Our Program
MATSUDA Ikkei
Profile
CEO, SARR, LLC
MATSUDA Ikkei established SARR. LLC -Science, ART & Research for Reconstruction, in April 2011, after the Earthquake and Tsunami 3.11. Out of SARR activities, he is also co-founder of Soramitsu, one of the leading blockchain company in the world and creates Hyperledger Iroha. He is also co-founder& COO of Digital Platformer (platform of digital reginal currency and decentralized ID) and Director at Melody International (obstetric remote diagnosis).
Ikkei established Hokkaido VC in 2000, the first regional and independent VC in Japan. Since then, he has been involved in more than 50 start-ups, and is considered as one of the pioneers in incubation of university spin-offs. He is also a Japan Advisory Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures in Silicon Valley.
(Public Positions, etc.)
Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovations, Kobe University
Visiting Professor, Osaka College of Music (Music Business Major) Committee member of "National Research and Development Agency"
NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization) -Technician, TCP reviewer, NEP catalyzer
Mentor, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) s-booster;
Reviewer and Mentor, SCOPE (Strategic Information and Communications R&D Promotion Programme), Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications; Science and Technology
Researcher and Judge, AMED (Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development) (Intractable and Rare Diseases Program),
Mentor and Judge for the SMBC "MIRAI" Future Mentoring Program, and a Mentor for the GEC and GTEC international entrepreneurship programs for high school students.
(Education)
Keio University (BA Econ), Otaru University of Commerce (Master of Commerce), INSEAD (MBA), Hokkaido University (Ph.D. in Medicine).
Expectations for the Program
One of the basic ideas of this program for policy formulation, management, and evaluation of cost-effectiveness should be based on solid evidence and data and not be on conjecture and feeling. It has been more than 10 years since this program was launched. However, as it can be seen in the measures and budget allocations for commercialization of university research results as well as in the many measures taken for Covit-19 disease, some policies have been developed based on an image without a solid basis. I have expectations for the development of proposals and projects that will eliminate these false cases and make effective use of the limited budget and human resources. Japan's national power has declined dramatically over the past two decades due to the bad policies. We must minimize and stop this happening.
