We have all felt the blunt force of this new coronavirus, aka, COVID-19, that descended upon the entire world this year. Desperately trying to keep this vicious infection at bay, countries around the world have taken such measures as shelter-in-place and laying restrictions on businesses, causing disruption to the economy and dealing a major blow to businesses all over the world. Further, as a result of social-distancing, B2B companies have been forced to rethink “the way we work,” something they have taken for granted in the past: to work in a physical office.
As all business practices heretofore are being reviewed, it will be a challenging time for startups. Startups are facing new challenges, with the task of creating new services and products that will be adopted as the new standard in the post-COVID-19 era.
Already, some innovative technologies, services, and products from various startups are being adopted and utilized.
For this year’s summit, we are pleased to have Mr. Eric Yuan, the CEO of Zoom as our speaker. As everyone knows, Zoom’s popularity skyrocketed amid the current crisis, as people had to go to work, school, churches, etc., online. We will ask him for his insights on what changes are taking place globally.
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17:00-17:30 (PDT)
How should we navigate during the uncertain times and adjust to the new trends of remote work?
Eric Yuan founded Zoom in 2011 to deliver happiness and bring teams together to get more done in a frictionless video environment. Zoom’s video-first unified communications platform continues to dramatically transform the way leading global enterprise companies communicate. Under Eric’s leadership, Zoom was one of the highest-performing tech IPOs of 2019.
Prior to founding Zoom, Eric was corporate vice president of engineering at Cisco, where he was responsible for Cisco's collaboration software development. Eric was one of the founding engineers and vice president of engineering at Webex. Between 1997 and 2011, he grew his team from 10 engineers to more than 800 worldwide and contributed to revenue growth from $0 to more than $800M.
Eric has been named one of the Most Powerful People in Enterprise Tech by Business Insider. In 2018, he was named the #1 CEO of a large US company by Glassdoor and EY Entrepreneur of the Year in Northern California (software category). Also in 2019, he was added to the Bloomberg 50, as a leader who changed the game in global business. Eric is a named inventor on 11 issued and 20 pending patents in real-time collaboration.
Founder and CEO, Zoom
Eric Yuan
Natsuki leads DNX's Portfolio Platform. She joined the firm in 2015 and built the firm's operational process by leveraging her network within the venture world. Since then, she's been focusing on building the firm's portfolio platform team, where she supports early-stage portfolio companies.
Before joining DNX, Natsuki was a Marketing & Sales specialist at Nissan Motors HQ in Japan, overseeing the dealerships to increase Nissan's sales volume in the domestic market. Natsuki holds a BA in Sociology from Keio University in Tokyo.
As a happy transplant to the Bay Area, Natsuki spends her weekends hiking, running, and discovering great restaurants.
Head of Platform, DNX Ventures
Natsuki Zihnioglu
17:30 -18:00 (PDT)
How are Robots changing the healthcare industry?
Andrea Thomaz is the CEO and Co-Founder of Diligent Robotics and a renowned social robotics expert. Her accolades include being recognized by the National Academy of Science as a Kavli Fellow, the US President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Tech, MIT Technology Review on its Next Generation of 35 Innovators Under 35 list, Popular Science on its Brilliant 10 list, TEDx as a featured keynote speaker on social robotics and Texas Monthly on its Most Powerful Texans of 2018 list. Andrea’s robots have been featured in the New York Times and on the covers of MIT Technology Review and Popular Science. Her passion for social robotics began during her work at the MIT Media Lab, where she focused on using AI to develop machines that address everyday human needs. Andrea co-founded Diligent Robotics to pursue her vision of creating socially intelligent robot assistants that collaborate with humans by doing their chores so humans can have more time for the work they care most about. She earned her Ph.D. from MIT and B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UT Austin, and was a Robotics Professor at UT Austin and Georgia Tech (where she directed the Socially Intelligent Machines Lab).
CEO and Co-Founder, Diligent Robotics
Andrea Thomaz
Q has been learning hard lessons investing in the HardTech/ Deep Science sectors for the better part of the last decade. He strives to be a better listener and bouncing board at his portfolio companies and serves on the Boards of Nauto (AI Dashcam/Transportation), Iceye (Micro-satellite SAR), Movandi (5G semiconductor), CyPhy (Drones), Grabit (Industrial Automation) and Vitriflex (Adv. Materials). His graduated investments include Enlighted (Acquired by Siemens), and has led the firm's investments in Zum (Ride Sharing/Transportation).
