{"id":827,"date":"2026-02-21T12:44:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T03:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/?post_type=program&#038;p=827"},"modified":"2026-02-21T12:44:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T03:44:31","slug":"bridging-europe-and-hokkaido-green-transformation-innovation-and-cross-border-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/news\/program\/bridging-europe-and-hokkaido-green-transformation-innovation-and-cross-border-collaboration","title":{"rendered":"Bridging Europe and Hokkaido: Green Transformation Innovation and Cross-Border Collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"swell-block-fullWide pc-py-60 sp-py-40 has-bg-img alignfull lazyload pc_only\" data-bg=\"https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BG_4_t_br.webp\"><div class=\"swell-block-fullWide__inner l-article\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-94c8710e wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none u-lb-off u-mb-ctrl u-mb-60\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Bridging-Europe-and-Hokkaido-1-1024x725.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-828\" width=\"2667\" height=\"1890\" title=\"Bridging Europe and Hokkaido\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left u-mb-ctrl u-mb-10\" style=\"font-size:3em;letter-spacing:5px;line-height:1\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:var(--color_deep04)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">Bridging Europe and Hokkaido: Green Transformation Innovation and Cross-Border Collaboration<br><\/mark><br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table style=\"--swl-cell1-width:300px;\" class=\"has-white-background-color has-background has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><em>Date and time<\/em><\/strong><\/td><td>February 25th (Wed.) \u300014:30~15:00<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><em>Location<\/em><\/strong><\/td><td>Former Hokkaido Government Office Building (Red Brick Building)<br>&#8220;AKARENGA HALL A&#8221; 2nd Floor<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3a34c23530b8e4a1d5984fedea32a10b\">This session brings together European startups and European VC, and Sapporo City\u2019s Green Transformation department to explore how innovation, capital, and city strategy can align to accelerate the green transition. From cutting-edge products to real partnership opportunities, the panel will dive into how Europe and Hokkaido can collaborate to scale sustainable solutions across borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left u-mb-ctrl u-mb-0\">[SPEAKER]<br><strong>Max Gurvits<\/strong>, Managing Partner, Vitosha Venture Partners<br><strong>Alessandro Monticelli<\/strong>, CEO, Green Independence<br><strong>Peter Kruger<\/strong> Investor and adviser,&nbsp; EVJA Venture Partner, Big Idea Ventures Chairman AgriFood Tech Italia CEO, Startupbootcamp (accelerator)<br><strong>Eiko Kitano<\/strong> Section Chief , Green Transformation Promotion Office, City Development Policy Bureau, City of Sapporo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left u-mb-ctrl u-mb-0\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"swell-block-button is-style-btn_line\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/program\" class=\"swell-block-button__link\"><span>Back to Event List<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"swell-block-fullWide pc-py-60 sp-py-40 has-bg-img alignfull lazyload sp_only\" data-bg=\"https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BG_4_t_br.webp\"><div class=\"swell-block-fullWide__inner l-article\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full u-lb-off u-mb-ctrl u-mb-60\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1814\" src=\"https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Bridging-Europe-and-Hokkaido-1-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Bridging-Europe-and-Hokkaido-1-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Bridging-Europe-and-Hokkaido-1-300x213.webp 300w, https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Bridging-Europe-and-Hokkaido-1-1024x725.webp 1024w, https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Bridging-Europe-and-Hokkaido-1-768x544.webp 768w, https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Bridging-Europe-and-Hokkaido-1-1536x1088.webp 1536w, https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Bridging-Europe-and-Hokkaido-1-2048x1451.webp 2048w, https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Bridging-Europe-and-Hokkaido-1-500x354.webp 500w, https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Bridging-Europe-and-Hokkaido-1-800x567.webp 800w, https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Bridging-Europe-and-Hokkaido-1-1280x907.webp 1280w, https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Bridging-Europe-and-Hokkaido-1-1920x1360.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left u-mb-ctrl u-mb-10\" style=\"font-size:2em;letter-spacing:5px;line-height:1\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:var(--color_deep04)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">Bridging Europe and Hokkaido: Green Transformation Innovation and Cross-Border Collaboration<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular is-all-centered--va\"><table style=\"--swl-cell1-width:100px;\" class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Date and time<\/strong><\/td><td>February 25th (Wed.) 14:30~15:00<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><em>Location<\/em><\/strong><\/td><td>Former Hokkaido Government Office Building (Red Brick Building)<br>&#8220;AKARENGA HALL A&#8221; 2nd Floor<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4fa14fb4bfdaafdca207797bd2e8120e\">\u00a0This session brings together European startups and European VC, and Sapporo City\u2019s Green Transformation department to explore how innovation, capital, and city strategy can align to accelerate the green transition. 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