Building bridges between Japan and the Bay Area since 1905. The Japan Society of Northern California is an educational non-profit organization and the West Coast’s leading forum on Japan and US-Japan relations. Its mission is to strengthen cooperation and understanding between the peoples of the United States and Japan in a changing world by providing programs that help to expand knowledge, increase personal interaction and facilitate discussion of important issues. Ever since our founding in 1905, the Japan Society has believed in the power of knowledge and personal contact to bring peoples and countries together. Now, more than 100 years …

Type: NGO, Think-tanks, Ed, & Culture Activities: edtech

Building an ecosystem to create and innovate societies. GLOBIS empowers purpose-driven, effective leaders to create and innovate societies for a rapidly changing world. Through MBA programs, corporate training, venture capital investments, online learning platforms, and publications, we have inspired business leaders since 1992. GLOBIS is home to Japan’s No.1 MBA and offers a variety of courses across both in-person and online in five countries. GLOBIS Unlimited, our online learning platform, allows busy professionals to upskill anytime, anywhere. GLOBIS Insights, our free digital publication, provides advice and inspiring stories to help everyone find purpose and create positive impact through their career. …

Type: SMB Activities: edtech Technologies: SaaS

Founded in 2003, LinkedIn connects the world's professionals to make them more productive and successful. With more than 1 billion members worldwide, including executives from every Fortune 500 company, LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network. The company has a diversified business model with revenue coming from Talent Solutions, Marketing Solutions, Sales Solutions and Premium Subscriptions products. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, LinkedIn has offices across the globe. Online Professional Network, Jobs, People Search, Company Search, Address Book, Advertising, Professional Identity, Group Collaboration, and Recruiting

Type: Large company Activities: hrtech

Startups & scaleups MamStartup.pl is the largest Polish website devoted exclusively to the startup industry. We present interviews with the most interesting people on the Internet, guides and news from the world of startups. If you want to start your adventure with building an e-business, MamStartup.pl is the place for you. media, startups, entrepreneurship, and start-ups

Type: Media

Community-driven innovation to change the future of financial services in Japan 一般社団法人 (General Incorporated Association) Tokyo FinTech is registered as a non-profit organization in Japan, and focused on running the largest and most active Meetup group in Tokyo broadly covering FinTech.

Type: NGO, Think-tanks, Ed, & Culture Activities: fintech

Backing the next generation of exceptional founders earlier than anyone else. We are backing the next generation of exceptional founders earlier than anyone else. Venture Capital

Type: Incubators & VCs

Your daily digest of life science developments in the top bioclusters in the world. Big4Bio is the premier aggregator of developments in life sciences. Our free, daily emails focus on the “Big 4” areas of bioscience: drugs, devices, diagnostics, and digital health, with links to content gleaned from hundreds of credible industry sources. Biotechnology, News, Drug Development, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, and Digital Health

Type: Media

From first cheque to forever Folklore Ventures is an Australian venture capital firm that is committed to supporting Australia and New Zealand’s most ambitious founders. Folklore invests early and for the long-term as a first cheque to forever investor that believes in the power of founder vision and the potential of teams, right from the start. Folklore looks for founders who are obsessed with delivering a product the world needs with software at its core. If you are looking to bring your vision to life with the backing of a team and community who have lived through the ups and …

Type: Incubators & VCs

Vertex Growth partners with exceptional entrepreneurs and promising companies on the cusp of growth. The Vertex Growth Fund partners with exceptional entrepreneurs and promising companies on the cusp of growth. We provide the expansion capital to realize the companies’ vision of creating a category champion that is enduring and transformational.

Type: Incubators & VCs