In the mid 90's, he spent 11 years at Qualcomm trying to figure out his calling. He designed 3G semiconductors and as Product Line Manager for 3G, helped deploy them in S.Korea, Japan, and U.S. He also achieved mixed results in trying to embed 3G in notebooks and automobiles in the pre IoT era. He was also part of two unsuccessful mobile startups. Q holds 5 patents in wireless & semiconductor sectors.
He spent way too much time in schools, getting a MBA from UCLA, MSEE from Virginia Tech and B.Engg from University of Mumbai.
Managing Partner / DNX Ventures
Q Motiwala
18:00 - 18:30 (PDT)
Why are Salesforce and Sequoia eyeing the Japanese startup market to invest?
Matt Garratt currently serves as the Managing Partner of Salesforce Ventures, the strategic investment arm for Salesforce with over 300 portfolio companies across 20 countries. While at Salesforce, Matt has completed investments in leading enterprise SaaS companies, including Anaplan, Automation Anywhere, Gainsight, Highspot, MuleSoft, Twilio and Zoom. Prior to Salesforce, he was a Vice President at Battery Ventures where he invested in early-stage Enterprise Software and GreenIT companies.
Matt holds a BS from Purdue University and an MBA from the University of Michigan where he helped to develop The Frankel Cleantech Fund and was an Erb Fellow where he performed research for the UN. He currently serves as a mentor and advisor to several startups and organizations including the Endeavour.org and the Frankel Fund at the University of Michigan.
SVP and Managing Partner, Salesforce Ventures
Matt Garratt
len Sun is a partner at Sequoia Capital China and focuses on investments in technology and consumer sectors. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 2006, Glen worked at General Atlantic, focusing on technology growth equity investment.
He also worked at Monitor Group in HK as a consultant. Glen has a BA from Harvard College, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a JD from Harvard Law School.
Partner, Sequoia Capital
Glen Sun
Akira has been in the venture business for 20 years in the US and Japan, and backed more than 50 enterprise software start-ups: TeamSpirit (TSE Mothers 4397), Money Foward (TSE Mothers 3994), Sansan (TSE Mothers 4443), Hottolink (TSE Mothers 3680), TerraSky (TSE Mothers 3915), SynergyMarketing (Acquired by Yahoo Japan), 1st Holdings (Acquired by Orix), Shanon (TSE Mothers 3976), Kabuku (Acquired by Futaba Corporation), Beceem Communications (acquired by Broadcom) and Smart Signal (acquired by GE Intelligent Platforms) etc.).
Akira currently serves on the boards of Money Forward (TSE Mothers 3994), FROM SCRATCH, Andpad, XICA, toBe Marketing, UPWARD, Kakehashi, Mazrica, Trend Express, Adacotech, Creadits, and Knowledge Work and is a board observer at Folio, Studist, Spacely, Flect, Alphaus, HERP, Resily, Alp, Techtouch and Tutorial.
Before joining DNX Ventures, Akira was Japan Head at Salesforce Ventures and Globespan Capital Partners. Prior to Globespan, Akira spent 5 years at Mitsui & Co., Ltd and led the company's venture capital activities both in the US and Japan. He was Co-Founder & Director of Mitsui Technology Investment Group in Silicon Valley. Previously, Akira spent 5 years at Fujitsu Limited in various roles including Corporate Development, Corporate Strategy, and Sales.
Akira is a published author of The Corporate Venture Capital Handbook, Chuokeizai-sha, Inc. Akira holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, a BA and Ph.D. in Technology Management from Doshisha University and completed Executive Management Program at University of Tokyo (Spring 2017)
Managing Partner and Head of Japan / DNX Ventures
Akira Kurabayashi
2021.08
Angus Klein
Vice President of Global Support, Snowflake
Prosenjit Sen
CEO, Quark.ai
Hajime Hirose
CEO, Alphaus, Inc.
2020.11
Ivan Zhao
Co-founder/CEO, Notion
Chelsie Lee
CEO / Co-Founder, SHIPSI
Gene Han
Managing Partner at Halo Advisory (Former Head of Innovation at Target)
Takeshi Aida
CEO of RevComm
2020.06
Eric Yuan
Founder and CEO, Zoom
Andrea Thomaz
CEO and Co-Founder, Diligent Robotics
Matt Garratt
SVP and Managing Partner, Salesforce Ventures
Glen Sun
Partner, Sequoia Capital
2019
Maryam Rofougaran
CEO of Movandi
Richard C. Koo
Chief Economist at Nomura Research Institute
Takeo Inada
CEO of OCT
Koji Ogishima
CEO of TeamSpirit
2018
Tim Draper
Founder of Draper Associates
Chika Terada
CEO of Sansan
Luisa Lima
Co-foudner of Fyde
Yosuke Tsuji
CEO of Money Forward
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