1995 - 1999 Majored Southeast Asian Studies at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

1999 - 2010 Joined Ministry of Foreign Affairs Worked at Embassy of Japan in Malaysia

2010 - 2015 Joined SMBC Nikko Securities Senior ASEAN Economist

2015 Joined NewsPicks and Uzabase

2016 Transferred to Uzabase Asia Pacific, Singapore

Academic Positions: Joint Researcher at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and Doshisha University

Hobby: Watching Korean Dramas

Takashi KawabataChief Asia Economist

Uzabase, Inc. /NewsPicks, Inc.

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BtoB Venture CapitalBtoC (Media)

New Trend of Startups in Southeast Asia for Solving Social Issues

iGrow (matching platform) Agritech - Indonesia

DoctorOnCall (online consultation) HealthTech- Malaysia

1516-wind turbine (wind energy in no electricity area) EneTech -Vietnam

A part of winners at NTT Com Startups Challenge 2018

Booming Startups in JapanJapanese unicorns: Preferred Networks(AI &big data), SanSan(business card management) Next unicorns: Spiber(Biochemical), Panair(CleanTech), Freee(Fintech/HRtech), TBM(Biochemical/CleanTech), SmartNews(Media), JapanTaxi(Taxi hailing), FinaText(Fintech), FiNC Technologies(Healthcare/AI)

Total Funding Total Startups (which received funds)

Startups=388 Billion JPY Number of

StartupsBillion JPY

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30

20

10

Funding in JPYNumber of Startups

(which received funds)

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