Startup Showcase

Join us in Palo Alto for an evening featuring 10 startups from the Global Market Expansion Program (GMEP), plus a featured talk on go-to-market strategy with Dennis Yao Yu. Featured Talk From First Customer to Scale: How Go-To-Market Changes as You Grow in the US Dennis Yao Yu, Founder & CEO of The Other Group, will share how go-to-market strategies evolve as companies move from landing their first customers to scaling in the US. At Shopify, Dennis led the commercial organization serving 800+ enterprise merchants representing $8B+ in GMV. Most recently, he led US go-to-market for Manus AI, which grew from $20M to $100M ARR in nine months. Startup Showcase Following the talk, 10 GMEP startups will showcase what they’re working on across AI, alternative data, digital assets, physical AI, creator technology, and more. Meet the Startups Glide — Retirement operating system for Korea’s underserved workers. Mandata — Alternative data platform for global investors. AM Management — Non-custodial digital asset quant solutions. Conscience Technology — Reliability AI for enterprise AI systems. ELBA — AI workspace for content creation. Field-S — Personalized botanical wellness powered by genetic data. ICLO — Smartphone-based dental health technology. TELICA — Electronic shelf labels for independent and specialty stores. MoveAWheeL — Physical AI for road-surface intelligence. Darewalk — AI agents for cross-border creator marketing. Agenda 5:30 PM — Doors Open6:00 PM — Welcome Remarks6:05 PM — Featured Talk: Dennis Yao Yu6:35 PM — Startup Showcase7:35 PM — Networking