Phoenixi is hosting the Cohort 11 Kickoff of its Incubation Program, an in-person pitch event at toberu, a Kyoto-based residential incubator for corporate intrapreneurs and social entrepreneurs. The newly selected Fellows will present their impact-driven business ideas, followed by a panel discussion “Mission Possible 2: Fostering Ventures and Talent Together.” The program will conclude with a Q&A and networking session, accompanied by light refreshments 🍺🧀.
Register (required) and join us to discover how the new Fellows aim to challenge the status quo, what drives their work, and how together we can amplify their social impact!
- When: Friday 12 June 2026
- 17:20 Doors open
- 17:45 Event begins: Remarks | Pitches
- 18:20 Panel
- 19:00 Q&A/networking w/ 🍺🧀
- 20:00 Event concludes
- Where: toberu 1 [Access]
- Capacity: 80 people (first registered, first served)
- Language: Japanese and English (AI translation available)
- Event flyer: PDF | JPG (Shares and reposts appreciated!)
Notes:
- No bicycle/car parking available.
- Please bring your business cards. If you own none, we will ask you to write down your name & organization on a piece of paper upon entry.
- Feel free to enter or leave at any time.
- This event will NOT be livestreamed.
Speakers:
- Opening remarks
- Yutaka Iijima | COO and executive director, Phoenixi
- Masaru Takayanagi | Executive Officer, VP & CIO, Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
- Yoshiko Koizumi, PhD | Planning Group Manager, Marketing Research Div., Daikin Industries [on behalf of Katsunori Ishii, Executive Officer]
- Mihoko Arai | International Affairs Director, Economic Strategy Bureau, Osaka City
- Pitches by six new Fellows:
- Toshiyuki Yamada | Ajinomoto Co., Inc. | MitasuVege: frozen meal delivery with a day’s worth of veggies, made easy
- Kaori Tada | Daikin Industries | AmPle: an ambience subscription that lets your places “change outfits”
- Su (SuKha) | Fashion designer & icon | Something to Wear by SuKha Never Dies
- Yuya Ogawa | Founder & CEO, Noevis Inc. | Noevis: an interactive entertainment platform for neurodivergent children
- Pandi Agnes | Doshisha Business School, Global MBA ’25 | Xplore!: a platform connecting tourists and local mobility providers
- Brian Roy Tan, PhD | Co-founder & CEO, Wisdom Approach Pte Ltd | Scam Protect: identification using elemental fingerprinting
- Panel discussion: “Mission Possible 2: Fostering Ventures and Talent Together”
- Masaru Takayanagi | Executive Officer, VP & CIO, Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
- Yuichi Yoshimura | New product planning Senior Manager, New business development office, NISSHA
- Izumi Kobayashi | Co-founder, Phoenixi | Independent Director of Omron and Fujits
- Closing remarks
- Yukiko Hashitera | CEO and co-founder, Phoenixi
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About Phoenixi Co Ltd: Phoenixi operates a residential incubation program and a fund for program graduates to foster both business ideas that address social challenges and the entrepreneurial talent behind them. Program participants (Phoenixi Fellows) — including corporate employees, university faculty, students, and entrepreneurs — live for four months at the company’s facility “toberu”, where they engage in daily cross-sector interactions, startup-focused skill training, and personalized mentoring and coaching. Through this process, they develop new businesses that generate both profit and social impact. Founded in 2018 in Kyoto by Yukiko Hashitera, Dr Sachiko Kuno, and Izumi Kobayashi, Phoenixi is built around the concepts of “creating corporate-born ventures” and “sharing unusual time and space.” Since its inception in 2019, the company has supported a total of 13 cohorts and 96 Fellows (44 sponsored Fellows and 52 independent Fellows), with 31% women and 21% international participants.
