DEEPCORE and Zeroth company release of Tokyo program
(2019/1/30)
Category: Miscellaneous
Release issuing company: Zeroth
Zeroth has been collaborating with DEEPCORE in Tokyo since December last year, and started the Tokyo Accelerator Program from December 2018 to March 2019 at "KERNEL HONGO" operated by the same company.
December 10, 2018: Zeroth collaborated with DEEPCORE in Tokyo from December 2018 to March 2019 at "KERNEL HONGO" operated by the company. I started the program. The program will provide mentorship and investment to Zeroth's 10 startups. Its vision is to form eminent national and international mentors into the nascent corporate community to drive change and broaden their thinking.
Participating mentors and special guests include Kazuhiro Ohara (Former Rakuten Executive Officer), Mirai Hirano (Cinnamon CEO), Jung-hee Ryu (FuturePlay ), Gen Kanai (Animoca Brands), Naohiro Shoji (Hike Ventures Inc), Masashi Ikeda (The Bridge), Shumpei Fukui (Archetype Ventures Inc), and Maxwell Weiss (Millennium 7 Capital). .
DEEPCORE is an AI-focused incubator and VC that is 100% owned by SoftBank Group Corp. Aiming for social implementation of deep learning, we aim to form an ecosystem that fosters entrepreneurs by collaborating with various research institutes and companies. We operate the incubation facility “KERNEL HONGO” and the VC fund “DEEPCORE TOKYO No. 1 Investment Business Limited Liability Union” that invests in promising seed and early stage AI startups.
Zeroth is the world's first accelerator focused on artificial intelligence and machine learning. Zeroth invests in potential seed-stage startups and provides operational, strategic, and network support to investee companies to develop their businesses. Apart from the accelerator program, Zeroth also invests in blockchain-focused startups. To date, Zeroth has invested in a total of 33 companies, with an average stake of 6% in each, over the past three batches. We have also invested in eight companies that also focus on blockchain technology.
Various companies graduated from the Zeroth accelerator program and raised funds, for example, prominent venture capital firms Horizons Ventures (currently invested in Fano Labs, now Accosys), Mizuho Capital ( Laboratik), Portag3Ventures (Planto), KBInvestments (Seoul Robotics), Aeternity Ventures (Utu), etc.
Katsumasa Niki, President and CEO of DEEPCORE said,
"I am very happy that the Zeroth Tokyo program will be held at KERNEL HONGO. Through this program, We will accelerate our support for AI startups from Tokyo.”
Zeroth partner Hajime Hotta said:
"I believe that the ZerothTokyo program will be a breakthrough in the internationalization of Japanese AI technology in terms of both sending Japanese companies into the global market and incorporating international technology into Japan."<
About DEEPCORE
DEEPCORE, with the mission of "CORE for Disruptive Innovations", specializes in AI, and aims to foster excellent young entrepreneurs in the field of AI, especially deep learning. Type incubator and VC. We aim to build an ecosystem that nurtures entrepreneurs who bring about disruptive innovation with technology, and to implement AI technology such as deep learning in society. Based in the incubation space “KERNEL HONGO”, we conduct AI technology-driven community management, joint demonstration experiments with companies, etc., and support startups.
http://deepcore.jp/
About Zeroth
Zeroth is a Hong Kong-based startup accelerator specializing in the AI (artificial intelligence) field. Mainly invested in pre-seed to seed stage startup founding teams, many human resources for about 3 months (Zeroth team with experienced entrepreneurs, mentoring by investors and Zeroth partners, participation in issues tackled by Zeroth) Entrepreneur communities that engage in entrepreneurship) will provide intensive mentoring and support to accelerate the launch of the business.
Zeroth SPC is an SPC (Separate Portfolio Company = a corporation that manages part of the assets in a separate state to reduce the risk of the head office), through which we make early investments in startups. Venture Classic Limited is operated by Zeroth SPC. He has a track record of investing in more than 41 companies from 15 countries in just a year and a half, and is supported by many top venture capital firms, especially Horizons Ventures, Archetype Ventures, and REAPRA. Please see the link below for details.
http://zeroth.ai/
Zeroth investee company list:
Botimize, Clickful, Clare.ai, Sero.ai, DT42, Aniwear, Object.ai, Rocco.ai, Impress, Mateverse, Fano Labs (Accosys), Automorph, Dishq, Emotics, Etymo, FamFit (OKliveX), Foxsy, h30, Laboratik, Marax, Pingpad, Scry, SmartPeep, Volareo, Utu, WeCare, Tru Luv, Scribe Intelligence, Seoul Robotics, Planto, Fasal, MathCognify, Metrix.
Other portfolio companies:
Mainframe, Quadrant Protocol, Perlin Network, DREP Foundation, Libra Credit Network, Ocean protocol, Singularity Net, Raven Protocol.<
Contact:
Zeroth: tak@zeroth.ai or jin@zeroth.ai
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