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What's
IIM-IDE Program ?
The International Innovation Matching Program for Thai Innovation-Driven Enterprises or IIM-IDE program is a collaboration between National Innovation Agency of Thailand (NIA) and SPHERE 8.

The program was created with the aim of supporting successful business matching and collaborations between Thai and Israeli Enterprises, by reducing language & cultural barriers, connecting & supporting the relationship between Enterprises from both countries as well as building the capabilities of the Thai Innovation-Driven Enterprises.

Program Activities

Identify Future
Business Challenges

Tech Scouting &
Partnership Development

Proof of Concept
in Practice

Sectors in Focus

Healthcare & Medicine

Argo Industry

Circular Industry

New Energy

Tourism & Hospitality

Other Potential Sectors

Timeline

1
3 - 30 May 2020
Applications
2
1 June 2021
Program Announcement
& Workshop
3
2-3 June 2020
Private Interview
4
7 June 2020
Selection Announcement
5
15 June - 8 July 2020
Identify Future Business
Challenges
6
15 - 31 July 2020
Tech Scouting & Partnership
Development
7
22 August - 14 September 2020
22 August -
14 September 2020
Proof of Concept in Practice

Coaches

Vichian Suksoir

Deputy Innovation Director - NIA

Vichian Suksoir

Deputy Innovation Director - NIA

Deputy Executive Director, Mr. Suksoir involves in strategic planning and formulating new financial support mechanisms to promote innovation project development. He also undertakes a leading role in driving new wave industries, including bioplastics, cellulose ethanol and oleochemical industries in Thailand. Advising local and international companies on business development and management of innovation and initiating and enhancing connections/collaborations with local and international (business/technical) partners in key industries, such as bio-ethanol production from cassava pulp (Sapporo Breweries Ltd., Iwata Chemical Co., Ltd., Yamaguchi University and Eiamburapa Co., Ltd ), production of L-D lactic acid using new microbes (Musashino Chemical Laboratory Ltd., EiamHeng Tapioca Starch Industry Co., Ltd. and Chulalonglorn University) are the key tasks of Mr. Suksoir.
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Serena Tan

Marketing Specialist - Flench

Barak Sharabi

Founder - Infinity Technologies

Barak Sharabi

Founder - Infinity Technologies

Strategic Tech Advisor, Angel Investor, Startups’ Founder, Ecosystem Builder, Head Coach at SPARK & Corporate SPARK accelerators, Mentor in various accelerators and institutes, a Tech regional expert with a wide network and an entrepreneur at heart. Born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel, traveled throughout the world’s continents, holds 3 degrees in Law, Business and Diplomacy and Security.

Served in the Israeli Air Force and years later in the Government of Israel as the Head of the Economic and Trade Mission at the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, covering Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia. Held various positions in the private sector, from strategic consultancy and investments in global markets, ICT and Medical technologies and IP, Antitrust and Commercial Agreements.

Barak has various interests from Innovation and Entrepreneurship to International Relations and Defense as well as extreme Sports.
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Ronen Lago

CTO - CYE Cyber Security

Ronen Lago

CTO - CYE Cyber Security

-Over two decades developing and deploying advanced intelligence systems and cyber information security products

- Former CTO and Head of R&D at Daimler AG, Lockheed-Martin, Israeli Air Industry and Motorola

- Fields of expertise span across advanced cybersecurity and big data analysis solutions, (IoT), (SCADA/ICS), ML and AI applications

- Elite military intelligence unit

- M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and Business Management
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Teewara Phetcharak

Founding Partner - TPAR Law Firm

Teewara Phetcharak

Founding Partner - TPAR Law Firm

As a Founding Partner at TPAR Law firm, she has an outstanding record of broadly expertise in Corporate and Commercial work, Due diligence, Investment, Contracts, Litigation and Arbitration. Throughout her service over 10 year, she has been representing clients in a variety of sectors such as Tech Start-Up, Health Care, Food, Energy etc. She also has extensive experience with Foreign Investment and Legal Consult.

Ms. Teewara graduated from University of Aberdeen, UK where her main focus was International Commercial Law. She is also a member of Thai bar association, holds Thailand lawyer lecturer in International Law in University. Ms. Teewara has been appointed by International Advisor, The Netherlands to be sole representative in Thailand.
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Ruby Chen

Associate Partner - Drake Star Partners

Ruby Chen

Associate Partner - Drake Star Partners

Ruby is a Deal maker with a proven track record in initiating, leading and executing +30 strategic transactions (investments, M&As, divestitures and revenue generating partnerships) at global, industry leading companies (Hyundai Motor Company, Amdocs and NICE Systems). Enjoying to support tech geeks to disrupt conventional industries for over a decade, serving as BoD member, BoD observer and strategic advisor to multiple growth companies. Characterized as highly networked in the Israeli tech scene as well as worldwide corporate investors, with a deep understanding of communication, enterprise software and autotech technologies.
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Pachara (Billy) Yongjiranon

Managing Director / Corporate Trainer - SpeakPro Training

Pachara (Billy) Yongjiranon

Managing Director / Corporate Trainer - SpeakPro Trainin

Billy has experience in sales, recruitment and talent development. He has trained for many corporations but mainly financial services and technology.

