Chiharu Sugawara

Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. (NSC) is a wholly-owned brokerage subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TSE: 8604; NYSE: NMR). Headquartered in Tokyo, the firm was founded in 1925. NSC places a strong emphasis on research, both fundamental and quantitative. In addition to stock and bond underwriting, their activities include IPO and M&A advisory, wealth management, separately managed accounts, fund wrap services, prime brokerage and structured equity finance. Their clients include institutions, hedge funds, private banks and private equity funds as well as corporate clients and retail investors.

The Juroku Bank, Ltd. engages in the business of financial baking services. It operates through the following segments: Banking, Leasing, and Others. The Banking segment includes deposit, loan, securities investment, bond trustee, derivative trading, and foreign exchange services. The Leasing segment provides general leasing services. The Others segment consists of credit card, credit guarantee, and computer-related businesses. The company was founded on August 8, 1877 and is headquartered in Gifu, Japan.

Nissay Asset Management Corp. (NAM) is the asset management subsidiary of Nippon Life Insurance Co. in Japan. The firm was founded in 1998 when Nissay Investment Advisors Co., Ltd. and Nissay Investment Trust Management Co., Ltd. merged. Headquartered in Tokyo with a branch office in Osaka, NAM provides investment advisory services to individual clients, customers of defined contribution plans, investment trusts for business and financial corporations, and group pensions.

SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd. (SPARX) is the wholly-owned investment management subsidiary of SPARX Group Co., Ltd. (TYO: 8739) in Japan. The firm was founded by Shuhei Abe in 2006. Headquartered in Tokyo, SPARX provides portfolio management services and manages client accounts and funds.

Goldman Sachs Capital Partners is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area founded in 1986. Goldman Sachs Capital Partners is headquartered in New York.

Rheos Capital Works, Inc. (Investment Management) (Rheos Capital-iM) is the boutique-sized asset management division of Rheos Capital Works, Inc. in Japan. It was founded in 2003 as Rheos Inc.by Hideto Fujino and Mitsuhiro Yuasa. Headquartered in Tokyo, Rheos Capital-IM manages investment trusts and provides investment advisory services to individual and institutional clients.

Jefferies (Japan) Ltd. (JJ) is the Tokyo branch and subsidiary of US-based Jefferies Asia Holdings II Pte Ltd., ultimately held by Leucadia National Corp. (NYSE: LUK) in the US. Established in 1996, the firm focuses on Asian markets and provides brokerage and investment banking services to institutional and corporate clients located primarily in Asia and the Middle East. Their activities include sales and trading of Japanese equity, equity-linked and structured products, the distribution of equity research and execution services in cooperation with US and European offices and the provision of electronic connectivity throughout Asia. They issue equity shares through GDRs and ADRs, and are a leading issuer of convertible bonds, high-yield in particular. In-house research covers a variety of industries including the maritime sector, infrastructure, logistics, outsourcing, technology and IT. In addition to Japan, JJ focuses on countries such as China and India, providing a range of services to Chinese and Indian companies, including access to international equity and debt capital markets, securities underwriting, US public and private offerings and cross-border M&A advisory. They also cooperate with private equity and venture capital firms focused on the Chinese and Indian markets.

TMI Associates is a general law office based in Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese company specializes in areas of dispute and corporate fields. It is composed of lawyers, patent attorneys, and staff with experience in both domestic and public relations work. TMI Associates has established a system that can respond to a wide range of needs through partnerships with various specialized organizations. The private company was founded by Tomohiro Toyama.

Global Brain Corp. (Global Brain) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1998 by Yasuhiko Yurimoto. Global Brain Corp. is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. (Broker) (Mizuho Securities-Broker) is the brokerage division of Mizuho Securities Co. Ltd., ultimately owned by Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (TYO: 8411; NYSE: MFG) in Japan. The firm was originally founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Tokyo with a network of offices throughout Japan as well as overseas representation through Mizuho entities or strategic partners (in Great Britain, Switzerland, the US, Hong Kong, Mainland China, South Korea, Singapore and India). Mizuho Securities-Broker provides enhanced equity and fixed income execution services for their clients who includes private individuals in Japan, domestic and foreign institutions, non-financial companies, financial institutions and public corporations in the securities and investment banking fields.

