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Startup World Cup 2023 Breaking Report: Japan’s representative Iris has won the world finals!
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The world finals of “Startup World Cup 2023,” the world’s largest startup pitch contest, which had preliminary rounds held in 52 countries and regions this year, was held on December 1st at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square. The world champion was won by Iris Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, Representative Director: Sho Okiyama, https://www.aillis.jp/
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https://www.hom.ma/, hereinafter referred to as HOMMA), which represented the Kyoto preliminary round, was also one of the top 10 finalists in the world finals.・They put up a great pitch and put up a good fight on stage before the world finals, and powerful startups that had survived the preliminary rounds in 52 countries and regions around the world gathered together to showcase their superior technologies and products. Ten finalists were selected to make their pitches and stand on the final stage. Iris and HOMMA, two companies that participated as representatives of Japan, surprised the world by making it through to the 10 finalists.
Approximately 3,000 spectators competed in the final match on Friday, December 1st in San Francisco, USA, for the title of world champion and the winning investment prize of 1 million US dollars
(approximately 150 million yen in Japanese yen). We had a heated pitch in front of them.
After the finals, a networking event was held with over 500 people from large companies, investors, entrepreneurs, and startups. The 10 finalists who advanced to the world finals are as follows: (Alphabetical order)
・Aillis, Inc. (Japan/Tokyo qualifying representative) <a href=)
https://www.aillis.jp/ ・Artisio Ltd. (Georgia qualifying representative) https://www.artisio.co/ ・Block Aero Technologies Holdings Limited (Thailand qualifying representative) https://block.aero/・Circu Li-ion S.A. (Luxembourg qualifying representative)
https://www.circuli-ion.com/
・ Electro Scan Inc. (USA Sacramento qualifying representative) https://www.electroscan.com/
・ HOMMA Group, Inc. (Japan/Kyoto qualifying representative) https://www.hom.ma/ ・Mitra Chem (Mitra Future Technologies Inc.) (USA/Silicon Valley Qualifier) https://www.mitrachem.com/
・ NanoFreeze (BioCold Technologies S.A.S) (Colombia qualifying representative) https://www.nanofreeze.com.co/
・ SAVEFRUIT Corp. (Mexican qualifying representative)
https://www.savefruitcorp.com/
・VOINOSIS Inc. (Korean qualifying representative) https://www.voinosis.com/en [Image 3
■Comments after the tournament from Anis Uzzaman, founder and CEO of Pegasus Tech Ventures, which operates “Startup World Cup 2023”: “This is the 5th time that the Startup World Cup World Finals has been held, and I feel that the level of the regional preliminary
representatives participating in the finals is improving year by year. Startups with innovative solutions and business schemes that combine technology for issues such as energy, food, and medical care stood out at this competition.It was a very heated final, but the high level of technology and presentations I am very happy that Iris Co., Ltd., the Japanese representative who demonstrated their ability, won the championship.This is the second time that the Japanese representative has won the world championship out of the past five tournaments.Iris is an AI medical device The results prove that the high precision of Japanese technology and business schemes is highly regarded around the world.The overall evaluation is that the level of Japanese startups is high and that there are startups that can compete globally. The number of startups that can compete in Silicon Valley is increasing, and I hope that there will be more startups that can compete in Silicon Valley.I hope that they will take advantage of the Startup World Cup and shine in Silicon Valley and the world.Finally, I would like to say that Iris and HOMMA, the Japanese representatives, I hope that they will use this tournament as a springboard to spread their wings across the world, and Pegasus will do their best to support them.”
■Startup World Cup 2023 official website
https://www.startupworldcup.io/home
■About Pegasus Tech Ventures
Pegasus is a venture capital company headquartered in Silicon Valley, USA, which has received LP investment from many major companies around the world, and whose basic business is to support the innovation of large companies. To date, we have invested in over 260 venture companies around the world, including SpaceX, Twitter, Airbnb, SoFi, Doordash, 23andMe, Color, and Carbon. For more information, please visit https://en.pegasustechventures.com/. Furthermore, in order to promote innovation on a global scale, Pegasus also hosts the world’s largest networking and pitch contest “Startup World Cup”
(https://www.startupworldcup.io/), which is held in more than 50 countries and regions around the world. We are holding qualifying rounds.
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