Billy passion is training people at all levels and he has coached top executives as well as operational staff.

He has professional experience with both Thai and multinational organizations in the recruitment, training, and on-line marketing industries.

Billy functions cover across recruitment, CSR projects, employee relations, organizational development, and speech coaching.
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Yael Weisz Zilberman

Partnership Manager - Global Finder Network, Start-up Nation Central

Yael Weisz Zilberman

Partnership Manager - Global Finder Network, Start-up Nation Central

Yael is responsible for building a sturdy business bridge between Israel’s tech ecosystem and specific targeted markets, currently focusing on Texas and Michigan states in the US, and Thailand and New Zealand in Asia. Among the initiatives developed in these bi-lateral bridges are the Global Finder Network and the joint initiative with the Texas Israel Technology Partnership (TITP) to create a landing pad for Israeli innovators into Houston’s healthcare market. Start-Up Nation Central is a Tel Aviv-based independent non-profit that connects business, government, and NGO leaders from around the world to Israeli innovation.
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Kastytis Kemezys

Co-Founder - Whatnot Innovation Studio

Kastytis Kemezys

Co-Founder - Whatnot Innovation Studio

I have started, built and managed tech, food and consulting businesses, accelerator/incubator and most recently a venture building studio in Bangkok. Currently, I am excited to work with multinational organisations and their corporate venturing strategies to successfully invest in and build a new generation of deep-tech startups.

I value creativity and out of the box thinking, I prefer taking a unique and authentic approach to technology investment. My core competencies are startups, creative problem solving, leadership, business ideation and deep-tech and research commercialisation, venture capital, business modelling, monetisation and development. Other than business venturing, my passion is filmmaking and storytelling.
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Adi Maller

APAC Collaborations Manager - Israel Innovation Authority (IIA)

Kastytis Kemezys

Co-Founder - Whatnot Innovation Studio

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Mentors

Barak Sharabi

Founder - Infinity Technologies

Barak Sharabi

Founder - Infinity Technologies

Strategic Tech Advisor, Angel Investor, Startups’ Founder, Ecosystem Builder, Head Coach at SPARK & Corporate SPARK accelerators, Mentor in various accelerators and institutes, a Tech regional expert with a wide network and an entrepreneur at heart. Born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel, traveled throughout the world’s continents, holds 3 degrees in Law, Business and Diplomacy and Security.

Served in the Israeli Air Force and years later in the Government of Israel as the Head of the Economic and Trade Mission at the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, covering Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia. Held various positions in the private sector, from strategic consultancy and investments in global markets, ICT and Medical technologies and IP, Antitrust and Commercial Agreements.

Barak has various interests from Innovation and Entrepreneurship to International Relations and Defense as well as extreme Sports.
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Kastytis Kemezys

Co-Founder - Whatnot Innovation Studio

Kastytis Kemezys

Co-Founder - Whatnot Innovation Studio

I have started, built and managed tech, food and consulting businesses, accelerator/incubator and most recently a venture building studio in Bangkok. Currently, I am excited to work with multinational organisations and their corporate venturing strategies to successfully invest in and build a new generation of deep-tech startups.

I value creativity and out of the box thinking, I prefer taking a unique and authentic approach to technology investment. My core competencies are startups, creative problem solving, leadership, business ideation and deep-tech and research commercialisation, venture capital, business modelling, monetisation and development. Other than business venturing, my passion is filmmaking and storytelling.
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Bart Bellers

CEO - Xpdite Capital Partners

Bart Bellers

CEO - Xpdite Capital Partners

Bart is the CEO at Xpdite Capital Partners, an Asian travel tech focused investment and advisory firm which purpose is to expedite the growth of early stage startups, accelerate the market entry of international growth companies into Asia and industrialize corporate innovation in the travel industry. Bart brings together 20+ years’ international experience in innovation, travel technology and e-commerce with senior executive roles at Amadeus IT group, one of the world’s leading travel technology companies. As the architect behind the largest travel tech community in APAC, he built up strong relations in the regional and global startup ecosystems. Before, he founded an innovation consultancy firm, led several e-business projects at the leading edge of technology and founded a startup that transformed the way companies moved online. Pragmatic and result oriented, with a strong entrepreneurial spirit, open mindset and technology background, Bart is committed to take startups to the next level, expedite the returns for investors and industrialize corporate innovation. "THINK DIFFERENT & JUST DO IT", is what he believes in.
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