On March 17, 2025, we held a special event at HiveShibuya, a co-working space for startups in Shibuya, Tokyo, to celebrate its 2nd anniversary. This event was co-hosted by Sun Frontier Fudousan, East Ventures, and Z Venture Capital.

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For this event, we invited Takanori Sato, CEO of Shippio, and Kentaro Kawamura, CEO of Refel, as guest speakers. They shared their insights on the theme "How Mentoring Accelerates Business Growth" in a 40-minute discussion, offering real-world perspectives on entrepreneurship and the role of mentoring.

(Photo Left: Takanori Sato, CEO of Shippio / Photo Right: Kentaro Kawamura, CEO of Refel)

Following the talk session, Shunsuke Inomata from Sun Frontier Fudousan introduced various startup support initiatives, including "Officci", a property information website dedicated to startup office spaces.

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(Sun Frontier Fudousan: Shunsuke Inomata)

After the presentations, a networking session was held with approximately 40 attendees.

During this session, we celebrated the office relocations of two startups, meltly and Tabiji Partners, both of which had grown out of HiveShibuya and moved into new office spaces. Congratulations to the teams at meltly and Tabiji Partners!

(Photo Left: Yuji Takahashi, meltly / Photo Right: Yutaro Hamaguchi, Tabiji Partners)

At Z Venture Capital, we will continue to work together with Sun Frontier Fudousan and East Ventures to further develop and support the HiveShibuya community.

A heartfelt thank you to our guest speakers, Sato-san and Kawamura-san, as well as to all the participants who joined us. We truly appreciate the wonderful time spent together!