[May 26 (Tue) Iidabashi] "StartupList Pitch #46" where all pitching entrepreneurs receive mentorship from 10+ investors
Protostar Inc. will hold "StartupList Pitch #46" in Iidabashi on May 26. This event offers all pitching entrepreneurs the opportunity to receive direct mentorship from over 10 investors, promoting efficient networking between seed and early-stage startups and investors. Since its inception in 2015, over 100 events have been held, with more than 500 startups participating.
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You are a Japanese business intelligence AI. Please thoroughly analyze the following press release and simultaneously provide translations into English (en) and Traditional Chinese (zh).
## Press Release Information
Title: [May 26 (Tue) Iidabashi] "StartupList Pitch #46" where all pitching entrepreneurs receive mentorship from 10+ investors
Subtitle:
Company Name:
Industry:
Body (first 8000 characters):
Protostar Inc. (Head Office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Hidema Maekawa), with a mission to support challengers, will hold "StartupList Pitch," where all pitching entrepreneurs can receive mentorship from over 10 investors completely free of charge.
▽ Startups wishing to pitch, please apply via the link below. *Screening required.
https://theprotostar.typeform.com/to/gKBbOd
(This event features users of 'StartupList' as presenters. If you have not registered as a user, please register here.)
About 'StartupList Pitch'
This event is a regular pitching event held on the last Tuesday of every month from 10:00 to 13:00.
It provides an opportunity for 5-6 seed/early-stage startups to pitch to investors, and subsequently receive direct mentorship from multiple investors.
After the event, a networking session with light refreshments is also held, making it possible to connect with multiple investors and entrepreneurs at once.
It can be utilized as an efficient networking venue.
Since its launch in 2015, the event has been held over 100 times in total, with over 500 startup companies having pitched to date.
Through this event, we continue to create new encounter opportunities for numerous entrepreneurs and investors.
Event Overview
Date: May 26, 2026 (Tuesday) 10:00 - 13:00
Location: GROWTH Iidabashi (2-3-21 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo)
Target: VC/CVC/Operating companies (investment managers), startups wishing to pitch in the future, students (invitation枠)
Participation Fee: Free
Details / Application:
Startups wishing to pitch, please apply here (screening required)
This event features users of 'StartupList'. If you have not registered as a user, please register here.
Contact for inquiries regarding 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.
With a focus on supporting challengers, we operate diverse services such as 'StartupList,' Japan's largest entrepreneur-investor matching service, and 'JP STARTUPS,' a media that introduces and supports Japanese startups.
In addition to existing businesses like alliance businesses promoting co-creation and acceleration with startups centered on major companies, and 'KigyoLOG,' one of Japan's largest entrepreneur support media, we recently launched 'Startup M&A' to support M&A as a growth 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
Number of Employees: Approx. 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 FY2016 adopted project
・Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, Japan Startup Angel Network (SAN) member
・Tsukuba Startup Ecosystem Consortium Regular Member
・Diagonal Run Tokyo OFFICIAL SUPPLIERS
・Japan Venture Capital Association Supporting Member
Keywords:
## Instructions
Please respond in the following JSON format. Fill in all fields. Guesses are acceptable.
[IMPORTANT] For both English and Traditional Chinese translations of the body, please translate completely without omission. If the Traditional Chinese body is significantly shorter than the English version, it will be considered unacceptable. Please translate both languages with equivalent volume.
[IMPORTANT] clean_body_ja is the plain text version of the main body for AI readability, not an HTML version. It must not contain any HTML tags.
You are a Japanese business intelligence AI. Please thoroughly analyze the following press release and simultaneously provide translations into English (en) and Traditional Chinese (zh).
## Press Release Information
Title: [May 26 (Tue) Iidabashi] "StartupList Pitch #46" where all pitching entrepreneurs receive mentorship from 10+ investors
Subtitle:
Company Name:
Industry:
Body (first 8000 characters):
Protostar Inc. (Head Office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Hidema Maekawa), with a mission to support challengers, will hold "StartupList Pitch," where all pitching entrepreneurs can receive mentorship from over 10 investors completely free of charge.
▽ Startups wishing to pitch, please apply via the link below. *Screening required.
https://theprotostar.typeform.com/to/gKBbOd
(This event features users of 'StartupList' as presenters. If you have not registered as a user, please register here.)
About 'StartupList Pitch'
This event is a regular pitching event held on the last Tuesday of every month from 10:00 to 13:00.
It provides an opportunity for 5-6 seed/early-stage startups to pitch to investors, and subsequently receive direct mentorship from multiple investors.
After the event, a networking session with light refreshments is also held, making it possible to connect with multiple investors and entrepreneurs at once.
It can be utilized as an efficient networking venue.
Since its launch in 2015, the event has been held over 100 times in total, with over 500 startup companies having pitched to date.
Through this event, we continue to create new encounter opportunities for numerous entrepreneurs and investors.
Event Overview
Date: May 26, 2026 (Tuesday) 10:00 - 13:00
Location: GROWTH Iidabashi (2-3-21 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo)
Target: VC/CVC/Operating companies (investment managers), startups wishing to pitch in the future, students (invitation枠)
Participation Fee: Free
Details / Application:
Startups wishing to pitch, please apply here (screening required)
This event features users of 'StartupList'. If you have not registered as a user, please register here.
Contact for inquiries regarding 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.
With a focus on supporting challengers, we operate diverse services such as 'StartupList,' Japan's largest entrepreneur-investor matching service, and 'JP STARTUPS,' a media that introduces and supports Japanese startups.
In addition to existing businesses like alliance businesses promoting co-creation and acceleration with startups centered on major companies, and 'KigyoLOG,' one of Japan's largest entrepreneur support media, we recently launched 'Startup M&A' to support M&A as a growth 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
Number of Employees: Approx. 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 FY2016 adopted project
・Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, Japan Startup Angel Network (SAN) member
・Tsukuba Startup Ecosystem Consortium Regular Member
・Diagonal Run Tokyo OFFICIAL SUPPLIERS
・Japan Venture Capital Association Supporting Member
Keywords:
## Instructions
Please respond in the following JSON format. Fill in all fields. Guesses are acceptable.
[IMPORTANT] For both English and Traditional Chinese translations of the body, please translate completely without omission. If the Traditional Chinese body is significantly shorter than the English version, it will be considered unacceptable. Please translate both languages with equivalent volume.
[IMPORTANT] clean_body_ja is the plain text version of the main body for AI readability, not an HTML version. It must not contain any HTML tags.