Thinking about Entrepreneurship with DNX Ventures（7 classes）
<Understanding the current situation of entrepreneurship as an option from the perspective of social needs and the motivations of those involved, and learning its essence in a practical way>
● Courses to be offered in 3-4Q to which this program applies (For graduate students, intensive course) :
-TAL.S503 Professionals and Value Creation B (0-1-0, GA0M)
-TAL.S508 Professionals and Value Creation D (For graduate students who completed “Professionals and Value Creation B” above) (0-1-0, GA0M)
●Course to be offered in 3-4Q to which this program applies (For undergraduate students, intensive course) :
-ENT.V202 Bachelor’s Fundamental Group Work for Value Creation B (0-1-0)
Pre-registration is now open for a new program to be offered in 3Q-4Q of this academic year. Those who wish to enroll in a course must register for one of the above courses from the Kyomu Web System at the beginning of the 3rd quarter, and those who have applied to this pre-registration will be given priority for enrollment.
If you are interested in this program, please apply using the pre-registration form in the section shown in red below.
This course is one of the full-fledged entrepreneurship courses that will begin this academic year. Understanding and demonstrating “entrepreneurship” is essential whether you are pursuing a career in research or in business. For many of you, the world of startups may not necessarily be a familiar one. However, there is no doubt that even if you are not thinking of starting a business, you should understand it as one of the options in your life. Through this course, you will certainly broaden your horizons and realize that “this kind of world and its possibilities exist!” The contents, lecturers, and participation methods of this program are all “groundbreaking”.
Lecturer：Akira Kurabayashi
DNX Ventures Managing Partner/Head of Japan
Reference photo of class
A groundbreaking entrepreneurship course:
This full-scale entrepreneurship training course is groundbreaking in the following ways:
- The content of this course will be produced and lectured by DNX Ventures, a world-class venture capital firm based in both Japan and the United States.
- Several entrepreneurs who are managing startups on track will also be invited to speak to you about their experiences.
- The course is full of vivid information from the daily work of venture capitalists who invest in and develop new businesses and companies, and entrepreneurs who create businesses.
- Rather than simply listening to a lecture, you can have direct discussions with the lecturers and guests (entrepreneurs), expand your network, and use it as an opportunity to think about your own entrepreneurship.
- It is not just a matter of whether you are interested in starting a business or not, but it will help you understand the cutting-edge trends in society and broaden your options.
- Regardless of field of study and grade levels, any Science Tokyo students can join this program. Undergraduate students can take this course as the 200-level “Bachelor’s Fundamental Group Work for Value Creation B” and graduate students can take this course as the 500-level “Professionals and Value Creation B/D.”
It is possible to participate in the program without registering for a course, but priority will naturally be given to those who register. - You will be able to understand, in a practical and concrete way, what the goal of our entrepreneurship education, which is to develop the ability and courage to “develop and create new value,” means to you personally.
LECTURERS
DNX Ventures
Managing Partner/Head of Japan
Akira Kurabayashi (PhD)
After graduating from the Faculty of Commerce at Doshisha University, he became in charge of venture investment and business development in the Japanese and US IT technology fields at Fujitsu and Mitsui & Co. After studying abroad for his MBA, he served as Japan representative at Globespan Capital Partners and Salesforce Ventures. He joined DNX Ventures in 2015 and became Managing Partner & Head of Japan in 2020. His main investments to date include Sansan, Money Forward, DataX, AndPad, Kakehashi, Cyca, Commune, etc.
-Completed the University of Tokyo Executive Management Program (17th term)
-Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Law, Business Law major (currently enrolled)
-Completion examination committee member and advisor at Academy for Leadership, Institute of Science Tokyo
-Doshisha University PhD (Academic), Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania (MBA)
-Part-time lecturer at Institute of Science Tokyo
DNX Ventures
Principal
Yoshiki Shiraishi
After working at Fujitsu, he became an executive officer at a venture capital firm in the biotech and hard tech sectors. He then moved to the investee company as vice president and executed the sale of the business to a listed company in Australia. After serving as an outside director for companies in the manufacturing and B2C sectors, he co-founded edtech company CLEARNOTE (formerly Arcterus) in 2010. As vice president, he was in charge of fundraising, capital and business alliances, management, and domestic business development. He sold the company to a major stationery company in 2021 and joined DNX Ventures in 2022. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics and the Graduate School of Business and Commerce (MBA) at Keio University.
-Part-time lecturer at Institute of Science Tokyo
-Paper: Kozo Yamada, Yuki Shiraishi, “Acucela Inc.: an university spin-off by Japanese academic entrepreneur in the US” (Corporate Research)
SCHEDULE AND OUTLINE
| Date and main topic | 【Class 1】Thursday, October 30, 2025: Capitalism and purpose management 【Class 2】Thursday, November 6, 2025: Lecture and discussion with a guest entrepreneur speaker (1) 【Class 3】Thursday, November 13, 2025: Methodology for starting a business (DNX Studio) 【Class 4】Thursday, November 20, 2025: Startup funding and VC evaluation 【Class 5】Thursday, December 4, 2025: Lecture and discussion with a guest entrepreneur speaker (2) 【Class 6】Thursday, December 11, 2025: Governance 【Class 7】Thursday, December 18, 2025: Collaboration between startups and large corporations |
| Time | 5:30 p.m. -7:10 p.m. |
| Venue | Ookayama Campus (Classroom to be decided) |
| Language used | Japanese |
Pre-registration
■Please pre-register using this form (https://forms.office.com/r/frcb63zXni).
Official course registration via Kyomu web should be done separately by yourself in October.
You may also access the form from the QR code below.
Those who apply for pre-registration using this form will be given priority when course registration is completed.
Pre-registration form（QR code）
Reference
DNX Ventures website：https://www.dnx.vc/jp
Contact
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact:
Prof. Keisuke Yamada, Academy for Leadership (ToTAL) /Center for Entrepreneurship Education (CEE)
e-mail address: yamada.k.9f82@m.isct.ac.jp
Office: S6-309B, O-okayama
