All Presenting Entrepreneurs to Receive Mentoring from Over 10 Investors at "StartupList Pitch #45" Held in Iidabashi on April 21 (Tuesday)

Protostar Inc. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Hidemaro Maekawa), whose mission is to support challengers, will hold "StartupList Pitch," where all presenting entrepreneurs can receive mentoring from over 10 investors completely free of charge. ▽Startups wishing to present, please apply via the link below. *Screening required. https://theprotostar.typeform.com/to/gKBbOd (This event features users of 'StartupList'. If you have not registered as a user, please register here.) About "StartupList Pitch": This event is a regular pitch event held on the last Tuesday of every month from 10:00 to 13:00. (*In April, it will be held on the third Tuesday, the 21st.) It provides an opportunity for 5-6 seed and early-stage startups to pitch to investors and then receive direct mentoring from multiple investors. After the event, a networking session with light refreshments is also held, allowing participants to connect with multiple investors and entrepreneurs in one go. It can be utilized as an efficient networking venue. Since its launch in 2015, the event has been held over 100 times, with more than 500 startup companies having presented. Through this event, we continue to create new encounter opportunities for numerous entrepreneurs and investors. Event Outline: Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 10:00 - 13:00 Location: GROWTH Iidabashi (2-3-21 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo) Target: VCs, CVCs, operating companies (investment managers), startups wishing to present in the future, students (invitation slots) Participation fee: Free Details and application: Startups wishing to present, please apply here (screening required). This event features users of 'StartupList'. If you have not registered as a user, please register here. Contact for this event: Protostar Inc. StartupList Pitch Secretariat startuplist.pitch@theprotostar.co Protostar Inc. is looking for new colleagues who will challenge with us to achieve our mission. ▽ Recruitment information here https://www.theprotostar.co/recruit About Protostar Inc.: Based on supporting challengers, we operate various services such as 'StartupList,' one of Japan's largest entrepreneur-investor matching services, and 'JP STARTUPS,' a media introducing and supporting Japanese startups. In addition to existing businesses such as alliance businesses that promote co-creation and acceleration with startups, mainly large companies, and 'Kigyo LOG,' one of Japan's largest entrepreneur support media, we recently launched 'Startup M&A' to support M&A as a growth strategy and exit strategy for startups. We have established a system to widely support "challengers." Location: Nihonbashi Tomizawa-cho Building 501, 9-4 Nihonbashi Tomizawa-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0006 Capital: 89,098,750 yen Established: November 30, 2016 Employees: Approximately 50 (including part-time and contract employees) URL: https://www.theprotostar.co/ Participating organizations: ・Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry J-Startup Supporters ・Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry J-Startup KYUSHU ・Tokyo Metropolitan Government Tokyo Innovation Base Starting Member ・Tokyo Metropolitan Government Tokyo Innovation Base Partner ・Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Industrial and Labor Affairs Incubation HUB Promotion Project Adopted Project in FY2016 ・Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, Japan Startup Angel Network (SAN) Member ・Tsukuba Startup Ecosystem Consortium Regular Member ・Diagonal Run Tokyo OFFICIAL SUPPLIERS ・Japan Venture Capital Association Supporting Member