OakMega Heads to Japan for StartupGo!Go! 2022 The Pitch, Raising Social CRM's Profile Overseas

After joining G Camp The Batch 6 mid-year and standing out in the competition, OakMega earned a recommendation to exhibit in Japan at StartupGo!Go! 2022 The Pitch, the annual startup showcase hosted by StartupGo!Go! and JETRO, competing for the pitch prize alongside top startups from many countries.

The trip was more than OakMega's first overseas event since the pandemic. It was concrete proof of our push to grow beyond Taiwan. “The exhibition was our first in-person showcase in a long time, and it gave us a clearer sense of how the Japanese market thinks about Social CRM. That will help us communicate more precisely as we expand overseas and enter Japan,” said Kelly Kang, who leads channel development at OakMega.

StartupGo!Go! The Pitch is the largest startup event in Kyushu, Japan. First held in 2014, it reached its ninth edition this year, and it was also the first in-person event in three years after the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 200 teams from across Asia and Europe applied, and 30 were selected to exhibit during the event and compete in The Pitch.

During the event, we also ran a booth to show attendees our Social CRM solution, and visited several companies, including QTnet, together with JETRO, the event's co-organizer. Reflecting on our first exhibition in Japan, OakMega founder and CEO Porsche noted that with businesses worldwide facing inflation and tighter budgets, the value of Social CRM in helping brands hold meaningful conversations with customers stands out even more, as does the advantage of using data to build customer relationship management tools. We look forward to continuing conversations with JETRO and our partners to find opportunities to establish a local presence.

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About StartupGo!Go! The Pitch

Organized by the StartupGo!Go! foundation, the event has run nine times since its first edition in 2014 and is the largest startup event in Kyushu, Japan. This year (2022) it returned to an in-person format for the first time in three years, with a full-scale event in central Fukuoka.

StartupGo!Go! The Pitch features a startup competition and an exhibition area. It is open to startups of any age, not just those based in Japan, and actively welcomes international teams. Any company that has raised less than ¥100 million can apply.

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About OakMega

Founded in 2019, OakMega is a Social CRM company that helps brands grow VIP memberships on messaging apps and build a real-time source of first-party data.

OakMega serves a wide range of industries, including biotech and pharmaceuticals, automotive, and real estate, with more than 150 brands in Taiwan and internationally. It received investment from the SparkLabs Taipei accelerator in 2020 and was selected for the 500 Global accelerator in 2021.

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Notes and sources:

• StartupGo!Go!2022ThePitch
• ¥1 million prize! StartupGo!Go! The Pitch 2022, a pitch event for seed to early-stage startups, is coming! (in Japanese)

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