Students and young talents] Change the world through research✕ business! Special seminar for students and young professionals!

Instructor:Director and CFO, Liverness, Inc.
　　　Masahiro Ikegami

Graduated from Tokyo Institute of Technology, School of Bioscience and Biotechnology. In June 2002, he launched LIVERNESS Corporation and was appointed as Director and CFO. Since December 2014, he has been the managing director of the Real Tech Fund, an investment fund specializing in university-launched R&D ventures, and since January 2020, he has been the representative director of Liverness Capital Inc.

Guest Lecturer:fabula Corporation　Representative Director and CEO
　　　Mr. Kota Machida

Born in 1992. Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Engineering. Spent his childhood in the Netherlands and became interested in environmental issues. In October 2021, he founded fabula Co., Ltd. with three childhood friends from elementary school with the aim of "valorizing all kinds of garbage. He finds stories in garbage discarded as worthless, and creates excitement out of garbage. His favorite food waste is mandarin orange peels. He enjoys traveling and has been to more than 60 countries. His favorite city is Venice.

Instructor: Executive Officer, LIVERNESS Co.
　　　Yusuke Shinozawa

Graduated from the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Tokyo (Master of Agricultural Science). 2008 Worked for a PR company before joining RIVERNESS in 2009. In the same year, he launched the Silicon Valley training program for graduate students, the first overseas business for Riverness. 2012, he launched the media development business. 2013, he launched the seed acceleration business "TECH PLANTER". 2018, he became the head of the foundation development business. Started working on the theme of "founding a business" instead of starting a business. started Project Ikkaku in 2019. executive officer since 2021.

Guest Lecturer:Metagen Inc.　Director CFO
　　　Yoshinori Mizuguchi

In 2015, while a master's student at the Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Science, he co-founded and became a director of Metagen Inc. In 2018, he completed the doctoral program of the same school and the MEXT/JSPS Leading Program for Doctoral Education in Information and Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Science. D. in Engineering. He served as COO and CSO of the company before assuming his current position. 2020 Temporary member of the Industrial Structure Council, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; from 2023, Temporary member of the Council for Science, Technology and Science, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Specialized in biological tissue engineering.

Instructor: Director, Center for National Policy Research, Riverness, Inc.
　　　Yoshinobu Osaka

He holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from Keio University, Graduate School of Business Administration. After working at Mitsubishi UFJ Bank and Japan Bank for International Cooperation, he worked at the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo (Specially Appointed Researcher) and Japan Science and Technology Agency (ACCEL Program Manager). Since joining RIVANES, he has been responsible for supporting the commercialization of research results by researchers and the investment and development of venture companies. He also serves as Representative Director of GLOKA LINK Corporation, Representative Director of KOBATA HOLDINGS Corporation, and Outside Director of Chalenagy Corporation.

Guest Lecturer:Cell Fiber Corporation　President and Representative Director
　　　Mr. Tasuku Yanagisawa

D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from the Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. During his studies, he conducted research on functional polymeric materials in Takuzo Aida Laboratory. He joined Cell Fiber in February 2018, became a director in May of the same year, and became a representative director in June 2019. Immediately after joining the company, he has been a principal investigator in research projects funded by AMED, NEDO, and other organizations, and has been a driving force behind Cellular Fiber's business.