Thinking about Entrepreneurship with DNX Ventures

[Courses to register (3-4Q intensive courses)]
Undergraduate students: ENT.V202 Bachelor’s Fundamental Group Work for Value Creation B (0-1-0)
Graduate students: TAL.S503 Professionals and Value Creation B (0-1-0, GA0M) or TAL.S508 Professionals and Value Creation D (0-1-0, GA0M)
-TAL.S508 Professionals and Value Creation D is for students who have completed TAL.S503 Professionals and Value Creation B
-Students in the science and engineering fields who wish to enroll in a course must register for one of the above courses from the Kyomu Web System during the course registration period.
-It is possible to participate in the program without registering for a course, but priority will be given to those who register.

We will start a full-fledged Entrepreneurship Course in the fall semester of this academic year.

This program is full of contents related to “entrepreneurship to create new values and set them in society” with a focus on “startups”. The program consists of lectures by entrepreneurs who will passionately share their real experiences of how they started their business. They will not only talk about the “how-tos,” but also what their goals are and what they thought about when they started their business.

Furthermore, Mr. Kurabayashi (Head of Japan) and Mr. Shiraishi (Partner) of DNX Ventures, a venture capital firm that has made many investments and fostered startups in Japan and the U.S., were invited as lecturers exclusively for this program, and provided full cooperation in the structure and contents for all seven sessions. Through this program, students will be able to understand the reality of entrepreneurship to “develop and create new value,” which is the goal of the entrepreneurship education of this university, and will be able to understand the essence of “business” for those who are interested in start-ups as well as those who are not. These will give you a wide range of knowledge and options for your future career, regardless of which field you choose to pursue. This program forms the core of the university’s entrepreneurship education.

This is a rare opportunity not to be missed! We strongly encourage both undergraduate and graduate students to take the course or participate in the program.

Mr. Kurabayashi has been involved in venture investment and business development in the IT technology field in Japan and the U.S. at Fujitsu Ltd. and Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
After studying for his MBA, he served as the representative in Japan at Globespan Capital Partners and Salesforce Ventures.
He joined DNX Ventures in 2015, and became Managing Partner & Head of Japan in 2020. Major investments to date include Sansan, MoneyForward, Andpad, Kakehashi, DataX, TechTouch, and Commune.
-External advisor at Academy for Leadership, and former completion exam committee member at Academy for Global Leadership, Institute of Science Tokyo
-Part-time lecturer at Doshisha University and Institute of Science Tokyo
-Completed PhD at Graduate School of Policy and Management, Doshisha University (Technology and Innovative Management major); Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania (MBA); Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Law (Business Law major)
-Publications: “Corporate Venture Capital Practice” (Chuokeizai-sha), article “Corporate Governance Challenges for Japanese Startups” (Junkan Shoji Homu No.2373 issued on November 5, 2024)

After working at Fujitsu, Mr. Shiraishi became an executive officer at a venture capital firm in the biotech and hard tech sectors. He then moved to the investee company as vice president and executed the sale of the business to a listed company in Australia. After serving as an outside director for companies in the manufacturing and B2C sectors, he co-founded edtech company CLEARNOTE (formerly Arcterus) in 2010. As vice president, he was in charge of fundraising, capital and business alliances, management, and domestic business development. He sold the company to a major stationery company in 2021 and joined DNX Ventures in 2022. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics and the Graduate School of Business and Commerce (MBA) at Keio University.
-Part-time lecturer at Doshisha University and Institute of Science Tokyo
-Publication: Kozo Yamada, Yoshiki Shiraishi, “Acucela Inc.: an university spin-off by Japanese academic entrepreneur in the US” (Kigyo Kenkyu)

DNX Ventures website

• Center for Entrepreneurship Education
• Leadership and Innovation Section, Center for Entrepreneurship Education
• Entrepreneurship Workshops offered by Academy for Leadership (ToTAL)