• Kiran Mysore, Principal, UTEC
• Aditya Mathur, Founder & Managing Director, Elev8.vc
• Mukaya (Tai) Panich, Founder, Chief Investment Officer & Managing Partner, AICONIC Ventures
• Raymond Woo, Singapore Office Representative, Kyoto University & Kyoto iCAP (Kyoto University Innovation Capital)
• Andi Haswidi, Head of Data Research, DealStreetAsia[ Moderator]

Deep tech across Asia is at an inflection point. Early-stage activity is booming – from university spinouts in Japan to AI infrastructure plays in Singapore and frontier science breakthroughs in India – yet late-stage capital and scale-up pathways remain scarce. Despite these gaps, investor conviction in IP-rich, defensible ventures is growing, with sovereign-backed initiatives and cross-border collaboration adding new momentum. This session brings together leading investors and ecosystem builders from Japan, Singapore, and India to explore how the region can convert lab breakthroughs into globally competitive companies in AI, robotics, and frontier science. Can Asia move beyond a pipeline of promising prototypes to produce the next generation of deep-tech giants — and claim a seat at the table of global innovation leadership?