India-Japan corridor for Deep-tech innovation
India and Japan have long-standing strategic ties, but the next frontier is founder-led collaboration across deep-tech, AI, hardware, robotics, healthtech, and frontier science. This roundtable brings together a curated group of founders, operators, and investors to explore how Indian startups can unlock Japan as a market, technology, and capital partner.
We'll focus the discussion on 3 practical qns: what it takes to access Japanese markets, where strategic technology collaboration can accelerate company-building, and how founders should think about capital and corporate partnerships across the India-Japan corridor. The format will be intimate and interactive, with a tightly curated group of participants to enable high-quality discussion.
Hosted by Blume Ventures and UTEC, this session is designed for deep-tech founders and ecosystem leaders who are actively building or exploring cross-border opportunities between India and Japan.
Hosts:
Noriaki Sakamoto - Managing Partner, UTEC.
Arpit Agarwal - Partner, Blume Ventures.
Kiran Mysore - Principal, UTEC.
Sumangal Vinjamuri - VP, Blume Ventures.
Space is limited to keep the conversation lively and actionable - so please RSVP at the earliest.
Agenda:
6-6.30: Check-in and mingle
6.30-7.30: Roundtable discussion
7.30 onwards: Networking and light bites
Blume Ventures is a leading cross-border fund investing in the early-stage from Seed to Series A, with $800M+ under management. Blume has invested in several category-leading enterprise software/AI and deep-tech companies including Atomicwork, Pixxel, GreyOrange, Ati Motors, TestMu, Niqo Robotics, Tricog Health, Confido Health, Ethereal Machines and more.
UTEC is a Japan-based ~$1B+ VC firm doing hands-on seed and lead investments in Japanese and Global science & technology startups with a track record of 20 IPOs & 23 M&As. UTEC has been a prolific investor in Indian deep-tech startups since 2018, investing over $50M in companies such as: Tricog Health (Healthcare AI), Bugworks Research (Drug Discovery), Maieutic Semiconductors (AI for Chip design), Aerem (Climate-tech), ePlane (eVTOL aircraft) and Agara (acquired by Coinbase).