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TECH VENTURE MEETUP in Thailand 2025 – Panel Session 2: Combining Thai-Japanese Cultures to Create Stronger Deep Tech Community [26th Nov, 2025].

2025/11/20

At the Tech Venture Meetup in Thailand 2025, hosted by Leave a Nest and VISUP, we will be holding a session entitled “Combining Thai-Japanese Cultures to Create Stronger Deep Tech Community”.

Tech Venture Meetup in Thailand 2025

Combining Thai–Japanese Cultures to Create a Stronger Deep Tech Community

“From Market Entry to Community Entry—Building Sustainable Bridges Between Thai and Japanese Deep Tech Ecosystems.”

As Thailand's deep tech ecosystem to evolve, collaboration with Japan offers more than new business opportunities—it opens pathways to build lasting communities rooted in trust and shared purpose.At Tech Venture Meet-Up Thailand 2025, the panel Combining Thai–Japanese Cultures to Create a Stronger Deep Tech Community will feature speakers who are each shaping the future of this collaboration.

Dr. Nares Damrongchai from the Technology Promotion Association, Dr. Pimpisut Worakajit from CleanTech & Beyond, and Mr. Pakpoom Tanthaprabha from SeaX Ventures will share their experiences from the perspectives of ecosystem building, startup leadership, and investment.

Moderated by Dr. Kihoko Tokue, a behavioral biologist by training and an advocate for cross-cultural innovation, the session will invite reflections on how Thai and Japanese communities can move beyond market entry to genuine community entry.

Expect a conversation that touches on the human side of collaboration—how trust, cultural understanding, and long-term vision can empower deep tech ventures to thrive together.

For further details on the session and the broader conference program, please refer to the official news release .

Combining Thai–Japanese Cultures to Create a Stronger Deep Tech Community

Date: Wednesday, November 26, 2025, 3:55 PM – 4:35 PM
Location: National Higher Education Science Research and Innovation Policy Council (NXPO), Chamchuri Square Building 14th Fl., Phayathai Rd. Bangkok

Panelists

Dr. Nares Damrongchai
Executive Director, Technology Promotion Agency

Dr. Nares holds a Doctor of Engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology, and a Master of Philosophy from University of Cambridge. His passion remains with science and innovation, and in growing people. His long career expands from public to private. He served for two full terms as CEO of the Thailand Center of Excellence for Life Sciences (TCELS), where he transformed the Thai life sciences ecosystem from the ground up. His public service earned him the Royal Thai Government Scholarship Award for Outstanding Alumni in 2017.

Dr. Pimpisut Worakajit
Co-Founder and General Manager, Cleantech and Beyond

Pimpisut Worakajit is the Co-Founder and General Manager of Cleantech & Beyond, focusing on smart-sensor technology and advanced materials. She leads the development of DTI, a battery-free temperature monitoring label used in industrial safety and maintenance. With experience in product development, customer collaboration, and international partnerships in Japan, Korea, and ASEAN, she works to turn research ideas into practical solutions that improve reliability and efficiency in real operations.

Mr. Pakpoom Tanthaprabha
Portfolio Manager, SeaX Ventures

Pakpoom Tanthaprabha serves as Portfolio Manager at SeaX Ventures, a global deep-tech venture fund investing in early-stage breakthroughs. With an MBA from Singapore Management University and a bachelor's in Economics (Thammasat University), Poom brings a blend of financial acumen and entrepreneurial insight. At SeaX, he champions founders working on transformative technologies in healthcare, sustainability and materials science — helping them scale from idea to impact by connecting them to industry networks, designing investment strategies and accelerating growth. Driven by the belief that “the future is something we create,” he blends strategic rigour with a founder-first mindset.

Dr. Kihoko Tokue
Managing Director, Leave a Nest Singapore

Dr. Tokue is Managing Director of Leave a Nest Singapore and Founder of Leave a Nest Malaysia. She was born in Tokyo but raised in Southeast Asia, studied for a bachelor's degree in America and then moved to Australia for Master and PhD degrees, carrying out fieldwork. Currently she is creating a platform in ASEAN to nurture the next generation of innovators and startups involving business development partners from industry. Her dream is to one day bring a change to a world with advancement of science and technology with true understanding and appreciation for nature.

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Leave a Nest Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Ambrose/Ruchira/Mark)
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