NSIC Startup Ecosystem & Happy Hour

Join us for an exclusive, closed-door session exploring how the Nomura-SRI Innovation Center (NSIC) accelerates deep-tech commercialization. Learn directly from the leaders who incubate breakthroughs internally and the global partners who scale them worldwide. For past 80 years, SRI International has birthed category-defining companies (such as Siri and Intuitive Surgical) through its internal venture arm, SRI Ventures. Today, leveraging the capabilities and ecosystem of NSIC, this platform opens direct access for global investors, corporates, and founders to co-invest, partner, and scale deep tech on a global stage. Who Should Attend? Global CVCs & Institutional Investors looking to co-invest alongside SRI or secure early allocation in deep-tech spin-outs. Corporate Strategy & Open Innovation Executives seeking to leverage cutting-edge SRI IP and NSIC’s innovation capabilities to build strategic venture partnerships in Japan and beyond. Deep Tech Entrepreneurs looking to understand how elite institutions spin out breakthrough technologies and scale internationally.Agenda [3:00 - 3:15] Registration [3:15 - 3:45] Inside SRI’s Investment Engine (Amit Mulgaonkar, Commercial Strategy at SRI Ventures) [3:45 -4:15] Global Innovation Ecosystems: SRI & Japan's Global Startup Campus (Chris Cowart, Managing Director at NSIC) [4:15 - 5:30] Networking & Refreshments Registration Approval required. Capacity is limited to ensure high-quality networking among corporate partners, VC investors, and ecosystem leaders.