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Headline - Asia, Minato (2026)

14/05/2026

We're proud to announce our investment in GGWP as part of their $15 million Series A, alongside Smilegate and Korea Investment Partners.

🔷 The team behind it
GGWP was founded in 2020 by three people who each bring a different piece of the puzzle: Dennis Fong, one of the most recognized names in competitive gaming history; Kun Gao, co-founder of Crunchyroll; and George Ng, an AI expert who now serves as President and CTO.

🔷 Bigger than games
One thing that stood out to us: the need for community safety infrastructure has grown well beyond gaming into adjacent digital ecosystems, fan communities, streaming platforms, creator spaces.
As the lines between gaming, entertainment, and social platforms continue to blur, the demand for this kind of infrastructure extends across all of them.

🔷 On Japan specifically
As George Ng put it, Japan is home to some of the most demanding live-service publishers in the world. The bar is high. GGWP's platform is built to meet it with AI that understands the cultural and linguistic context that generic moderation tools miss.

If you are interested in learning more about or partnering with GGWP, reach out to our investor Jeremy Kai Proctor.

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21/04/2026

Expanding across the Greater Bay Area and Japan means learning two markets that operate very differently from each other. The founders and operators joining us at IVS Hong Kong x HKBU have been navigating that for years.

Through three Headline Asia portfolio companies spanning Hong Kong, Japan, and China, we'll get into what cross-border expansion has actually looked like for them: what worked, what didn't, and what they'd do differently.

⬛️ Crossing Boundaries: Japan x Greater Bay Area

◽️ Jeff Zielinski, CFO, Buy&Ship 香港 — With 20+ years spanning tech investing at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs to operator roles in cross-border ecommerce, Jeff now leads finance and business development as Buy&Ship scales its Japan anchored platform across Asia.

◽️ Kazuhiro Shimada, CEO, ZAIKO — Having spent decades shaping Japan's music industry at Universal Music, Amazon Music, and Warner Music Japan, Kaz now leads ZAIKO as it builds a global direct-to-fan platform for live events and streaming.

◽️ Dow Wang, Founder & CEO, MoSeeker — Building on a decade in HR tech, Dow leads MoSeeker's push to make hiring smarter through AI-powered recruitment, backed by partnerships with Workday, SAP, and Oracle.

◽️ Moderated by Yuka Kawata, Investor, Headline - Asia.

🔷 April 23 | Hong Kong
🔷 Co-hosted with HKBU Institute for Innovation and Translation

16/04/2026

Meet Michael LoFaso, Co-Founder of Spuree.

Spuree builds AI-powered workflow software for creative teams working across animation, gaming, and interactive experiences, giving artists and IP holders the tools to spend more time on story, and less time rebuilding scenes from scratch.

The founding team brings together Hollywood executives from Rideback (The Lego Movie franchise, Lilo & Stitch, Aladdin) and ex-Apple AI researchers who understand both the technical and creative sides of production.

The result is a platform artists actually want to use.

🔷 What Spuree does: Encodes character data and assets with the artist's creative intent, so teams can move from feedback to iteration without restarting the pipeline. Iteration cycles that once took weeks now happen in hours.

🔷 What's next: Deeper studio and enterprise partnerships, tools for indie creators, and a growing focus on Asia, where established IP and creative heritage are a natural fit for what Spuree is building.

Swipe through to read the full Founder Spotlight ➡️

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https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/beyond-borders-6965902089495449600/

15/04/2026

Bill Chou and Sylvie Liu, DDS, co-founders of Dentscape, came to IVS LAUNCHPAD to find their way into Japan.

Dentscape builds AI for dental manufacturing. Designing a crown used to take four days. Their platform brings that down to 10 minutes. In Japan, where the average dental technician is 53 years old and staff shortages are already a serious problem, the timing could not be better.

Watch the full interview to hear what they're building, why Japan, and what IVS LAUNCHPAD looks like from a founder's perspective.

🔶 Bill will be at IVS BETA TAIPEI on May 7.
Join us: https://luma.com/lvw2l1gm

🔷 If you are an international founder considering Japan, applications for IVS LAUNCHPAD 2026 close May 7.
➡️ https://www.ivs.events/launchpad/2026

14/04/2026

Building with AI is one thing. Getting people to actually trust it in their daily work is where the real challenge begins.

Across manufacturing, video, and healthcare, a new generation of founders is closing the gap between what AI can do in a demo and what it takes to make it a workflow professionals rely on and this panel gets into exactly how.

⬛️ Panel 1: When AI Meets Reality

◽️ Natalie Feng L., Claude Ambassador, Taipei — A startup ecosystem builder with roots in AppWorks and e-commerce, Natalie brings a ground-level view of how AI tools are actually being adopted by founders in Taiwan.

◽️ Daniel Yu, Co-founder, MetAI — Solving manufacturing's hardest challenges through AI-powered digital twins, Daniel is bridging simulation and real-world deployment to accelerate the adoption of physical AI alongside NVIDIA and other industry leaders.

◽️ Peng Agnes, COO, GliaCloud Co., Ltd. — Leading GliaCloud's shift from AI video tools to agent-based services, Agnes is building the infrastructure that helps enterprises create video content at scale.

◽️ Bill Chou, Co-founder & CEO, Dentscape — Tackling the global shortage of skilled dental technicians, Bill is bringing AI-powered design to dental restoration and scaling it with some of the largest lab groups in the US.

May 7 | 2:30 – 5:30 PM | Taiwan Tech Arena

➡️ Secure your seat: lu.ma/lvw2l1gm

09/04/2026

When you are deciding where to spend your time as a founder, track record matters.

