Startups in Japan...

I spent the past 10 years living in Japan where I was lucky enough to have many lives, starting by a first career in sales and marketing. Helping foreign companies succeed in Japan was my mission through talent acquisition, product development tailored to the local market and the launch of innovative products (Babolat Play)

Discovering a passion for code and design, I jumped into the recent awakening of the Tokyo startup scene by creating Japan’s very first coding bootcamp: Le Wagon

Our missions were to:

• Bring technical skills to creatives and entrepreneurs
• Provide a pool a talents to the growing startup community
• Support the development of innovative solutions post-bootcamp
• Educate the Japanese market to alternative education and lifestyle models

After 3 years of activity and opening two locations (Tokyo & Kyoto), Le Wagon Japan trained over 150 students from 30+ nationalities, now in positions of founders, developers, UX designers, product managers or digital marketers.

Fun Facts

• Previous students now work at Facebook, Apple, Amazon as well as boutique agencies and blue chips.
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  Some of them founded companies, raising significant amounts of money (Preface) or disrupting various markets (AoiShip)