Source: Peatix

We will introduce the business of F-StartUp, which is organized by Fukuchiyama City, and hold a pitch and networking event by selected participants and entrepreneurs and startups active in the Oku-Kyoto area. Why not get in touch with the new possibilities of startups emerging from Kyoto?

◾️Event Overview
Venue: SHIBUYA QWS Cross Park
Participation Fee: Free
Participation registration: Advance registration required (via Peatix)
Time: 14:00~15:30 / Social gathering ~ 16:30 (Registration begins at 13:45)
※Entry and exit during the event is permitted.

Recommended for:
People interested in F-StartUp, organized by Fukuchiyama City
Those who want to expand their business network based in Oku-Kyoto
SHIBUYA QWS members and those interested in SHIBUYA QWS

background
Fukuchiyama City has set "urban development of industrial clusters and technological innovation" as the theme of its industrial policy, and has been implementing the "NEXT Industry Creation Program" in collaboration with Fukuchiyama Public University since fiscal 2021. This program provides the necessary knowledge and skills for those aiming to start a business or start a company within a company, and has supported the creation of new industries originating in the region.

Starting this year, "F-StartUp" was launched as a startup support project from Fukuchiyama, and Loftwork has been providing hands-on support since November 2024. Fukuchiyama City is also a member of the members-only co-creation facility "SHIBUYA QWS," and aims to brush up on its business and expand its network by competing with other companies in Shibuya. As part of this, this event aims to introduce F-StartUp's business, attract the activities of selected companies, and create a place where they can embark on the venture with entrepreneurs in Oku-Kyoto.

About F-StartUp |https://www.fukuchiyama.ac.jp/news/37582/

Today's timeline
14:00~14:05: Opening
14:05~14:15: Icebreaker
14:15~14:25: Introduction of F-StartUp
14:25~14:50: Guest talk | Taka Nakamura (taliki Co., Ltd.)
14:50~15:20: Startup pitch (3 mins business introduction + feedback) x 4 businesses

D1Cafe｜https://www.instagram.com/d1.cafe_kyoto/
Lifexia｜https://www.lifexia.net/
Season ｜https://season-vege.com/
VONTEN｜https://vonten.jp/
15:20~15:30: Closing/photo shoot
15:30~16:30: Networking party

Speaker Profile
▶︎Guest

Taka Nakamura
CEO of taliki Inc. / Representative Partner of taliki Fund

Born in 1995, graduated from Kyoto University. During her time at university, she built two schools in Cambodia as the representative of an international cooperation organization. Afterwards, she studied at a business school in New York. She worked at a local news bureau and was involved in covering the 2016 presidential election and the United Nations General Assembly as an assistant producer. Through her various experiences, she felt the need to "support players who solve social issues," and after returning to Japan, she founded taliki Inc. While incubating over 300 social entrepreneurs and promoting business development and open innovation for listed companies, in 2020 she established a VC to solve social issues as the youngest female representative in Japan and is also engaged in investment activities. She was selected as one of Forbes JAPAN's "Under 30s Changing the World" in 2023.

▶︎Moderator

Tsubasa Kato
Senior Director, Loftwork Inc.

Born in Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture in 1990. As a community manager with the theme of "co-creation," he is involved in many projects that cross communities in various fields. After majoring in philosophy at Waseda University, he worked for a foreign consulting firm. After graduating from design school, he joined Loftwork Inc., where he was involved in the launch of 100BANCH and SHIBUYA QWS. In 2017, he founded qutori Inc., and runs BUFF Community Manager School, a professional firm specializing in community management, and POPAP, a pop-up media and community that supports brands. In 2020, he was selected as a Global Shapers under the World Economic Forum (commonly known as the Davos Conference).

Kosuke Sakuma
Think & Act Co., Ltd.
Local Community Manager

Since October 2019, he has been involved in the management and operation of the local community space "Coworkation Village Maizuru" located in Maizuru Red Brick Park in Maizuru City, Kyoto by the Sea, under contract with Maizuru City. To date, he has launched and nurtured over 20 local communities. With the goal of revitalizing the region through local connections, he plans local events, attracts talent from outside the city, and creates new businesses.

▶︎Entrepreneurs on stage

Representative of D1 Cafe
Tomomi Ohtsuki

Born in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture in 1973. Mother of four siblings. After traveling over 200 times as an overseas tour conductor and working in Europe, she incorporated the facilities business run by her husband in her hometown of Fukuchiyama 10 years ago. Then, at the age of 44, she had a child who had a wheat allergy, which led to her discovering rice flour and becoming fascinated by the appeal of rice. After that, while undergoing treatment for her own lung cancer, she started a food truck business, and last year opened a brick-and-mortar cafe north of Fukuchiyama Station. She aims to create a food and beverage business that transforms minority opinions into value creation.

Hironari Iibuchi
CEO of Lifexia Inc.
As a skincare expert, she runs three companies with the goal of becoming a pioneer in eliminating skincare refugees. She considers detergents to be part of skincare and develops products with an awareness of novelty. She also focuses on supporting the development of new businesses aimed at nurturing students and young people, and is committed to nurturing the next generation and contributing to society.

Sechi Kubo
Representative Director, Season Co., Ltd.

Born July 18, 1980 (44 years old). Originally from Osaka Prefecture, raised in Nara Prefecture. From his childhood until his third year of high school, he devoted himself to baseball. During his university years, he gained a lot of experience planning and managing events as a member of the school festival executive committee. After graduating, he worked as a staff member at a child welfare facility and at a web consulting company, before going independent at the age of 29. Having grown up in a salaryman family and having had no connection to agriculture, he decided to become a farmer, thinking, "I want to contribute to society through agriculture." He then moved to Fukuchiyama City, Kyoto Prefecture, with the aim of becoming the number one Manganji pepper grower in Japan. In 2017, the company was incorporated and has now grown to become the largest producer of Manganji peppers in Japan.

Kento Kaneda
Representative of VONTEN

Born in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture in 1993. He studied architecture in high school and majored in planning and design at an art university. After dropping out of university, he built a career as an architect and co-founded a construction company. He then handed the company over to a friend and returned to his hometown of Maizuru to work in his family's civil engineering and construction business. Wanting to invigorate his hometown through the power of design, he founded the design company VONTEN, a 760m2 space in the Maizuru Red Brick Warehouse, an important cultural property, in 2022. He works on a wide range of projects including spatial design, graphics, and video production, and is promoting the charm of the region to the world under the slogan "From Maizuru to the World."

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