Sota Watanabe

Sota is the founder of Astar Network and CEO at Startale Labs, the company that aims "Web3 For Billions". In addition to that, he is one of the directors at the Japan Blockchain Association and an advisor of GMO Web3, Dentsu, and Marui. He is an advisory board member of the Business Intelligence for Global Entrepreneurship at the University of Washington. In 2022, he was selected Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia and Japan. In 2023, he was selected "100 Most Respected Japanese in the World" by Newsweek.