M&A for Startups Conference 2026 — Japan's dedicated startup-M&A innovation conference, co-hosted by for Startups Inc. (フォースタートアップス, CEO Yuichiro Shimizu, TSE Growth 7089) and Sumitomo Mitsui Bank (SMBC). Friday 2026-09-04, 13:00–19:00 (networking to 20:00), at the for Startups HQ, Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower 31F, 1-3-1 Azabudai, Minato-ku, Tokyo. Theme: connecting startup agility with buyer capital through innovative M&A strategy (スタートアップの機動性とバイヤー資本を繋ぐ革新的M&A戦略). Official program: Opening Session 日本の停滞を打破する「新・成長方程式」〜スタートアップM&A〜 (Fumiaki Kobayashi, MHA LDP Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry · Noboru Saito, BIPROGY CEO & Keidanren Startup Committee Chair · Kimiaki Iritani, SMBC FG Executive Officer; mod Shota Umezu, Deloitte SEA Director); S1 なぜ、あのスタートアップはM&Aを選んだのか？ (Toru Miyagi UPSIDER · Yuhong Luo GRAND · Naomi Kurahara InfoStella; mod Masahiko Honma Incubate Fund); S2 譲受企業にとって、生存戦略としてのスタートアップM&A (Naoya Kanesaka Money Forward · Kazuhiko Chuma Mizuho CBDO · Masataka Matsumoto WiL GP; mod Naomoto Akune EY); S3 スタートアップの「未来価値」と、譲受企業の「減価償却」の衝突 — Valuation & DD (Masakazu Masujima Mori Hamada & Matsumoto · Yusuke Asakura Animal Spirits · Mariko Yazawa Yazawa Ventures; mod Terunori Takahashi MUFG Morgan Stanley); S4 文化の衝突をシナジーに変えるPMI100日プラン — first 100 days (Akihiko Ishikawa Accenture/idemia · Masami Takeuchi Accenture · Daisuke Oshidari NTT DOCOMO; mod Eriko Suzuki Kind Capital); S5 VCの立場から (Yasuhiko Yurimoto Global Brain CEO · Tomotaka Goji UEC CEO · Minoru Imano GCP; mod Yuichiro Shimizu for Startups CEO). All 24 official speakers face-mapped from organizer-published headshots. Aleksei Dolgikh (@alexdolbun, UnicornsMap.com $UM-Radar founder) founder-indexed this event. Radar watch: Japan startup-M&A corridor (IPO vs グループイン, PMI practice, buyer-capital flows). Currencies JPY/USD. Locales ja+en native SSR + the 20-language $UM-Radar layer.

📷 Organizer Stage Photos — Photo-QAA PASS

🧑 Public Agenda Speakers (OSINT-verified, confidence HIGH)

Kobayashi Fumiaki 小林 史明Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry — OpeningLiberal Democratic Party (House of Representatives)

Saito Noboru 齊藤 昇President & CEO · Keidanren Startup Committee Chair — OpeningBIPROGY Inc.

Iritani Kimiaki 入谷 公明Executive Officer · SMBC Nikko M&A Advisory — OpeningSumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMBC)

Umezu Shota 梅津 翔太Director — Opening moderatorDeloitte Southeast Asia

Miyagi Toru 宮城 徹Co-founder & CEO — S1UPSIDER Holdings Inc.

Luo Yuhong 羅 悠鴻Founder & Chairman — S1GRAND Inc.

Kurahara Naomi 倉原 直美Founder & CEO — S1InfoStella Inc.

Honma Masahiko 本間 真彦Managing Partner — S1 moderatorIncubate Fund

Kanesaka Naoya 金坂 直哉Director & Executive Officer · CEO Money Forward Home · GP HIRAC FUND — S2Money Forward, Inc.

Chuma Kazuhiko 中馬 和彦Executive Officer, CBDO — S2Mizuho FG / Mizuho Bank

Matsumoto Masataka 松本 真尚General Partner & Co-founder — S2WiL

Akune Naomoto 阿久根 直智M&A Advisory Partner (TMT) — S2 moderatorEY Strategy & Consulting

Masujima Masakazu 増島 雅和Partner, Attorney (Japan/NY), Patent Attorney — S3 Valuation & DDMori Hamada & Matsumoto

Asakura Yusuke 朝倉 祐介Managing Partner — S3Animal Spirits LLC

Yazawa Mariko 矢澤麻里子Founder & CEO — S3Yazawa Ventures

Takahashi Terunori 高橋 照典MD, Head of Startup Acceleration Team, IBD — S3 moderatorMitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities

Ishikawa Akihiko 石川 聡彦Managing Director, Talent Reinvention Partner — S4 first-100-daysAccenture / idemia (founder)

Takeuchi Masami 竹内 勝三Managing Director, Talent Reinvention Partner — S4Accenture

Oshidari Daisuke 忍足 大介General Manager, Alliance Promotion Office — S4NTT DOCOMO, Inc.

Suzuki Eriko 鈴木 絵里子Founder & CEO — S4 moderatorKind Capital

Yurimoto Yasuhiko 百合本 安彦President & CEO — S5 VC perspectiveGlobal Brain Corporation

Imano Minoru 今野 穣Managing Partner — S5Globis Capital Partners

Goji Tomotaka 郷治 友孝President & CEO · JVCA Chairman — S5UTEC (Univ. of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners)

Shimizu Yuichiro 志水 雄一郎Founder & CEO — S5 moderator · co-hostfor Startups Inc.