ERA Winter 2013 Applications Now Open!

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Speaker:

Akihiko Okamoto, CEO of Recruit Incubation Partners Co.,LTD.

 Mr.Akihiko Okamoto is the CEO of Recruit Incubation Partners Co.,LTD.and he promotes new business development and investment not only domestically but also globally, such as North America and Southeast Asia , with the corporate venture capital fund.
He joined Recruit Co.,LTD. in 2007 after having been involved in investment banking , venture capital and securities.
In this corporation , he has been responsible for new business development and brand management in the Housing & Real estate department.
He has developed new products like audience targeting in the housing area and also designed and promoted the strategy of integrated brand communication of SUUMO.

Recruit Incubation Partners Co., LTD. Is an Venture Capital which focuses on the investment in Internet-based, mobile phone-centric B2C, information service company that provides consumers with innovative and convenient services and technologies. In addition to making investments, the company combines its own resources and information with the technologies and experience of an investment company to develop new services (R & D).

The company promotes R & D both in Japan and in the rest of the world, such as Silicon Valley, and Asia. As an R & D-based venture capital firm, it not only gives weight to investment earnings, but also to the importance of collaborative R & D to the Recruit Group and the possibility to create new values for consumers.

http://www.recruit.jp/

Recent News: Japan’s Recruit Co. Acquires Indeed.com To Extend Jobs Reach From US To Asia (TechCrunch) http://tcrn.ch/RDyDYx

To pitch your startup at this event, please apply at: http://bit.ly/RDxu3k

Format: Introductions, Q&A, 5 Pitches and Feedback.

ERA Summer 2012 Demo Day Coverage:
 

BetaBeat/NYO [Demo Day] http://betabeat.com/2012/09/era-demo-day-accelerator-entrepreneurs-roundtable-class-graduates/BetaKit [CaterCow] http://betakit.com/2012/09/22/startups-creating-end-to-end-marketplaces-to-change-the-service-industryGigaOm [Demo Day picks] http://gigaom.com/2012/09/21/4-startups-to-watch-from-entrepreneur-roundtable-accelerators-demo-day/Huffington Post [Demo Day] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/nyc-tech-startups_n_1908133.htmlPando Daily [Demo Day]  http://pandodaily.com/2012/09/21/eras-summer-2012-demo-day-politics-planes-and-paperwork/Tech Crunch [Demo Day picks] http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/21/techcrunchs-picks-from-the-era-demo-day-in-new-york/Tech Crunch [Houdini] http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/21/houdini-aims-to-solve-the-crucial-quality-question-that-comes-with-using-amazons-mechanical-turk/Tech Crunch [CaterCow] http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/21/catercow-takes-the-trouble-out-of-ordering-food-for-groups-in-nyc/Techpinions [Demo Day] http://techpinions.com/business-models-not-technology-distinguish-ny-startups/10527TheNextWeb [Demo Day] http://thenextweb.com/events/2012/09/21/meet -10 -startups-presenting-today-er-accelerator-demo-day-new-york/

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Organizer: Murat Aktihanoglu (@muratny)