Here is what IVS LAUNCHPAD looks like over 20 years.

🔶 5,000+ startups have applied since 2007
🔶 478+ startups have pitched on the main stage
🔶 30 IPOs across the broader IVS and LAUNCHPAD ecosystem
🔶 47 buyouts across the same ecosystem

Those numbers reflect something consistent: putting the right founders in front of the right people at the right moment, over a long period of time.

For international startups, that consistency matters in a specific way. Getting meaningful access to Japan's investor and corporate community takes time when you are building from outside the country; LAUNCHPAD compresses that timeline.

Finalists pitch at IVS 2026 in Kyoto, July 1 to 3, on a 3,000-seat stage in front of Japan's most active startup ecosystems.

Applications are open until May 7, 2026.

➡️ Apply: https://ivs.web.codeer.ai/

08/04/2026

𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁 | 𝗜𝗩𝗦 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝗮 | 𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗜

The AI conversation has moved on from what's possible to what's actually being adopted, what's earning trust in the real world, and what that means for how startups are built and funded today.

IVS Beta Taipei is built around that shift, bringing together the builders and investors navigating it in real time.

If you are building in AI, investing in AI, or trying to understand where real adoption is happening beyond the noise, this is the conversation to join.

May 7 | 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM | Taiwan Tech Arena

➡️ Secure your seat: https://luma.com/lvw2l1gm

08/04/2026

3,000 people in the room. 10,000+ watching live on YouTube.

For international founders, the IVS 𝗟𝗔𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗛𝗣𝗔𝗗 stage is one of the fastest ways to build visibility in Japan in a single day. Not just with the audience inside Rohm Theatre Kyoto, but with the broader Japanese startup community watching the livestream.

That kind of reach takes years to build through normal channels. On DAY 3 of IVS 2026, you get it in six minutes.

🔹 3,000 live audience at IVS 2026, Kyoto
🔹 10,000+ on YouTube livestream
🔹 Judged by Japan's most prominent investors, founders, and executives
🔹 Up to ¥10,000,000 for the winner

Applications close May 7, 2026.

➡️ https://ivs.web.codeer.ai/

08/04/2026

𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗝𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻 | 𝗜𝗩𝗦 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝗮 | 𝗦𝗲𝗼𝘂𝗹

Last chance to join us tomorrow in Seoul for an evening built around one question: what does it actually take to win in Japan?

From founders who've navigated Japan's market firsthand to investors who've seen what works and what doesn't, we're bringing the people who know exactly how Japan works into one room for an evening of honest and grounded conversation.

⬛️ 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 1 - 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹: 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗝𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻

◽️ Chungho Lee, CEO, ReFeed
◽️ Thomas Choi, CEO, Realdraw Inc
◽️ Felix Kim, CSO, Willog
◽️ Moderated by SungJae Lim, Investor, Headline - Asia

⬛️ 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 2 - 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘄: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁

◽️ Seungho (David) Bae, General Partner, BIG Impact
◽️ James Lim, Managing Partner, Z Venture Capital
◽️ Jennifer Lin, Principal, Headline - Asia
◽️ Moderated by Kate Liu, Investor, Headline - Asia

📅 Thursday, April 9 | 4:00 – 6:30 PM KST | Seoul

➡️ Secure your seat: lu.ma/64ptsg2z

06/04/2026

Thinking about raising or expanding in Japan?
Hear from the investors who know exactly what it takes, at IVS Beta | Seoul 2026.

From understanding how investors evaluate founders to navigating the nuances of cross-border capital, IVS Beta Seoul brings you the investor perspective on what it really takes to win in Japan.

⬛️ 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 2 - 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘄: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁

◽️David Bae, General Partner, BIG Impact — Having spent 12+ years on both sides of the table, as an investor and as CFO of Japan's first cloud kitchen startup, he now connects cross-border capital and startups across East Asia

◽️James Lim, Managing Partner, Z Venture Capital — A founding member of LINE Ventures with eight years across BD, strategy, and corporate development at LINE, he brings cross-border fluency across Japan, Korea, and the US

◽️Jennifer Lin, Principal, Headline - Asia - Focused on investments at the intersection of Japan and Asia's broader startup ecosystem, she works closely with founders and stakeholders to shape the cross-border connections that help companies grow across the region

◽️Moderated by Kate Liu, Investor, Headline - Asia

Thursday, April 9 | 4:00 – 6:30 PM KST | Seoul

➡️ Secure your seat: lu.ma/64ptsg2z

03/04/2026

Lessons from Korean founders who've expanded to Japan and what it actually took to make it work.

Expanding into Japan isn't just about having the right product: it's about understanding a market that operates on its own terms, with its own pace and culture, and the following founders will join us at IVS 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗔 | 𝗦𝗲𝗼𝘂𝗹 2026 to share their experience and perspectives.

⬛️ 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 1 - 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹: 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗝𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻

◽️Chungho Lee, CEO, ReFeed — Turning waste cooking oil into sustainable aviation fuel, he’s building the digital infrastructure behind Asia's circular energy economy

◽️Felix Kim, CSO, Willog — With 20+ years spanning finance, strategy, and investor relations across Samsung, government, and NYSE-listed companies, he is now building the strategic foundation for Willog's next stage of growth

◽️Sang-gyu Choi, CEO, Realdraw Inc — Bridging advanced AI with artistic storytelling, he’s bringing sharper, more scalable production to the webtoon industry

◽️Moderated by SungJae Lim, Investor, Headline - Asia

Thursday, April 9 | 4:00 – 6:30 PM KST | Seoul

➡️ Secure your seat: lu.ma/64ptsg2z

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