Startupgrind Tokyo chats with Mr. Akihiro Okabe, President of Novars Inc.

Plug and Play Shibuya - 1-10-8, Shibuya Dogenzaka Tokyu Bldg 1F, Dogenzaka, Shibuya Tokyo, 150-0043 Tokyo
Wed, Dec 19, 2018, 6:30 PM (JST)

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Joined Seiko Instruments Inc. in 2002. Promoted industrialization activity for business creation, development prototype production, and marketing in manufacturing filed as BT-Watch standards development for the first time in domestic watchmakers and solution system for retail shop etc.

(株)アスキー、ゲーム会社大手スクウェアの新事業子会社商品企画、事業企画部門、

セイコーインスツル(株)新事業企画部門を経て2015年ノバルス(株)創業。

2016年グッドデザイン金賞、キッズデザイン優秀賞

2017年Makuakeビジネスインパクト賞、イノベーションアワード特別賞、

2018年Plug and Play Batch1 EXPO Award&EXPO Winner

Speaker

Akihiro Okabe

Novars Inc.,

President

Akihiro Okabe

Novars Inc.,

1995: ASCII Corporation

Work on WEB advertisement etc. at the dawn of the Internet

1997: Joined a new operating subsidiary of major game company Square

Engaged in advertising planning department, product planning department, business planning department and planning department

2002: Seiko Instruments Inc.

Promoting the establishment of standards of BT-Watch, which is the first in the domestic clock industry, and commercialization of electronic money terminals, at the New Business Promotion Division of the Technical Division

2015: Novarus Co., Ltd. founded