Speakers
Kei co-founded Venture Republic Inc., that owns and runs Japan’s largest online travel search engine “Travel.jp” and hotel review search “Hotel.jp.” As CEO, he took the company public in 2008 (2177. JASDAQ) after 7 years of operation. Over the last 13 years, Kei has built the various online vertical media including “Travel.jp” “Hotel.jp” and “coneco.net” (online comparison shopping engine) which attract more than 15 million monthly users in total. While running the company, he serves as an active investor and board member of various startups in online media including Telunjuk, Indonesia (shopping/travel) and flocations, Singapore (travel).