Joshua Flannery

Joshua Flannery is an experienced and entrepreneurial executive, with 20 years of global business experience including his role as Director of Sydney Startup Hub, the largest startup hub in the Southern Hemisphere, and as a CEO of Rainmaking Innovation Japan LLC, the Japan subsidiary of a global venture development firm delivering Startupbootcamp, an industry-focused program providing early-stage tech founders with access to an international network of mentors, partners and investors in their industry. Joshua was also the initiator of one of Australia’s first university-based startup programs, supporting over 700 startups since its launch at the University of New South Wales in 2012. In 2005 Joshua brought a foreign edtech company to Japan, establishing StudyLink Inc. in Osaka. Born and raised in Sydney and currently based in Osaka, Joshua has strong experience with designing and executing programs that connect startups and scaleups to international markets, including the US, China, Australia and Japan.