Kiyoko is managing partner of Knockout Capital and Weclikd Inc. She was previously at Morgan Stanley,  full-ride researcher at UCLA, AHLA Under 30, UCLA Ventures, Chamber of Commerce and Arts Commission.

Masa is the president of Kanematsu ventures. Kanematsu is a 10B+ Japanese corporate company and aids startups with practical applications in consumer hardware and safety. He speaks at notable conferences such as SXSW.

Masato is the head of ANA ventures and partner at WiL's Lab. He seeks the next flying car  companies that redefine mobility and air travel.

Shoichi is the VP of Mitsubishi Ventures. Mitsubishi is a 42B+ company holding stake in Lawson, Uniqlo, and Muji. He seeks startups with simplicity and purpose. 

Manan is a founding partner and as a Bruin and  ran marketing for ed-tech startup Kno (acq. by Intel 2013) that raised over $90M of funding .

Kazuki is the head of  the venture arm for Ezaki Glico, the company famous for Pocky, the famous Japanese snacks in Anime. They love super cute, super edible food products.

Bryan was the head of growth of both Reddit and Twitter before joining on at Craft Ventures. They were some of the CafeX, Cloud 9 and Swarm.

Mark is a CVC at Akatsuki, Entertainment, previously at Candela and Technicolor Ventures. He is a Bruin with a Masters in materials science and MBA.

Bruce is a founding partner of Wildcat VC and author of Traversing the Traction Gap. Previously at Interwest Partners and Westpoint graduate, he seeks software and governmental solutions.

Jim is the chair of Caltech Angels and managing partner of Simmons Godspeed Ventures. He invests in the semiconductor industry and is both a Caltech and Harvard grad.

Miho is the COO of USA Japan. Previously she was with MIT Labs with notable clients such as Toshiba, Subaru, Phillips and FANCL and manages relations with the  Japanese Consulate. 

Atul is a notable lecturer in geopolitcal risk via World Bank, Washington D.C., TEDx and various universities. He is an Oxford PPE and Wharton grad with connections to Parliament.

Magnus is a world renown head of cost product design at Ikea and a published author in strategic sourcing and company management. He featured at Parsons for design.

Roger is the founder of Royse Law Firm, works with companies ranging from newly formed tech startups to publicly traded multinationals. He is on the top 500 lawyers list. 

Shawn is a senior associate at Floodgate, previously a managing partner at the Dorm Room Fund and previously at Bessemer Venture Partners. He has an MBA from Wharton and led over 27 investments.

Akemi is part of Stanford and Band of Angels and serves as the CEO of USAsian Venture Partners. She has over 20 years of experience, advancing companies such as NEC, United Airlines, CWT and Varig Airlines-Tokyo.

Landon is now the VP of Gabb Wireless and formerly at the Kickstart Seed Fund. He was formerly at Goldman Sachs and graduated from BYU, featured notably on Utah's 20 under 20.

Yannick was previously a senior investment manager at ARC and Morgan Stanley before becoming a VC and entrepreneur. He seeks hardware and software startups by trade.