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Had a coolest side event for SusHi Tech Tokyo🍣🚍✨ We just wrapped up one of the coolest side events of SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 on April 27-29 Day2🌙 A huge thank you to everyone who joined us! #SusHiTechTokyo #StartupCommunity #Networking #CulturalExchange #entrepreneurship

@takeoff_tokyo のお疲れ様会をチームの一員として頑張ってくれたボランティアのみんなとやりました！！

Speaker’s Dinner wrapped! Top founders across various fields gathered with LPs, creating a truly valuable opportunity to connect and exchange ideas. Grateful to everyone who joined and made the energy what it was.
Already thinking about how to make the next one even better!!

① THE FIRST JAPANESE UNICORN IN THE US: LESSONS FROM THE LAST DECADE What does it actually take to build a Japanese unicorn in the US? 📷📷 Scaling outside Japan sounds exciting, but it’s not that simple — especially in a market like the US. 📷 @iyoshyoshi , Co-founder & CEO of @Alpaca, shares what he’s learned over the past decade building globally. 📷 @asonninen , Co-founder & CEO of @takeoff_tokyo, brings a broader view from working across startup ecosystems. What makes some founders succeed globally while others don’t? Definitely a session to catch if you’re thinking beyond Japan. 📷 Tokyo Big Sight South Hall 1-2 #TakeoffTokyo2026

私たちチームメンバーの数ヶ月の結晶です🔥 See you everyone at @takeoff_tokyo !

🗣️ Not just a panel - real conversation 🗣️ Did you know? This year at Takeoff Tokyo, you can get direct 1-on-1 advice from top speakers and experienced founders. Founder Office Hours is like speed dating for founders 🚀 10 minutes. One conversation. Honest feedback that could shape your next move. Each session happens right after the panel and Q&A, with three focused 10-minute conversations in a small-group setting. ✅ Spots are limited and pre-registration is required. 🔗takeoff-tokyo.com

Tomorrow is the day. 💥 Start your morning with the first panel session, featuring voices you won’t often hear together in one room. 🎙️ Michael Galpert is best known as one of the main organizers of @clawcon , a community by OpenAI-acquired OpenClaw that gained major attention in the AI space. 🎙️ Ren Uechi , CEO of @solafune_inc, also joins the stage. Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2024, he is pushing the frontier of satellite data and deep tech from Japan. See you at the panel stage at 10:10 AM tomorrow 😉✨ #TakoffTokyo2026 #TakoffTokyo #panelsession #conference #startup #founder #investor #Tokyo #Japan

Day 1’s second panel explores one of the biggest shifts happening right now: Japan × US × Deep Tech. This is not just finance — this is where geopolitics meets capital. 🎙️@KathyMatsui is expanding her investment focus into AI and robotics, while continuing to shape the US–Japan economic bridge. 🎙️Dmitriy Chebotarev is actively deploying capital at scale across geopolitical themes, with a growing focus on defense tech. As Japan and the US grow closer across industries and policy, who stands to benefit — and how sustainable is this momentum? A must-watch session bringing together two distinct perspectives from the world of finance. 10:40 AM. Be there. 🚀 #TakeoffTokyo2026 #startup #panel #investor #TakeoffTokyo #event #Tokyo #Japan 🔗takeoff-tokyo.com

Tomorrow, Tokyo changes. 35 world-class speakers. One stage. No reruns. Takeoff Tokyo 2026 Mar 31–Apr 1 | Tokyo Big Sight Are you in? takeoff-tokyo.com #TakeoffTokyo #TokyoStartups #Startup #Japan

5 days left to Takeoff Tokyo 2026. Why are we doing this? Our passion and vision is in one video.

Panel discussion of students who visited Finland last Nov during @SlushHQ showed them around Aalto University too. Now Ken, Sora and Aoba are all building @takeoff_tokyo. Moderating by Udagawa san

Yoshi(@iyoshyoshi) co-founded Alpaca, global unicorn startup, in 2015. @AlpacaHQ was named to @ycombinator 's Top Companies list in 2023, recognized alongside indusry giants. Our 40% discount tickets are available now—secure your spot before the price goes up. Join us from here👉takeoff-tokyo.com

@takeoff_tokyo 主催で学生団体の幹部に来てもらいピザパーティーもしました！！🍕 やる気に満ち溢れた学生だらけでめっちゃ楽しかったです！！ また開催したいなぁ✨✨

TAKEOFF TOKYOボランティア募集！ 📅 3/31・4/1 📍 東京ビッグサイト 来場者 3,000人規模 の国際スタートアップイベントを一緒に作りませんか？ イベント運営／海外参加者対応／受付など ✔ 学生 ✔ 未経験歓迎 応募はこちら docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… #TAKEOFFtokyo #ボランティア募集 #東京ビッグサイト #スタートアップ

💻👷‍♂️ TOKYO'S COOLEST HACKATHON IS BACK 👷‍♀️💻 📅March 20-22, 2026 📍Shibuya, Tokyo buildersweekend.co

先月チームで @SlushHQ へ参加したときに知り合えた @aaobaa1208 が今月チームに入ってくれた。 初対面で「フィンランドの若者が世界一流のスタートアップエコシステムを誰かの許可待たずに能動的に作っていることに感動した、日本でも欲しいムーブメント」と彼女に言われたときに誘うことを決心

94 days to Takeoff Tokyo 2026! (last day at the office) And weeeelcome to the team @aaobaa1208 ! 👏 We met her when traveling to @SlushHQ conference in November.