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Tim Romero
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Tim Romero is a Partner at JERA Ventures and host of the Disrupting Japan podcast. Investor, founder, author, podcaster, educator, picker, grinner, lover, sinner.
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Can Japan regain its lead in robotics?

#vc #startups #innovation #ai #japan #physicalai
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November 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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What Japan is doing differently with Physical AI

#vc #startups #innovation #ai #japan #physicalai
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Will Japan ever regain its lead in robotics? - Disrupting Japan
In the popular imagination, Japan is almost synonymous with robots. While Japan once dominated cutting-edge robotics, over the past decade she has fallen further and further behind the US and China. T...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Why too many Japanese VCs won’t invest in Japan

#vc #startups #innovation #japan #investment #saas #venturecapital
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October 20, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Why too many Japanese VCs won’t invest in Japan

#vc #startups #innovation #japan #investment #saas #venturecapital
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Why so many Japanese VCs won’t invest in Japan - Disrupting Japan
Japanese startups is hot right now, and more and more foreign money is flowing in. But many Japanese VCs remain stubbornly outward-looking. Today we sit down with Shri Dodani, who after a series of hi...
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October 14, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Why Japanese logistics is on the brink of collapse

#vc #startups #innovation #japan #logistics #trucking #saas
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September 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Is your AI startup even worth building anymore?

#vc #artificalinteligence #ai #startups #innovation #japan #innovatoin
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September 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Is your AI startup even worth building anymore?

#vc #artificalinteligence #ai #startups #innovation #japan #innovatoin
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How to start an AI Startup in late 2025 - Disrupting Japan
Last month I gave lecture at Globis University on what it takes to build an AI startup today. It's no longer early days for AI, and most founders don't have the connections and resources that drive to...
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September 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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What stops Japan from commercializing BioTech research

#vc #Biotech #Fertility #startups #innovation #japan #IVF

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August 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Why some future babies will have three parents

#vc #Biotech #Fertility #startups #innovation #japan #IVF
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Japanese technology to supercharge human fertility - Disrupting Japan
Japan's declining birth rate makes global headlines, but most of the developed world will soon be facing the same problem. The real solution involves a lot of social and economic changes, but as you'l...
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August 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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The future of climate tech innovation in Japan

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#vc #startups #innovation #japan #greentech #climatetech #deeptech
August 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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The future of climate tech innovation

#vc #startups #innovation #japan #greentech #climatetech #deeptech

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What’s next for climate tech startups & innovation - Disrupting Japan
Last month I spoke on a panel about the future of climate tech. I was joined by Emi Naganuma, the founder and General Partner of Apprecia Capital and Richard Youngman, the CEO Cleantech Group, with Mi...
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August 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Challenges foreign founders still face in Japan
#vc #startups #innovation #japan #deeptech #JapanStartups
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July 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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The challenges foreign founders still face in Japan
#vc #startups #innovation #japan #deeptech #JapanStartups

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Foreign founders are changing how Japanese start startups - Disrupting Japan
For the last 150 years Japan has made a science of borrowing the best ideas from the West and transforming them into her own. The startup world is no exception. Japanese startup culture is heavily sha...
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July 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Women are shaping VC in Japan in ways you might not expect
#FemaleFounders #WomeninVC #vc #startups #innovation #JapanStartups
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June 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Why so many new Japanese VC funds are founded by women

#FemaleFounders #WomeninVC #vc #startups #innovation #JapanStartups
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What it’s really like to be a female VC in Japan - Disrupting Japan
Progress is not only slower in Japan, it is often different. Looking at the numbers, it's clear that venture capital is even more male-dominated in Japan than it is in the West. Our guest today explai...
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June 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Startups need the enterprise far more than they care to admit

#vc #startups #innovation #JapanStartups #Leadership #JapaneseBusiness
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June 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Startups need the enterprise far more than they care to admit

#vc #startups #innovation #JapanStartups #Leadership #JapaneseBusiness
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Startup success hinges on enterprise innovation - Disrupting Japan
American startups dominate the current innovation cycle not as a result of startup innovation, but of enterprise innovation. Today we sit down with Dai Watanabe and dive into the dynamics of industry ...
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May 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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How senpai culture is holding Japan back

#vc #startups #innovation #japan #utokyo #Leadership #JapaneseBusiness
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May 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Sempai culture is holding Japan back

#vc #startups #cic #innovation #japan #utokyo
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Sempai culture is killing innovation in Japan - Disrupting Japan
Fifteen years ago, University-run venture funds were all illegal here in Japan, but today a higher percentage of major Japanese universities have VC funds than in the US or Europe. Today we sit down w...
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April 29, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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What it takes to build strong startup communities

#vc #startups #cic #innovation #japan #GlobalGathering
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April 21, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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What it takes to build strong startup communities

#vc #startups #cic #innovation #japan #GlobalGathering  #VenCafeTokyo
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How to build a successful startup community - Disrupting Japan
(sketch by Kaori Rei)Today we are going to sit down with an old friend. It was over seven years ago when I first had Tim Rowe on the podcast, and we mapped out what we saw as the future of startup inn...
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April 14, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Why older founders lead to more successful outcomes

#vc #startups #saas #investment #innovation #japan #b2b @jp_beatrust
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April 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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Why older founders lead to more successful outcomes

#vc #startups #saas #investment #innovation #japan #b2b
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Software alone can’t make us work together - Disrupting Japan
Today we are going to break down some startup stereotypes. I sit down with Kunio Hara, co-founder and CEO of Beatrust and break apart the stereotypes of the uncreative Japanese enterprise and the youn...
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March 31, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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This speaks to me.

Spotted at the GCVI Summit 2025.
March 21, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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I had a great discussion about Japanese startups and innovation with Divya Gopalan and Allen John Ku on Taiwan Plus Connected.

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Keys To Success For Startups Who Want to Break into the Japanese Market | Connected
YouTube video by Connected with Divya Gopalan on TaiwanPlus
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March 20, 2025 at 12:56 AM