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The Founder Institute’s 15th Anniversary Celebration – Startup Ecosystem Supporters Get-Together Event was a huge success!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On August 7th, at SivanS Lab in Shibuya, over 100 passionate supporters of the startup ecosystem came together despite short notice. Even with a thunderstorm raging outside, the energy in the room was electric as founders, investors, and industry leaders from the Tokyo startup community\u2014including FI alumni and mentors\u2014joined us to celebrate 15 years of innovation and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The connections made during the event were invaluable, with conversations sparking new partnerships, investment opportunities, and collaborative ventures. It wasn\u2019t just a celebration; it was a gateway to global opportunities that underscored the power of our interconnected community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A heartfelt thank you to our local leaders Erdin\u00e7 Ekinci \ud83d\ude4b\u200d\u2642\ufe0f and Yu Li Shein, and our amazing mentors Ahram Chui, Karin Jork-Wellbrock (PCC), Evan Burkosky (kimaru.ai), Steve Monaghan, Dr. Joe H., Krishan Caldwell, Raphael Hod\u00e9, Reisa Matsuda, Alexander De Vore, Mahesh Kasar, Timothy Connor, So Saito, Yuichi Terada , Ed Thompson, Yoichi Morimoto, and Lauren Nham, who were there to support our mission of enhancing collaboration in Japan\u2019s startup ecosystem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1520,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"class_list":["post-1519","events","type-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry","has-media"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Founder Institute's15th Anniversary Celebration - SivanS Lab<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sivanslab.com\/en\/events\/the-founder-institutes15th-anniversary-celebration\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Founder Institute's15th Anniversary Celebration - SivanS Lab\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Founder Institute’s 15th Anniversary Celebration – Startup Ecosystem Supporters Get-Together Event was a huge success! 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