Web 3 Tokyo

2022.12.10ONLINE EVENT
10th Decemberfrom Tokyo (Zoom)
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What is Web3 Tokyo?

The world is catching on to Web3 technology.

Many major companies and startups are attempting to establish businesses in the Web3 space in Japan.
Despite this, most of the Web3 information is published and discussed in English.
The language barrier hinders Japan's ability to compete on the global market due to its low English comprehension levels.
As a result, Japan's Web3 market struggles to communicate with those around the world.

Our approach to this issue is to present market insights and introduce innovative projects.
This event also aims to connect Japan with the global Web3 market and discuss Japan's unique potential from
international players' perspectives.

Focal Points of Web3 Tokyo 2022

  • Web3 Projects and its PMF

    We aim to introduce projects that utilize Web3 technology.
    Projects will present their solutions, product market fit, and insight into how they create their markets.

  • How VCs see the Web3 Market

    We aim to gain insights into the Web3 market from a macro viewpoint through a panel discussion with VCs that invest in Web3 projects. As well as the game-changing potentials of Web3 over Web2.

  • CEXs and Community

    The Web3 market focuses on communities, and CEXs play a significant role. A panel of speakers from CEXs will discuss how CEXs can facilitate community interaction and growth.

Web3 Tokyo 2022 Speakers

Masataka Kakiya

Session 1: Web3 Projects' PMF

Masataka Kakiya

Strategic Sales Director

ConsenSys Japan

Motoki Tani

Session 2: VC & Web3 Market

Motoki Tani

CEO

Animoca Brands

Akio Tanaka

Session 2: VC & Web3 Market

Akio Tanaka

Partner

Headline Asia

Max Kinoshita

Session 2: VC & Web3 Market

Max Kinoshita

General Partner & CEO

Skyland Ventures

Edward Chen

Session 3: CEX & Community

Edward Chen

Head of Asset and Commercial Hub

Huobi

Lou Yu

Session 3: CEX & Community

Lou Yu

Head of KuCoin Labs

KuCoin

Hideki Ikeda

Session 3: CEX & Community

Hideki Ikeda

CTO

Zaif (Caica Exchange)

Ricky Bahner

Session 1: Web3 Projects' PMF

Ricky Bahner

VP of Strategy

tokenproof

Wilson Wei

Session 1: Web3 Projects' PMF

Wilson Wei

Co-Founder

CyberConnect

Shinsuke Sato

Session 1: Web3 Projects' PMF

Shinsuke Sato

CEO & Founder

Slash Payment

Waka Itagaki

Special Talk: METI

Waka Itagaki

Deputy Director, Web 3.0 Policy Office

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Yoshiro Tasaka

Special Talk: Shibuya City

Yoshiro Tasaka

Director of Global Strategy Division at Shibuya City Government

Shibuya City

Noah Sakamaki

Session 2: VC & Web3 Market

Noah Sakamaki

Deputy Editor-in-Chief

[Moderator] CoinPost

Junya Yamamoto

Session 3: CEX & Community

Junya Yamamoto

CEO & Founder

[Moderator] Scalably

Event Schedule

2022.12.10 | Zoom
1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 1:10 PM

Opening (1pm~ JST)

Opening remarks of Web3 Tokyo 2022.

1:10 PM
1:10 PM - 1:20 PM

Special Talk: Shibuya City (1:10pm JST)

The Shibuya City Government's Global Strategy Division will be giving a special talk of their efforts to support web3 businesses.

Speakers

1:20 PM
1:20 PM - 3:00 PM

PMF of the Web3 Projects (1:20pm~ JST)

We aim to introduce projects that utilize Web3 technology. Projects will present their solutions, product market fit, and insight into how they create their markets.

Speakers

ConsenSys tokenproof CyberConnect Slash Payments
3:10 PM
3:10 PM - 4:10 PM

Views of VCs on Web3 (3:10pm~ JST)

We aim to gain insights into the Web3 market from a macro viewpoint through a panel discussion with VCs that invest in Web3 projects. As well as the game-changing potentials of Web3 over Web2.

Speakers

Headline Asia Animoca Brands Skyland Ventures

Moderator

CoinPost
4:10 PM
4:10 PM - 4:20 PM

Special Talk: Web 3.0 Policy Office, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (4:10pm~ JST)

METI will be presenting the Japanese government's efforts to improve the environment for promoting Web3 and the advantages of developing Web 3-related businesses in Japan.

Speakers

4:20 PM
4:20 PM - 5:20 PM

The CEXs and the community (4:20pm~ JST)

The Web3 market focuses on communities, and CEXs play a significant role. A panel of speakers from CEXs will discuss how CEXs can facilitate community interaction and growth.

