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Tokyo - A Rising Sun in the Startup World

ТОКYO A Rising Sun in the Startup World Japan Even tough Tokyo is known to be one of the most expensive cities in the world and synonym to a low-risk culture, it has still given space to a recent rising startup scene. The mature and big number market has enabled several success stories to peak through like Rakuten and Puzzle & Dragons from GungHo. 2nd largest economy in Asia 126.9M inhabitants (Japan) 13.2M inhabitants (Tokyo) WEF e 220 GDP per capita growth71.4% 9th Official language Japanese in the world startups on AngelList in 2012 1.5% of Japan's GDP comes from the service Global Competitiveness Index 1.9 million millonaires (2nd behind the US) 0.6% 2.1% economy 22 billionaires Japan USA Germany 23.1% 55% 30% 6% of population is aged below 24 of population gives a high status to successful of population consider becoming an entrepreneur a desirable career choice of population perceive tremendous business entrepreneurs in society (GEM) opportunities in their country (GEM) (GEM) 86% of Japanese Internet users shop online M MARKET $42,495 per person 6 of the top 7 most active twitter ac counts in the world are Jap- average revenue anese For every 100 Japanese. per year 42 Economic growth over the last 3 years 2.3% Top 3 trends in the tech market have smartphones 3 times more than in 2011 -0.2% Japan EU 58 Social Media E-commerce All-mobile Percentage market cap (as part of GDP) connect to the Internet on a mobile device 61.8% of Japanese blogging is made on mobile phones 50% 40% 79 Jаpan EU I$1061 19th are online (more than doubled since 2012) 9th World ranking World ranking for infrastruc- for Technology $107.9bn tures (WEF) Average spend per user online readiness 30% of Internet users (WEF) e-commerce are on Twitter (vs 26% in the US) market size There are 47.8 million social net- 57.5% of Japanese mobile users have al- ready experienced shopping online via their phones work users in Japan $ FINANCING $202.8bn Ahead of Germany, Singapore and Hong Kong 1733 $1.2B Stock of Rank 4th Direct Foreign investment - Investors on Worldwide VCand Private Equity attractiveness index Capital invested into venture companies in Japan in 2012 AngelList at home LOCAL CONTEXT: Media attention for High-Technology Exports entrepreneurship % of existing media 27th most business friendly country in the world $126.5B 5 major accelerators $95.8B and incubators 53% 50% 21th Movida Higher education and training ranking (WEF) Japan European Union OnLab 2002 2011 Startup Club Japan 4 major co-working spaces vous+akasaka Compass Habitat Agora Co-working Office Creative Lounge MOV Samurai Incubate $47,128 average salary for a Rank 2nd Worldwide Entrepreneurial Culture and Deal Opportunities LUXr designer $56.220 in the US per year 8 procedures Start a business in Japan 22 days WHO TO FOLLOW Japanese entrepreneurs to follow Japanese startups to follow Beatrobo Where the Party Never Ends Social Music Community Hiroshi Asaeda Naoko Samata Founder of Coiney Taizo Son Chairman of GungHo CEO of Beatrobo and Meltingdots @asaeda PlugAir" @Coineylnc @TaizoSon Success stories Digital Content in the Cloud gl ps Oisix gengo mobile fun for everyone Web-based Human Translation Gloops Mobile game platform Acquired by Nexon for $365m Oisix locarise Food subscription service IPO $198m Shop Traffic Analytics Sources: Global Competitiveness Index (WEF); WorldBank - Bloomberg: Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report 2013; Global Innovation Index 2013 Angel.co; www.gemconsortium.org: CCK, April, 2013; www.gs.statcounter.com; Seedstars World; www.hubbathailand.comd seedstarsworld www.seedstarsworld.com

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