Silicon Valley-APAC Industrial Innovation Bridge

Silicon Valley-APAC Industrial Innovation Bridge

Invitation Only | Tuesday, October 6, 2026 | SF TECH WEEK | San Francisco (Venue disclosed on registration)

The technologies needed to power the next decade of industrial transformation are being built in Silicon Valley. The capital and deployment pathways to scale them are concentrated across Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Australia. This event brings both sides of that equation into the same room.

Why now

Japan has committed USD 1 trillion to its Green Transformation mandate over the next decade. The US and Japan just launched a USD 1 billion bilateral research partnership under the Genesis Mission.

ASEAN manufacturing investment hit USD 226 billion in 2024. And the AI infrastructure buildout is pulling semiconductor investment into Taiwan, Japan, and Korea at a pace few predicted even a year ago.

The capital is moving. What's missing is a direct line between the people building deployment-ready technology and the people ready to invest in it.

What to expect

Our speaker line-up includes reps from Idemitsu, Kajima, ANA, B-Capital & others.

A tightly curated half-day session built around two themes shaping industrial competitiveness across the Pacific:

• Critical Minerals & APAC Supply Chains: The Technology Imperative — where the real bottlenecks are in extraction, processing, and materials substitution, and who's closing the gap between lab and deployment

• AI Infra & Physical AI: The Industrial Compute Buildout — what it actually takes, in power, chips, and compute, to move AI from simulation into robotics, logistics, and manufacturing at scale

A Technology Showcase follows, featuring startups curated by Bakar Labs Energy & Materials at UC Berkeley. Investors can pre-book meetings with presenting companies ahead of the event.

The day closes with extended networking, giving the room real time to turn conversations into next steps.

Who's in the room

A deliberately small group of Deeptech VC, CVC and corporate innovation principals with active APAC mandates, alongside the founders and technologists building the solutions they're looking for.

Organizers

Convened by ArkTerra Partners, co-anchored with Bakar Labs Energy & Materials, with Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO SF) and Silicon Valley Bank.

Strategic event partner: Startup Navigators provides advisory services in the Climate Tech and startup-corporate innovation.