Speakers

KuCoin Huobi Global Zaif Exchange

Moderator

Scalably
5:20 PM
5:20 PM - 5:30 PM

Closing (5:20pm~ JST)

Media Partner

Sponsors

Supporting Organizations/
Companies

Side Events

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  • Date
  • 2022/12/9 18:00-21:00
  • Place
  • Shiodome City Center.
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Contact

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Masataka Kakiya ConsenSys Japan Strategic Sales Director

He started his career at ING Life Insurance (now NN Life Insurance) and later became a FX broker at ICAP. He has experience as a hedge fund sales manager and led the operations of ICE's (Intercontinental Exchange-SuperD) Japan operation before starting his career at Murex selling risk management systems to major banks/securities firms. Most recently, he promoted mission-critical systems for financial institutions at Oracle Corporation, launched cryptocurrency-focused funds, etc., and pursued further exploration of the blockchain market which lead him to join ConsenSys.
He holds a B.A. in Economics from Keio University.

SESSIONS

Session 1: Web3 Projects' PMF

Motoki Tani Animoca Brands CEO

Motoki Tani leads Animoca Brands Japan (ABKK) team with the mission to bring Japanese IP to the world and to bring Japan to Web3. ABKK was founded with the support and investment from major publishers and financial institutions in Japan to help the country with its national growth strategy in Web3.
Prior to co-founding ABKK, Moto was a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager at Millennium Capital Management where he was responsible for Japan Macro Strategy Investments. Before joining Millennium, he was a Portfolio Manager at Complus Asset Management and was responsible for running JPY Bond Trading business
at JP Morgan. Moto started his career as a consultant at Price Waterhouse and spent time as a derivatives trader at Bankers Trust and credit trader at Merrill Lynch.
Moto is a member of the Board of Directors at Shiraiwa, sake maker of IWA, to bring Sake to the world. He has co-founded Curioo Kids Japan to bring innovative learning to Japan.He is an avid sports lover, taking a position as a Board of Director at Japan Sports Academy. Moto is also an advisor, member, MC, Auctioneer at my charity
organizations. Moto was born in Japan and moved to the United States at the age of 9 years old, where he grew up in Los Angeles and Mercer Island, WA.

SESSIONS

Session 2: VC & Web3 Market

Akio Tanaka Headline Asia Partner

Born in 1970. He earned a master's degree from the University of British Columbia, Canada. After serving as CTO of Macromedia Japan Inc. and CEO Advisor at Macromedia's headquarters in the U.S., he oversaw international venture investments, especially in Asia, at Adobe's headquarters after the merger of Adobe and Macromedia. In June 2008, he became independent and joined Infinity Ventures LLP (now Headline Asia) as co-chair partner in June of 2008. He has been involved in international investment with a focus on Japan, leveraging his network in North America and Asia.

SESSIONS

Session 2: VC & Web3 Market

Max Kinoshita Skyland Ventures General Partner & CEO

"Venture capitalist, entrepreneur and executive.

Born in Nagoya raised in Yokohama, Japan, in 1985. CEO and General Partner of Skyland Ventures, a venture capital fund that mainly invests in seed startups founded by young entrepreneurs, and has established about $40M VC fund specializing in Web3 since 2022 with a multi-lingual team.

He graduated the School of Science and Engineering at Waseda University. Before founding Skyland Ventures, he was a member of [Daiwa Corporate Investment](https://www.daiwa-inv.co.jp/en/) and [Incubate Fund](https://incubatefund.com/en/), where he gained experience as a venture capitalist. He love SNS such as Twitter(40K follower), Youtube and Podcast. After 2022, he especially share about Japanese Web3 startup ecosystem.

He is known for his investments in companies such as, [Cluster](https://cluster.mu/en) (Metaverse), [ANYCOLOR](https://www.anycolor.co.jp/en) (Vtuber Management), [ROXX](https://roxx.co.jp/) (Reference check service), [Aidemy](https://aidemy.net/) (AI in-house consulting), [M&A Cloud](https://macloud.jp/) (M&A Marketplace), LEAN BODY (Online Fitness Service), TranSe (Online Learning), LUCO (Live-Streaming Related Services), GITAI (Space Robots), 400F (Marketplace for Money Professionals), [Alyawmu](https://alyawmu.com/) (“Furusatonozei” hometown tax NFT), and Zenesis (VR NFT Creative Tools), most of which Skyland Ventures participated as the first seed investor."

SESSIONS

Session 2: VC & Web3 Market

Edward Chen Huobi Head of Asset and Commercial Hub

Edward Chen, General manager of Asset and commercial center at Huobi, has more than 5 years blockchain working experience in Singapore. Huobi was founded in 2013, making it one of the most established virtual assets exchanges in the world. It is also one of the largest by trading volume, and serves millions of users across international markets. Since its establishment, Huobi has committed to providing first class virtual asset investment services. Our robust infrastructure, product innovation and capital strength provide a truly customer-centric and secure trading environment, to help our international users to achieve their investment objectives.

