Tech Meetup Japan and Bavaria

9 Oct 2025 | Munich, Germany

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9 October 2025

80333 Munich, Germany

Max-Joseph-Str. 2

Tech Meetup Japan and Bavaria

Programme

08:30: Registration

09:00: Opening Speech
Prof. Dagmar Schuller, Vice-President, CCI for Munich and Upper Bavaria

Welcome Note
Ulrike Hoffmann, Executive Director, Invest in Bavaria

Welcome Note
Kenichi Bessho, Consul General of Japan in Munich

09:20: The Munich Startup Ecosystems – Introduction
Dr. Fabian Heil, Educational Lead, Munich Innovation Ecosystem GmbH

09:40: Success Stories from the Munich Ecosystem
Christian Heckemann
, CEO, gate Garching
Christian Körner, Head of Entrepreneurship, TUM ForTe
David Hajizadeh, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Start2 Group
Dr. Robert R. Richter, Managing Director, WERK 1 

Moderation:
Dr. Fabian Heil, Educational Lead, Munich Innovation Ecosystem GmbH

10:30: Coffee Break in Motion 

11:00: The Bavarian Venture Capital Landscape
Tim Kindt, Growth Investor, Yttrium GmbH

Moderation:
Dominic Lehmann, Foreign Trade Specialist Asia-Pacific, CCI for Munich and Upper Bavaria

12:00: Pitches – Japanese Corporates

12:30: Lunch Break

**13:30: Matchmaking & Exhibition

15:30: Get-together & Networking**