About Our Sponsors
The Japan Go IPO Summit is pleased to be sponsored by the most active dealmakers and advisors in the Asia cross-border market for initial public offerings, SPAC mergers, and M&A transactions.
Host
MarcumAsia is an independent public accounting firm focusing on cross-border services for public and private companies. We are one of the leading providers of audit and assurance services to Asian companies listed on the U.S. stock markets and have offices in major cities in Asia, including Hong Kong, Singapore, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Hangzhou, and Tokyo. MarcumAsia has a dedicated Japan Desk to serve Japanese issuers end-to-end (pre-IPO to post-listing).
Organizer
AUM Advisors provides comprehensive communications,investor relations,public relations, and visibility support to IPOs, de-SPACs, and public companies to ensure our clients can achieve favorable transaction outcomes and develop a strong following on Wall Street.
Platinum Sponsors
Anthony, Linder & Cacomanolis, PLLC - Our experienced corporate and securities attorneys are here to take your company public and help you maintain public company requirements while you continue to raise capital. We have significant experience with all forms of going public transactions by Japanese companies, including traditional IPOs, de-SPAC, reverse mergers, and direct listings. Navigating the pathway from Japan to the U.S. Capital Markets requires a partner with deep SEC, Nasdaq and NYSE expertise as well as experience with the impact of, and concurrent compliance with, the Japanese Companies Act and the demands of Japanese regulators. We provide sophisticated counsel for Japanese companies seeking U.S. listings, providing a compliant “white-label” path to success.
Cohen & Company Capital Markets is a full-service boutique investment bank with differentiated product expertise and bulge bracket DNA. We partner with leading and emerging companies across sectors to address strategic and financial opportunities. We leverage a strong reputation, a broad network, and seamless execution to serve our clients’ interest first and always.
Cohen & Company Capital Markets is a division of Cohen & Company Securities, LLC (Member FINRA, SIPC), an indirect controlled subsidiary of Cohen & Company, Inc.
D. Boral Capital LLC is a premier, relationship-driven global investment bank headquartered in New York. The firm is dedicated to delivering exceptional strategic advisory and tailored financial solutions to middle-market and emerging growth companies. With a proven track record, D. Boral Capital provides expert guidance to clients across diverse sectors worldwide, leveraging access to capital from key markets, including the United States, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America.
A recognized leader on Wall Street, D. Boral Capital has successfully aggregated approximately $30 billion in capital since its inception in 2020, executing ~350 transactions across a broad range of investment banking products.
D. Boral Capital is a member of FINRA and SIPC.
Gold Sponsors
A.G.P. / Alliance Global Partners is a regional investment and advisory firm that has been a member of FINRA and registered with the SEC since 1980. A.G.P. provides capital markets and corporate services. We offer advanced market expertise and deep industry knowledge to institutional clients. The core members of our team have been extremely active in investment banking specializing in small to mid-size offerings.
Beyond Century Consulting, LLC is a financial advisory firm specializing in IPO readiness, financial reporting, and regulatory compliance for emerging growth companies. The firm assists clients throughout the entire public company lifecycle, providing support for pre-IPO preparation, U.S. listing transactions, SEC reporting, audit readiness, and post-IPO accounting and financial compliance. Beyond Century Consulting helps companies build the financial and governance infrastructure needed to successfully access and operate in the public markets.
City-Yuwa Partners is a full-service law firm providing comprehensive legal services with a strong focus on corporate and commercial law. The firm advises domestic and international clients across a broad range of practice areas, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, intellectual property, dispute resolution, finance, and cross-border transactions. City-Yuwa Partners has extensive experience advising on overseas capital markets transactions, including numerous listings on Nasdaq and other international stock exchanges. Combining deep legal expertise with practical business insight, the firm delivers strategic, client-focused solutions to address complex legal and commercial challenges while supporting clients in achieving their business objectives in an increasingly global marketplace.
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP is a New York City-based law firm comprised of nearly 125 professionals, offering its clients legal services in a broad range of business-related matters. Founded in 1992, the Firm specializes in many areas of commercial law: Corporate, Securities, Mergers and Acquisitions, International Transactions, Real Estate, Broker-Dealer Regulation, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Labor, Employment, Cannabis, ERISA, Executive Compensation, Tax and Estate Planning.
Hunter Taubman Fisher & Li is a boutique law firm specializing in securities transactions, corporate, commercial, and cross-border financing, immigration, and taxation. Our team of lawyers works together so our clients can benefit from astute business experience and sophisticated legal solutions.
Pryor Cashman is an award-winning midsize law firm headquartered in New York City. With over 200 attorneys, our firm spans across three offices, including locations in both Miami and Los Angeles — but we serve a diverse client base that spans around the globe. No matter the office or location, we are known for getting the job done right, and doing it with integrity, efficiency, and style.
