
Tuesday · 6:00 PM JST · Zoom
Robotics Startups & Cross-Border Fundraising: How to Attract Global Capital and Industrial Partners


Sabrina Sasaki, Erdinc Ekinci, Yu Li Shein
Sabrina Sasaki is a venture investor and startup ecosystem contributor serving as Partner at Monozukuri Ventures. She is investing in deep tech for manufacturing, including robotics, Physical AI, and advanced materials that strengthen industrial technology and supply chain resilience. Over the past decade, she has supported early-stage hardtech startups from pre-seed to Series A across the U.S. and Japan, combining fund management with hands-on business development. The role provides direct exposure to how investors assess teams, markets, differentiation, traction, and a company’s ability to grow beyond its initial market. In practice, that perspective connects founder quality, market evidence, investment fit, and the long-term work required to build a company that investors can continue supporting. Sabrina is particularly relevant to conversations around fundraising readiness, investor decision-making, venture-scale growth, and the signals that help founders build conviction with capital partners.