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Jason Calacanis

40% of Students in Japan want to found a startup or work for one!

Kathy Matsui says this is a HISTORIC shift from risk aversion to entrepreneurialism in Japan.

Kathy tells me that the labor shortage in Japan means that workers have their pick of jobs. Workers can always go back to the corporate world, life is too short not to take a risk! Could this shift be the start of “Japanese Dynamism” in the 21st century?

I invest in 100 new startups a year... get a meeting with my team at launch.co/apply, or learn how to start a company by joining founder.university (our 12-week course). watch thisweekinstartups.com if you love startups

Looking for two important roles at LAUNCH / This Week in Startups 

Community manager 
Video / podcast editor 

Email me editor@launch.co / community@launch.co your resume and what you’ve done 

We’re looking for folks with experience and who are at the top of their game

EIT Urban Mobility

EIT Urban Mobility is an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union. EIT Urban Mobility is a growing pan-European partnership bringing together businesses, education, research excellence institutions and multifaceted cities. Its aim is to facilitate and fund the collaboration between these players to create mobility solutions that will accelerate the transition towards more liveable urban spaces.

Innovation Advisory Officer

Deepcom AB

Many applications rely on accurate path rendering. Unfortunately, GPS data can often be unreliable with missing or inaccurate data points.

Deepcom’s Trax Matching solution solves this problem using its proprietary algorithms by map matching GPS data with accuracy and speed. Cost-effective and easy to integrate, Trax Matching is accessible through a simple snap to road REST API and can be integrated into applications in minutes.

Trax Matching supports both companies without a map matching solution and those that have but are looking for an accurate, reliable and cost-effective alternative. Trax Matching also provides more allowances and additional features not available elsewhere, including a feature that fills missing gaps in data for up to 5km.

Trax Matching is used by companies in the Usage-based insurance (UBI), Car Rental, Mileage Tracker and Outdoor Advertising industries to provide accurate path rendering.

Get your API keys, or upload your own GPX file at https://developer.traxmatching.io/ to see how Trax Matching can enhance your business.

Consultant

receeve

Our team is helping to redefine Collections & Recovery with a fully customizable All-in-One Platform for Collections & Recovery. We simplify the growing complexity of data and systems and empower in-house teams to easily automate processes, engage customers and apply 360° insights to maximize recovery and minimize risk across every stage of credit management - from pre-delinquency to portfolio assignment or sale.

One platform. Perfect balance of ease-of-use and power, receeve’s cloud-native, no-code platform is fast to deploy, simple to manage and easy to customize and expand. Bring together intelligence, strategy and operations in one place.

Visit www.receeve.com

Strategic Account Director

TechBuddy

Don’t compromise when it comes to serving your customers. 
Buddy.inc is a plug and play solution that helps you deliver effective onsite services by tracking requests, managing field agents, and maintaining visibility into operations. Find out why companies like Telia, Media Markt, and Kjell & Co are using the ultimate Field Service Management platform and are decreasing their operational costs by up to 80%.

Strategic Account Director - Buddy.inc

e-bot7 GmbH

e-bot7 integrates artificial intelligence to increase the efficiency of customer service operations. By training machine learning algorithms based on historical support requests the system can quickly and efficiently classify support queries, forward them to the right agents, automate answers and processes and suggest the best answers to agents. This reduces average handling times by up to 80% and automates repetitive and recurring questions and processes.

Products:
- Agent+AI®
- Contextual Dialog Editor®
- AI Service Funnel®

Agile Content, S.A.

Focusing on growth with partners and clients in the EMEAA regions.

Agile Content has been in operation for over a decade, with offices in Spain and LATAM. We work with major media and telco players, combining a robust & proven video content management proprietary platform with layers of content produced in partnerships with world-leading content providers such as Bloomberg, Turner​ and ​Warner.
100+ employees, quoted on the MAB stock exchange, one of the FTSE100 fastest growing companies.

Strategic Account Director EMEAA

Whisbi

Focusing on driving growth in Europe and APAC.

Whisbi is changing the way people connect with brands online. Top brands in industries such as Automotive, Retail, Financial Services and Telecommunication use Whisbi's real-time customer engagement & omnichannel SaaS technology to increase sales conversion, monetize web visits, make retail operations more productive whilst offering a customer experience with a unique differentiator value.
US patented technology. 100+ employees. Global presence. Winner of 2015 European E-Commerce Awards. 147% revenue growth in 2014-2015 and three-digit growth expected in 2016 and 2017.

vLex.com

www.vlex.com provides a fresh approach to electronic legal information providing users with access to legal information that encompasses case law, legislation, doctrine, forms & contracts and international press.

VLEX coverage now includes contents from more than 120  countries (U.S., Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia...) and over 80 million documents.

Sales Director - North America & EMEA

Endiplec SL

- Responsible for kick-starting the commercial activities with sales of over 100,000 Euros in less than 6 months to blue chip companies that include Nestlé, Damm SA, Bayer, El Corté Ingles and Dupont.
- Improved our payment terms with clients from 92 to 47 days.

Sales Director

Smith & Associates

Smith & Associates are a US-based leading global semiconductor services company.
Headed the AP department for Europe initially and eventually was CFO and Treasurer for Europe.

Head of Accounts Payable / Treasurer /CFO for Europe

- Results-orientated team player/leader with ability to successfully drive sales growth, seek and exploit new business opportunities.
- > 20 years of general management experience in vertical industry spanning SaaS, financial services, TMT, IT services across 4 continents.
- International background, MBA from Top Finance Business School and 3 European languages to facilitate closing business worldwide.
- Methodical, multi-tasking manager, used to meeting stressful deadlines.

Specialties: performance improvement, corporate turnarounds, opening new markets, improving cash-flow, business launches, e-commerce / Internet/ Media experience, business contacts, creativity, networking, International business development, strong management and negotiation skills. 
Highly developed expertise on dealing with people from different cultures and backgrounds.

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