三井ベンチャーズ NEWS

NEWS 2006

[2006/04/04]

日本-シリコンバレー・ゲートウェイ・イベント


三井ベンチャーズでは2006年4月4 日(火)に米国シリコンバレーのSand Hill Roadにて米国VCと日本企業との交流を意図したイベントを開催いたしました。本イベントの内容にご興味をお持ちの方はこちらit@mitsuiventures.comまでメールにてお問い合わせ下さい。

Japan-Silicon Valley Gateway event is an event that brings together executives from Asia and US venture capitalists to develop relationships and knowledge to accelerate business development.

Mitsui Ventures will open doors for US venture capitalists and their portfolio companies to access executives from Asia, particularly in Japan. Furthermore, Mitsui Ventures will open doors for executives, venture capitalists and their portfolio companies in Asia to access US venture capitalists and their portfolio companies.

The parent company, Mitsui & Co., LTD. a global business enabler headquartered in Tokyo Japan, has a tremendous depth of history, network, and partnerships in Asia that you will now have access through your relationship with Mitsui Ventures.


DATE April 4, 2006
LOCATION Quadrus Conference Center,
2400 Sand Hill Rd.,
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 854-2342
SCHEDULE
4:00PM to 4:30PM Early registration/networking
4:30PM to 5:00PM Destination TOKYO - Introduction to the Tokyo Market" Moriyuki Iwanaga, (Head, Foreign Listing Promotion, Capital Markets Promotion Division, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.)
5:00PM to 5:30PM "Key for success - IPO in Japan" Masayoshi Takahashi, (Managing Director, IPO Department, Nomura Security Co.,Ltd.)
We will provide English-Japanese/Japanese-English simultaneous translations for the above two guest speakers.
5:30PM to 6:30PM Registration/networking, hosted drinks & appetizers
6:30PM to 6:40PM Welcome address by William T. Esrey & introduction of Head of Mitsui Ventures Silicon Valley
6:40PM to 6:45PM Presentation by Mark Kawahara (Head of Mitsui Ventures Silicon Valley / IT Group)
6:45PM to 6:55PM Presentation by Osamu Nagao (President of Mitsui Ventures) & Andy Ando (CEO of Mitsui & Co. Venture Partners, Inc.), including introduction of Mitsui Ventures
6:55PM to 7:00PM Presentation by Mitsui Ventures Portfolio Company - Boingo Wireless, Inc.
7:00PM to 7:05PM Presentation by Mitsui Ventures Portfolio Company - WaveMarket, Inc.
7:10PM to 7:15PM Presentation by Osamu Koyama (EVP of Mitsui & Co. (USA), Inc.)
7:15PM to 8:30PM Buffet dinner (including “authentic” sushi bar), hosted drinks, & more networking

Guest Speakers

Moriyuki Iwanaga
Head, Foreign Listing Promotion, Capital Markets Promotion Division, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.

Masayoshi Takahashi
Managing Director of IPO Department Nomura Securities Co.,Ltd.


Mitsui Ventures Advisory Board Members Attending

Sky Dayton
Founder & Chairman of Boingo Wireless Founder of EarthLink CEO of HELIO

Richard Brown
Former Chairman & CEO of Electronic Data Systems, CEO of Cable & Wireless PLC, President & CEO of H&R Block, and Vice Chairman of Ameritech Corp.

William T. Esrey
Chairman Emeritus of Sprint Nextel, former chairman of Japan Telecom

David J. Farber
Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University

Rowan Trollope
VP, Consumer Engineering at Symantec Corporation

Jake Winebaum
Founder and CEO of Business.com


Portfolio Speakers

David Hagan
President & Chief Executive Officer Boingo Wireless

Tasso Roumeliotis
CEO WaveMarket

Dr. Luosheng Peng
Co-founder, CTO & Chairman Innopath Software Inc.


Mitsui Speakers

Osamu Koyama
EVP of Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.

Osamu Nagao
President of Mitsui Ventures

Andy Ando
CEO of Mitsui & Co. Venture Partners

Mark Kawahara
Head of Mitsui Ventures Silicon Valley Office/IT Group


Special thanks to

Tokyo Stock Exchange,Inc
Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) is the second largest securities market in the world and the largest securities market in the Asia-Pacific region in terms of market capitalization. TSE makes the utmost effort to maintain abundant liquidity and a high level of market soundness, and to provide market participants both domestic and global with attractive investment opportunities.

Nomura Securities Co.,Ltd.
Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. (NSC) plays the central role in the Group's core securities business. As the leading securities and investment banking company in Japan, we provide individual investors and corporate clients with a broad range of services, including investment advisory services and securities underwriting.

JETRO
JETRO, or the Japan External Trade Organization, is a government-related organization that works to promote mutual trade and investment between Japan and the rest of the world. Originally established in 1958 to promote Japanese exports abroad, JETRO's core focus in the 21st century has shifted toward promoting foreign direct investment into Japan and helping small to medium size Japanese firms maximize their global export potential.