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC engages in the provision of accounting services. The company was founded in May 1968 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Morimatsu Industry Co., Ltd. engages in the design, manufacture & marketing of tanks, pressure vessels, plant & factory equipment and aerospace equipment. The company provides stainless steel water tanks, cold water, ice accumulator tanks, pressure vessels, such as hot water storage tanks, tube & plate type heat exchangers, header tanks & air separators & underground oil tanks and oil service tanks for the construction industry. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Motosu, Japan.

MB Securities JSC (Broker) (MB Securities-Broker) is the broker-dealer division of MB Securities JSC (HNX: MBS), a securities firm headquartered in Hanoi, Vietnam. The firm is a subsidiary of Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank (HOSE: MBB). MB Securities-Broker provides securities brokerage and trading services to individual and institutional clients.

Citadel Asia Ltd. is the Hong Kong-based asset management subsidiary of Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC, which is ultimately owned by GFH HFEVA LLC, an investment company headquartered in the US. The firm was founded in 2005 and formerly known as Citadel (Hong Kong) Ltd. Citadel Asia offers multiple investment strategies for high net worth clients.

Cento Ventures is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2011 by Dmitry Levit. The firm is headquartered in Singapore.

The One of Them, Inc. is a holding company that provides mobile applications. It develops and delivers applications and games for mobile devices. The firm also offers smart phone marketing support services. The company was founded by Konosuke Takeishi on January 21, 2011 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Saika Co. Ltd. develops analytical applications and provides application consulting services. Its services include XICA adelie, XICA Magellan, XICA rockhopper and XICA academy. The company was founded in Frebuary 2012 by Yoshiaki Hirao and is headquartered in Yubinbango, Japan.

Sekaie, Inc. engages in the planning and development of Internet media and e-commerce software. It develops and manages 'renoco', a home renovation and improvement website which provides remodeling features such as safe price and safe quality. The company was founded on December 14, 2012 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.

Spiber, Inc. provides research, development, and production of synthetic spider silk. It specializes in the production of artificial spider silk using synthesized genes which persuade bacteria to produce fibroin, a structural protein found in spider silk. The firm analyzes the mechanism of the bimolecular structure of spider silk protein using bioinformatics. The company was founded on September 26, 2007 and is headquartered in Tsuruoka, Japan.

Sight Visit, Inc. provides online certification exam preparation classes. It manages the operation of Shikaku Square, an online qualification test, and Shikaku Square Real, a preparation school for qualification exams offering face-to-face individual instruction. The company was founded by Masato Kito on April 24, 2013 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

asoview, Inc. develops and manages an online booking portal. It offers its website platform to mobile users through the development of the holipple application. The company was founded by Tomohisa Yamano on March 14, 2011 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Genesia Ventures Inc (Genesia Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Tajima Soichi. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Lyra Ventures (Lyra Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Reina Nakamura. The firm is headquartered in Singapore.

Aerial Partners KK engages in the development of software application for tax. It also develops software for automatic calculation of virtual currency gains. The company was founded by Kento Numasawa on December 27, 2016 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Synspective, Inc. provides solutions services with satellite data. It also develops and operates small Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites. The company was founded by Seiko Shirasaka and Motoyuki Arai on February 22, 2018 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Synplogen Co., Ltd. is a synthetic biology startup that provides DNA synthesis and DNA library construction services using their proprietary DNA synthesis technologies OGAB™ and Combinatorial-OGAB. The company was founded in 2017 by Akihiko Kondo and Kenji Tsuge and is based in Kobe, Japan. The Japanese company also offers design, development, and analysis services for gene therapy products such as viral vectors through their Gene Therapy Biofoundry™ service.

Part of KKR & Co., Inc., Marelli Holdings Co., Ltd. functions as an investment holding Japanese company. The company is based in Saitama, Japan. David J. The company was founded in 2016. Slump has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

JIC Venture Growth Investments Co. Ltd. (JIC VGI) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Japan Investment Corp, itself a subsidiary of Government of Japan founded in 2020. JIC Venture Growth Investments Co. Ltd. is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

GENDA GiGO Entertainment, Inc. is a Japanese company that was founded in 2004 and engages in the planning and operation of amusement and restaurant facilities, as well as amusement equipment rental activities. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan and has subsidiaries in Japan.

Nanomist Technologies Co., Ltd. develops and sells ultrasonic atomization separation process equipment. It engages in development of solution concentrating devices for the medical and food sectors using their proprietary atomization separation technologies. The firm develops devices for medical solvent recovery, hot spring water concentration, food concentration, and similar applications, based on their ultrasonic atomization separation technologies. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Naruto, Japan.