Yuichi Ando

Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life. Our humanoid robot, Apollo, is designed to collaborate thoughtfully with humans—initially in critical industries such as manufacturing and logistics, with future applications in healthcare, the home, and beyond. Apollo is the culmination of nearly a decade of development, drawing on Apptronik’s extensive work on 15 previous robots, including NASA’s Valkyrie robot. Apptronik started out of the Human Centered Robotics Lab at the University of Texas at Austin and has more than 350 employees. Learn more at apptronik.com

Founded in 2020, the mission of DELIVERS.AI LTD is to develop a true application, agnostic autonomous mobility platform to support last-mile delivery worldwide. We are highly aware that broad adoption of emission free, low cost delivery will produce a step change in the environmental and social impact of the sector. DELIVERS.AI are already pioneering the concept of ‘Mobility as a Service (MaaS)’ in the commercial world as a B2B proposition to restaurants and groceries with our street robot device. This enables our partners to swiftly roll out autonomous delivery for the benefit of their customers with 100% visibility of the fulfillment cost, irrespective of order value, volume, weight or distance. In the future, DELIVERS.AI will offer its MaaS capability for a wider range of use cases with robot devices specifically designed for purpose, supported by a common DELIVERS.AI platform.

Sozo Ventures was formed in 2012 to invest in and support IT ventures with their global expansion. We invest in category leaders in advanced data technologies, e-commerce, enterprise cloud, fintech, IoT and healthcare IT, among other emerging sectors. We are structured to connect the most ambitious entrepreneurial teams with the worlds most advanced and respected customers and distributors. We are at our best when we can share our expertise well before expansion strategies are set.

Beans.ai provides real-time location-based software-as-a-service (SaaS), translating spatial data into smarter operations. Driven by location-based data management and data science, Beans enables and delivers actionable insights that predict ETAs, and asset utilization, optimal operations plan, and protects failure scenarios. With a patented approach to address data and recognition by Gartner, Fast Company, Business Insider, and Forbes, Beans is proud to serve customers like FedEx, Ontrac, Optima, Instacart, Rently, LSO, and Point Pickup. 1. Precise geocodes for all addresses in the US 2. 50M+ POIs like elevators, lockers, mailrooms, lockboxes, access codes, parking points, and building entrances 3. Beans TMS - an end to end middle and last-mile solution for delivery management.

GrubMarket is the AI-powered technology enabler and digital transformer of the American food supply chain industry. It is the first mover of building B2B eCommerce, as well as the first mover of providing Enterprise AI Solutions to the American food supply chain industry. It is one of the largest private food tech companies in the United States and the world.

Scrum Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco. We help companies accelerate growth with our expertise and powerful network in Asia.

Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life. Our humanoid robot, Apollo, is designed to collaborate thoughtfully with humans—initially in critical industries such as manufacturing and logistics, with future applications in healthcare, the home, and beyond. Apollo is the culmination of nearly a decade of development, drawing on Apptronik’s extensive work on 15 previous robots, including NASA’s Valkyrie robot. Apptronik started out of the Human Centered Robotics Lab at the University of Texas at Austin and has more than 350 employees. Learn more at apptronik.com

Founded in 2020, the mission of DELIVERS.AI LTD is to develop a true application, agnostic autonomous mobility platform to support last-mile delivery worldwide. We are highly aware that broad adoption of emission free, low cost delivery will produce a step change in the environmental and social impact of the sector. DELIVERS.AI are already pioneering the concept of ‘Mobility as a Service (MaaS)’ in the commercial world as a B2B proposition to restaurants and groceries with our street robot device. This enables our partners to swiftly roll out autonomous delivery for the benefit of their customers with 100% visibility of the fulfillment cost, irrespective of order value, volume, weight or distance. In the future, DELIVERS.AI will offer its MaaS capability for a wider range of use cases with robot devices specifically designed for purpose, supported by a common DELIVERS.AI platform.

Sozo Ventures was formed in 2012 to invest in and support IT ventures with their global expansion. We invest in category leaders in advanced data technologies, e-commerce, enterprise cloud, fintech, IoT and healthcare IT, among other emerging sectors. We are structured to connect the most ambitious entrepreneurial teams with the worlds most advanced and respected customers and distributors. We are at our best when we can share our expertise well before expansion strategies are set.

Beans.ai provides real-time location-based software-as-a-service (SaaS), translating spatial data into smarter operations. Driven by location-based data management and data science, Beans enables and delivers actionable insights that predict ETAs, and asset utilization, optimal operations plan, and protects failure scenarios. With a patented approach to address data and recognition by Gartner, Fast Company, Business Insider, and Forbes, Beans is proud to serve customers like FedEx, Ontrac, Optima, Instacart, Rently, LSO, and Point Pickup. 1. Precise geocodes for all addresses in the US 2. 50M+ POIs like elevators, lockers, mailrooms, lockboxes, access codes, parking points, and building entrances 3. Beans TMS - an end to end middle and last-mile solution for delivery management.

GrubMarket is the AI-powered technology enabler and digital transformer of the American food supply chain industry. It is the first mover of building B2B eCommerce, as well as the first mover of providing Enterprise AI Solutions to the American food supply chain industry. It is one of the largest private food tech companies in the United States and the world.