THE SEED
Keisuke Honda will be on stage at “8th Startup Kansai 2024 Spring”. There will be a lecture for students aiming to start a business or a start-up, and a question time for Mr. Honda.
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Seed investor “THE SEED” (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo,
Representative: Taiki Hirosawa, hereinafter “THE SEED”) will hold the “8th Startup Kansai 2024 Spring”, a startup event for Kansai students on April 27th. We would like to inform you that Keisuke Honda, a soccer player and entrepreneur, will be speaking at “Startup Kansai”. Startup Kansai supports the young talents of students in the Kansai region who aim to start a business or start up a business by creating a community where they can connect with entrepreneurs and VCs and share information with people of the same generation who are interested in startups. .
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Keisuke Honda, a well-known soccer player and entrepreneur, will talk about why he takes on new challenges such as startups and VCs, and what it takes to succeed globally. Furthermore, we will have an off-the-record talk based on our past experiences on the theme of what we would like to do if we were 20 years old. In the second half of the event, we are also planning a “life consultation session” where participants can directly ask Mr. Honda questions about “career” and “starting a business.”
*This will be an online presentation. *On the day of the event, Keisuke Honda will be accepting questions from attendees. *Due to limited time, we may not be able to answer all questions to Keisuke Honda. *There will be no distribution. This content is limited to attendees at the venue.
■Speaker profile
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As a soccer player, he wears the number 10 for the prestigious Italian club AC Milan and has participated in the past three World Cups. He became the sixth player in the world to score and assist in three consecutive World Cups. As a coach, he started his career with the Cambodian national team in 2018, and has publicly stated his goal of winning the World Cup as a coach. On the business side, he is involved in the management of a soccer school and a professional soccer team, while also focusing on the education business. He started angel investment activities in 2016, and in 2018, he surprised the world by announcing the launch of “Dreamers Fund” with Will Smith. He is active not only in soccer, but also in social issues.
■Next Connect, a site that connects dreams, where Keisuke Honda supports the careers of athletes and sports students as an official ambassador, has been chosen as a special sponsor.
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Next Connect [Next Connect] is a career change and employment agency where challenger Keisuke Honda serves as the official ambassador. From a wealth of job information, our dedicated career advisors will introduce you to the most suitable companies and job types based on your desires and aptitude. This is an agent service specializing in challengers that supports those who are seriously trying.
HP:https://nextconnect.jp/
■About the “8th Startup Kansai 2024 Spring” event overview and application [Participation target]
・Students interested in starting a business
・Students who want to try something new
[Event overview]
Date and time: April 27th (Sat) 13:00-17:00
Number of people: 200 people (planned)
Location: Knowledge Theater, 4th floor, Grand Front North Building (4 minutes directly connected to Osaka Station)
Participation: Free
Sponsor: Seed Fund “THE SEED”
Event page: https://startupkansai.com/2024/spring
Contact: event@theseed.vc
[About application]
Click here to register: https://lu.ma/gc2vgvf2
*If the capacity is reached, applications may be closed early. Please apply early.
■About “Startup Kansai”
Startup Kansai, founded in 2018, is a community for students in Kansai to create an entryway into startups and entrepreneurship. By creating a community where people of the same generation who are interested in startups can share information and connect with entrepreneurs and VCs, we will support the young talents of students who aim to start a business or start a startup. In October 2023, we held an event for 200 people at the Knowledge Theater.
HP: https://startupkansai.com/
X (old Twitter): https://twitter.com/kansai_startups
■Inquiries regarding sponsorship and coverage
Please contact us using the form below.
There are a limited number of spots available for sponsorship, so please contact us as soon as possible.
In addition, regarding information slots, priority will be given to companies that have supported us in the past.
https://startupkansai.com/contact
◼Representative profile
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Born in 1992 in Osaka Prefecture. Joined Seed VC in 2015. Engaged in discovering new investment targets and supporting investment targets. In September 2018, he became independent and established the seed fund “THE SEED”. March 2021 Announced the establishment of the second fund. Announced the establishment of the third fund in March 2024. Currently, it manages approximately 3.4 billion yen.
Executes investments at pre-seed and seed stages. Currently, we have invested in approximately 50 startup companies, including the smart coffee stand “root C,” AGRI SMILE, which approaches issues faced by the agricultural industry through agricultural support from science and technology, and VR/AR businesses.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Daiki.Hirozawa
X (old Twitter): https://x.com/HirozawaDaiki
◼About THE SEED
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THE SEED, a seed fund established in 2018, announced the establishment of its second fund in March 2024, and currently manages approximately 3 billion yen. The fund supports young entrepreneurs in their 20s and provides start-up investments. Specific investments include “smart coffee stand root C,” agricultural technology SaaS service
“AGRISMILE,” and VR/AR businesses. Investment targets are mainly seed round IT startups mainly in Japan, including EC, CtoC,
blockchain-related businesses, AR/VR, game-related businesses, etc. To date, we have invested in approximately 50 companies. We are making start-up investments.
◼Overview of seed investor “THE SEED”
Fund name: THE SEED
Representative: Taiki Hirosawa
Investment target: IT startups with seed rounds mainly in Japan. EC, CtoC, blockchain related business, AR/VR, game related business, etc. HP: https://theseed.vc/
Fund blog: https://theseed.vc/magazine
Regarding investment consultation interviews: https://theseed.vc/theseedtalk Contact information for sponsorship/coverage related to this release Contact form: https://startupkansai.com/contact
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