6

BioPrint without BioPrinter-Artificial Organ and Disease Model
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CEO,TissueByNet Corp.

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Pitch Session 3Title

12

Development of the aspiration detection sensor improving the qualityof rehabilitation for dysphagia patients
Doctor Sharing on smartphone -NO.1 Cyber Hospital “LEBER”Providing the oral care system necessary for 100 years of life
Key technology for commercialization of iPS cell-based therapy- Looking for potential licensees! Stop snoring for bedpartners

7Sena Taga
Chief Social design Officer, Sales,
AGREE Co., Ltd.

CEO,HA-PPY Co., Ltd.

Mariko Awata
Manager, License,
iPS Academia Japan, Inc.

Hirofumi Taki

5

6

Yosuke Hara
Research fellow,
Tohoku University graduate school of biomedical
engineering

Akinori Oyama

34Speaker

An E-platform to leverage Indian health care resources for Clinical trial
and Medical Documentation Eco-system

CEO,
MaRI Co., Ltd.

Tanmaya Mohapatra
Co-Founder,
Reseapro Scientific Services

Yoichi Oikawa
High performance and high functionality hollow micro-needles by an innovative
CTO & Director, R&D Executive Officer,
optical vortex laser fabrication technology - Magic hollow micro-needles for diabetes - Think-Lands Co., Ltd.

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260 Participants from wide business fields
joined HVC KYOTO 2018

Partnering
Candidates
for Startups

Investor Candidates
for Startups
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Pitch & Mentoring

1. 24 Innovative Pitch!
Researchers/Startups from Japan,
China, Singapore, USA gathered togive pitch in English

2. World Class Mentoring!
International Professionals provided
mentoring to support global entry
and success3. Pre-Pitch Coaching!
Group&individual support provided
in advance to refine their pitch
presentations
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Naotaka Hirami

Tomokazu Hirose

Qingliang Kong

Yasumasa Goh

Hiroshima University

Kyoto University

Kyushu University

Beacle Inc.

Pitch
Session 1

Hidekazu Hiroaki

Kenji Kakuta

Tsuneo Kido

Yasumichi Hitoshi

BeCellBar LLC.

iHeart JapanCorporation

OLIGOGEN, Inc.

Thyas Co. Ltd.

SharingInnovative
IdeasJack Yu
Wuxi Hisky MedicalTechnologies
Co., Ltd.

International
Pitch
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Sunny Chiok Ling Tan

Noriko Endo

InvitrocueLimited

Biobot Analytics

Akira Nakada
Kyoto Industrial
Health Association

Ken-ichiro Kamei
Kyoto University

Mitsuyo Yamamoto
JOHNAN
Corporation

Takuji Yamamoto
Matrixome, Inc.

Pitch
Session 2

Kazuo Miyazaki

Jiro Ono

Yosuke Hara

Sena Taga

MiCAN Technologies
Inc.

TissueByNet
Corp.

Tohoku University

AGREE Co., Ltd.

Tanmaya Mohapatra

Yoichi Oikawa

Pitch
Session 3

Akinori Oyama
HA-PPY Co., Ltd.

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Mariko Awata

Hirofumi Taki

iPS Academia
Japan, Inc.

MaRI Co., Ltd.

Reseapro
Scientific Services

Think-Lands
Co., Ltd.

Facilitator

Tomoyoshi Koyanagi

Kevin Grimes

Laura Holberger

Kyoto University

Stanford Univezrsity

BioLabs

Mentors

Dan Wang

Toshio Fujimoto

Johnson&Johnson
Innovation

TakedaPharmaceuticalCompany

Taiki Ishikura
JOMDD, Inc.

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Shogo Nakamori
PAREXELInternational

Cutting Edge Lectures

1. Stanford SPARK
Program for “SPARKing” Translational
Research from Academia

2. BioLabs
Most successful biotech incubatorin the world

3. Academia’s Bioresources
Kyoto University’s new program toaccelerate Translational Research

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Individual Meetings

39 Arranged Power Meetings
20 minutes 1to1 individual meetings
between Presenters and Partners forbusiness matching and open innovation

HVC KYOTO 2018 Partners: seekers&supporters of innovation:

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Exhibition & Networking

Exciting × Fun＝Innovation

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[Feedbacks] from Participants
I learned how to nurture startups & entrepreneurs through the lectures
given by Dr. Grimes of SPARK Stanford, Dr. Holberger of BioLabs, andDr. Koyanagi of Kyoto U. It was interesting to hear all the pitch
presentations as well.
The conference was organized in English. There were many mentors,
who gave superb comments and suggestions. English is a key tool for
Japanese startups, so it would be great if HVC Kyoto continues with thepresent format.
It was a meaningful conference for me. Pitch presenters showed theirobjective & technology features as well as their motivation in their slides,
so I understood what they were seeking at the conference.
Pitch contents and the comments/feedbacks from the mentors were very
helpful to improve my pitch-presentation skill.
I think that HVC KYOTO is a perfect role model for English pitch eventsin Japan.
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[Feedbacks] from Presenters
Understand the Bio Medical Startup and Venture ecosystem in Kyoto.
Very good platform for companies to look for collaboration partners andmentors, and to understand the healthcare venture ecosystem.
I met many people from various companies and universities. Many pitch
presentations and mentors' comments gave me a good clue. Also, pitch
training and Skype follow-ups provided by the organizer prior to theconference were very helpful.
I think that HVC KYOTO was a successful meeting with high quality
contents. I saw people kept talking in front of the posters even after thenext session started. I think that pitch presentations followed by poster
sessions were good!. I’m quite confident to say that HVC Kyoto has abright future!
I met a potential supporter, who could push my project forward. Kyoto
has a great potential for supporting environments and networking
opportunities!
Thank you very much for providing such a valuable opportunity for me!
I met many people from various pharmaceutical companies, which may
provide me potential joint research opportunities. I will try hard to push
my research.
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[Feedbacks] from Partners
I evidenced at the conference that there was a huge demand forcollaborations between start-ups and global companies in Japan. My
colleagues who had participated in other partnering events commented
that HVC KYOTO was the only event in Japan that firmly sees global
opportunities. I will also follow up the discussions with the startups I
contacted. Thank you for giving us a wonderful opportunity!
HVC KYOTO was hugely successful in many perspectives and gave me
good insights. The organizers did an amazing job to recruit so many
outstanding presenters.

It was a great conference for us to seek new business opportunities. I
was stimulated by the pitches, so I would like to give my pitch
presentation next time.
I strongly felt the HVC KYOTO was an import resource for both ourInternational and Japanese employees. It provided a good format for theJapanese employees to interact foreign attendees, and for theInternational employees to find new opportunities.
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We need your support for HVC KYOTO 2019!

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 Innovative Researcher / Startups① Startups/SMEs seeking for next stage investment & partnerships② Researchers/Entrepreneurs seeking for supporters and strategic advice

 Investors, Global Enterprises seeking for new innovation① Companies seeking for new innovation seeds in healthcare② VCs seeking for next potential investees

Please join our challenge to create
the “ Healthcare Innovation Ecosystem” in Japan!
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