As one of the oldest law firms in the United States, Robinson+Cole prides itself on being a modern law firm with a long history of adapting to change, understanding our clients and their needs, as well as embracing emerging opportunities. Our Capital markets and securities practice devotes special attention to Asia-based/related companies on a broad spectrum of matters involving initial public offerings and secondary offerings, SPACs, M&As, broker-dealers, cross-border transactions, listing on NYSE, Nasdaq and OTC Markets, SEC filings and others.
Roth Capital Partners is a relationship-driven investment bank focused on serving growth companies and their investors. Our full-service platform provides capital raising, high-impact equity research, macroeconomics, sales and trading, technical insights, derivatives strategies, M&A advisory, and corporate access.
Sullivan & Worcester is a premier international law firm with lawyers in Boston, Hong Kong, London, New York, Tel Aviv and Washington, D.C. Sullivan’s clients, including Fortune 500 companies, leading financial services firms, asset managers and emerging businesses, rely on our ability to navigate complex legal and operational landscapes, the impeccable judgment of our lawyers, and our commitment to best-in-class client service.
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP is an Am Law 100 firm with more than 1,250 attorneys across 25 offices. It combines the depth and sophistication of the nation's largest firms with the responsiveness, efficiency, and value orientation that middle-market clients demand. The collaborative, client-first approach, advanced technology, and comprehensive service offerings redefine what clients can expect from their legal team.
Cocktail Sponsor
Leveraging the unique geographic roots in Asia Pacific and North America, with the hybrid position across institutions and retail, Univest provide a variety of services to small-to-medium size public and private enterprises through our Investment Banking and Corporate Financing Division including mergers & acquisitions capital markets advisory, valuation and fairness of opinion advisory, private placement, initial and secondary public offerings.
Silver Sponsors
BNY is a global financial services company that helps make money work for the world – managing it, moving it and keeping it safe. For more than 240 years BNY has partnered alongside clients, putting its expertise and platforms to help them operate more efficiently and accelerate growth. Today BNY helps over 90% of Fortune 100 companies and nearly all the top 100 banks globally access the money they need. BNY supports governments in funding local projects and works with over 90% of the top 100 pension plans to safeguard investments for millions of individuals, and so much more. As of December 31, 2025, BNY oversees $59.3 trillion in assets under custody and/or administration and $2.2 trillion in assets under management.
DFIN is the leading global provider of compliance and regulatory software and services, fueling end-to-end investment company regulatory compliance needs, complex capital markets transactions, and essential financial reporting at every stage of the corporate lifecycle. Our mission is simple: to empower clients with the software and support they need to stay ahead of public company filings, investment company filings, private reporting, and beneficial owner reporting, while enhancing workflow efficiency. We bring deep expertise to every engagement, driving transparency and collaboration built on confidence and reliability.
Maxim Group is a leading full-service investment bank, securities, and wealth management firm headquartered in Midtown Manhattan. Founded in 2002 as an independent, 100% employee-owned firm, Maxim provides investment banking, global institutional sales, equity research, fixed income and derivatives, merchant capital, private wealth management, and prime brokerage services. Maxim Group is a registered broker-dealer with the SEC and MSRB, and a member of FINRA, SIPC, and Nasdaq.
ASENDIA Consulting KK is a specialized consulting firm offering a wide range of financial and accounting advisory services.
From M&A support services—including due diligence (DD) and share valuation related to mergers and acquisitions—to listing support for companies aiming for an IPO, and advisory services for the development and operation of accounting processes and internal controls, we provide consistent, hands-on support tailored to each company's growth phase and management challenges.
At the core of our services are certified public accountants who have built their careers at the director-to-manager level within Big4 audit firms. Drawing on the advanced expertise and practical insight gained through hands-on experience in auditing and advisory work, we deliver highly reliable consulting services tailored to each client's individual circumstances.
SprAut Accounting Corporation is a trusted IPO financial advisory partner in Japan—from pre-audit, filing and valuation support to all your financial needs. SprAut Accounting Corporation is a financial advisory firm founded by six Japanese CPAs with Big 4 backgrounds. Comprehensive professional services are provided across Japanese, English, and Chinese.
Marketing Sponsor
ACCESS Newswire Inc is a globally trusted Public Relations (PR) and Investor Relations (IR) solutions provider. With a focus on innovation, customer service, and value-driven offerings, ACCESS Newswire empowers brands to connect with their audiences where it matters most. From startups and scale-ups to multi-billion-dollar global brands, we ensure your most important moments make an impact and resonate with your audiences.
Vstock Transfer is an SEC-registered stock transfer firm serving private companies, IPO's and issuers listed on NYSE American, NASDAQ and OTC Markets. We are not just transaction-oriented but solution-focused to help you through every step of the process.