StartPass to Provide Mechanism for Enhancing Matching Accuracy Between Startups and Corporations at Startup JAPAN FUNDeal 2026
StartPass will provide a mechanism to improve the matching accuracy between startups and corporations at Sansan's 'Startup JAPAN FUNDeal 2026'. By structuring startup management contexts through founder interviews and using AI analysis to identify highly collaborative companies, StartPass aims to create high-quality matches.
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StartPass Inc. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director CEO: Seiya Ohara) will provide a mechanism to enhance the matching accuracy between startups and corporations at "Startup JAPAN FUNDeal 2026," a startup x corporate matching conference hosted by Sansan Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director President: Hirohisa Terada) through its business card app "Eight" (Dates: April 15-16, 2026; Venue: Makuhari Messe International Conference Hall).
Prior to the event, StartPass structures the management and business context of startups through interviews with founders and StartPass members. Based on this information, it designs and proposes contact points with corporations that have high potential for collaboration. This initiative aims to create higher quality matches for startups by having StartPass assess collaboration potential even before interviews, in addition to the traditional matching where participants search for each other from a list.
Furthermore, StartPass will also provide matching support for portfolio startups of over 180 VC networks with which it collaborates. This will broadly promote the creation of collaboration and business alliance opportunities for VC-invested startups, starting from Startup JAPAN FUNDeal 2026.
## ■ Background of Provision
Through management planning services for over 1,100 startups, StartPass has accumulated the concept (Breakthrough Session Model) that management breakthroughs occur by "meeting the right person at the right time."
For startups, conferences are excellent opportunities to rapidly expand contact points with corporations and VCs. However, currently, it is often unclear what kind of connections can be gained until the day of the conference, and matching where participants search for each other from a large list is mainstream, leaving significant room for improvement in interview acquisition rates and interview quality.
StartPass has previously structured startup management information and individually supported "connecting to the right person at the right time." This support is now being extended to FUNDeal 2026 to elevate the quality of matching at the conference.
## ■ What is the Breakthrough Session Model?
The Breakthrough Session Model is a "structured matching method" that StartPass has cultivated through its daily management support operations. For FUNDeal 2026, it supports the connection between startups and corporations through the following four mechanisms:
(1) Understanding Startup Context
StartPass structures management information through individual interviews with founders and compiles it into a founder report. From pitch materials and monthly IR provided by startups, it inventories equity stories and desired opportunities, visualizing the context of startup management and business that cannot be conveyed through superficial business introductions.
(2) Startup Selection and Individual Contact by StartPass
Based on structured information about the startup's future and current status, AI analyzes the compatibility with the collaboration needs of large corporations. It creates a list of large corporations to approach.
Instead of just "participants searching from a list," StartPass actively designs matching, dramatically improving the accuracy of selecting corporations that contribute to growth.
(3) Proposal of Interview Request Letter
Prior to the event, StartPass structures the management and business context of startups through interviews with founders and StartPass members. Based on this information, it designs and proposes contact points with corporations that have high potential for collaboration. This initiative aims to create higher quality matches for startups by having StartPass assess collaboration potential even before interviews, in addition to the traditional matching where participants search for each other from a list.
Furthermore, StartPass will also provide matching support for portfolio startups of over 180 VC networks with which it collaborates. This will broadly promote the creation of collaboration and business alliance opportunities for VC-invested startups, starting from Startup JAPAN FUNDeal 2026.
## ■ Background of Provision
Through management planning services for over 1,100 startups, StartPass has accumulated the concept (Breakthrough Session Model) that management breakthroughs occur by "meeting the right person at the right time."
For startups, conferences are excellent opportunities to rapidly expand contact points with corporations and VCs. However, currently, it is often unclear what kind of connections can be gained until the day of the conference, and matching where participants search for each other from a large list is mainstream, leaving significant room for improvement in interview acquisition rates and interview quality.
StartPass has previously structured startup management information and individually supported "connecting to the right person at the right time." This support is now being extended to FUNDeal 2026 to elevate the quality of matching at the conference.
## ■ What is the Breakthrough Session Model?
The Breakthrough Session Model is a "structured matching method" that StartPass has cultivated through its daily management support operations. For FUNDeal 2026, it supports the connection between startups and corporations through the following four mechanisms:
(1) Understanding Startup Context
StartPass structures management information through individual interviews with founders and compiles it into a founder report. From pitch materials and monthly IR provided by startups, it inventories equity stories and desired opportunities, visualizing the context of startup management and business that cannot be conveyed through superficial business introductions.
(2) Startup Selection and Individual Contact by StartPass
Based on structured information about the startup's future and current status, AI analyzes the compatibility with the collaboration needs of large corporations. It creates a list of large corporations to approach.
Instead of just "participants searching from a list," StartPass actively designs matching, dramatically improving the accuracy of selecting corporations that contribute to growth.
(3) Proposal of Interview Request Letter