SESSIONS

Session 3: CEX & Community

Lou Yu KuCoin Head of KuCoin Labs

Lou YU, Head of KuCoin Labs. Alumni from Paris Sorbonne-Nouvelle Negotiation and joined KuCoin Corporation since 2019. She led the Testnet Operations of KuCoin Community Chain. By joining the investment arm of KuCoin as its Head, she rebranded it as KuCoin Labs with Web3 and Metaverse oriented investment strategies, establishing also the Metaverse Fund of KuCoin by the end of 2021.

SESSIONS

Session 3: CEX & Community

Hideki Ikeda Zaif (Caica Exchange) CTO

He has been involved in project management at a leading company in the finance industry and has led many projects to successful outcomes.
He also has extensive knowledge of technology strategy and architecture in the field of blockchain business. In recent years, he has been expanding his activities both domestically and internationally, including serving as the CTO of various business corporations related to blockchain and crypto asset exchanges.

SESSIONS

Session 3: CEX & Community

Ricky Bahner tokenproof VP of Strategy

Ricky Bahner has been in the Web3 space since 2017 and is currently the VP of Strategy for tokenproof. Ricky is passionate about maximizing value delivery to both brands and consumers in a way that protects user privacy. He has recently been interested in Web3 powered loyalty programs and using Web3 as a way to revitalize in-person commerce. Prior to joining tokenproof, Ricky worked across roles in Product and GTM Systems roles at Web2 companies like TikTok, Slack, and LinkedIn.

SESSIONS

Session 1: Web3 Projects' PMF

Wilson Wei CyberConnect Co-Founder

Wilson Wei is the co-founder of CyberConnect and investor in various Web3 projects. In 2017, along with the rest of the CyberConnect founding team, Wilson built Lino blockchain & DLive.tv, the biggest blockchain-based live streaming platform, which were acquired by BitTorrent in early 2020. DLive.tv had ~1 million daily active users & partnered with PewDiePie, the #1 YouTuber.

SESSIONS

Session 1: Web3 Projects' PMF

Shinsuke Sato Slash Payment CEO & Founder

In 2011, he established Holyday Inc. a creative production company in Akasaka, Tokyo, and developed a wide range of businesses including store development, system development, design, etc. He has sold his business twice to listed companies. In 2021, he started developing Slash protocol as his first web3 project in Singapore, and established Slash Fintech Limited in British Virgin Islands in May 2022.

SESSIONS

Session 1: Web3 Projects' PMF

Waka Itagaki Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Deputy Director, Web 3.0 Policy Office

Graduated from the University of Tokyo, the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Public Policy, and Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs. Joined the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in 2017, where she was in charge of healthcare industry policy, social innovation policy, digital transformation of government, etc. She is currently in charge of policies for the promotion of Web 3.0 (taxation, laws and regulations, etc.).

SESSIONS

Special Talk: METI

Yoshiro Tasaka Shibuya City Director of Global Strategy Division at Shibuya City Government

Served as a Special Advisor for Community Affairs at the Consulate-General of Japan in San Francisco for eight and a half years prior to joining the Shibuya City Office. In 2016, he returned to Japan, serving as vice president of Landlog, a venture company founded by Komatsu. A career with ASA Digital followed, as Vice President of Communication and Community Affairs responsible for Sendai, Tokyo, and San Francisco. He joined Shibuya City Government in 2020 as Director of the Global Strategy Division, which fosters start-up ecosystems and connects corporations with start-ups.

SESSIONS

Special Talk: Shibuya City

Noah Sakamaki [Moderator] CoinPost Deputy Editor-in-Chief

With a background in marketing and translation, Noah has interviewed many industry players from notable projects such as FTX, Ripple, NEAR and more. Noah is focused on contributing to the mass adoption of web3 by writing understandable news mainly surrounding policy and regulation. Twitter: @crypto_afuro
Telegram: @tokyo_titan

SESSIONS

Session 2: VC & Web3 Market

Junya Yamamoto [Moderator] Scalably CEO & Founder

Scalably CEO. Yamamoto is a specialist in the blockchain industry business and has contributed to blockchain technology and business from Southeast Asia since 2015.

- Over 10 years of experience in the overseas system development business.
- Leading the development team formation of 8 corporations in Vietnam.
- Established a blockchain R&D center with more than 350+ people in Southeast Asia since 2015.
- Alliances with approximately 250 blockchain-related companies throughout the group

SESSIONS

Session 3: CEX & Community