Japan
5 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jul 7, 2025 by Sarah Applebaum · said 49 times in 26 episodes since 2024 · across every show →
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brought up most by Caroline Winnett (7), Abhay Tandon (7), Sarah Applebaum (6), Maarten van Kroonenburg (4), Mukul Deora (2), Justin Ramsaran (2), Ishaan Khanna (2), Amit Banka (2)
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2026 21 mentions in 9 episodes 2 per episode
- How Berkeley Skydeck is Shaping the Next Generations of Innovators
- S2E11: The Next Big Indian Category: Elder Care ft. Ishaan Khanna
- Founder's Corner: EP2: Does The Ramayana matter in the Age of AI? ft. Anil Chilla
- S2E8: Indian Mythology x Gaming: The Age of Bhaarat ft. Amish Tripathi & Mukul Deora
- S2E14: The Stories That Control Us: Free Will, AI & The Future of Human Civilization
- Automating Process Engineering Workflows with Temirlan Rakhmetzhanov of Armeta
- Ep4: Digital Identity - Agents vs Humans ft. Rebecca Port, Okta
- Ep1: Living to 100: India’s Longevity Moment ft. Subhendu Panigrahi
- 1 more episode that year, every mention in 2026 →
2025 27 mentions in 16 episodes 2 per episode
- Investing in Hard Tech for a Sustainable Future with Pangaea Ventures
- Navigating Global Markets and Cultural Nuances with Maarten van Kroonenburg of BW Ventures
- Ep16: From Taboo to Trust: Bold Care, Bold Talk ft. Rajat Jadhav
- Ep15: Boardrooms to BioDiversity: Building with Purpose ft. Amit Banka
- Connecting Healthcare: Solving Medical Device Fragmentation with R Group
- Karnataka's Billion Dollar Playbook ft. Sanjeev Gupta
- Inside Corporate Venture Capital & Accelerators with Danielle D'Agostaro of WVV Capital
- Investing in the Future of AI-Driven Manufacturing with OSS Ventures
- 8 more episodes that year, every mention in 2025 →
Everything said about Japan, oldest first
Jul 7, 2025 bullish
Japan leads globally in batteries, semiconductors, and hard tech innovation
“Japan is such a wealth of Hard tech innovation really is a world leader when it comes to innovation in areas that, you know, we seem to care a lot about, like batteries and energy storage, semiconductor manufacturing, life sciences and healthcare.”
Jul 7, 2025 positive
Pangaea Ventures opened a Tokyo office to support Japanese corporate LPs
“But last March March, 20, 24, we established a physical presence in Japan. We now have an office in Tokyo you know, not only to support our LPs and our corporate strategic partners that are based in Japan, but also to explore that market for net new investment…”
Jul 7, 2025
Pangaea Ventures has yet to make its first investment in Japan
“We haven't yet made any investments in Japan. We are still in the early stages of evaluating that market, you know, building relationships with entrepreneurs there, you know, we've seen some really phenomenal companies and, you know, are running them through o…”
Jan 13, 2026 negative
Japan lacks the startup ecosystem to commercialize its top research talent
“What they don't have, and they recognize is a culture and an ecosystem where this talent can go from being a researcher, winning Nobel prizes, which they do, to startups going to market, and that's what they're working to change.”