Hirokazu Kurihara

Aozora Investment Co. Ltd. (AI) is the venture capital arm and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aozora Bank Ltd. (TSE: 8304). Located in Tokyo, AI was established in 1991. The firm specializes in venture capital investments. They design and manage investment funds including cooperative and limited-liability funds. They operate in close relationship with their joint venture with Resona Capital, Arise Capital Partners, which specializes in buy outs. AI also provides business services to small companies, in particular through their Project Agent Business aimed at venture businesses and entertainment companies in need of management support and collateral power.

Ihashi KK is a Japanese company that provides various services related to IT and technology. The private company is based in Koshigaya, Japan, and has subsidiaries in Japan. The description of the company is in Japanese and needs to be translated.

JTB Corp. operates as a holding company that manages its group of companies that engage in travel, insurance, cargo handling, warehousing, translation, restaurant, security, and telecommunications businesses. It also offers book publication, money lending, credit guarantee, worker dispatch, petroleum sales, motor repair, and leasing services. The company was founded on March 12, 1912 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

IIM Corp. develops and distributes software solutions for computer systems. The company was founded in November 1988 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Seiko Solutions, Inc. provides network solutions and systems integration services. It also offers mobile and payment solutions. The company was founded on December 13, 2012 and is headquartered in Chiba, Japan.

Cosmo Co., Ltd. engages in the system solutions business. It also provides contract development services for software, hardware and embedded software; and development, manufacturing and sale of electronic and peripheral devices. The company was founded in July 1977 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Part of Seiko Group Corp., Total System Engineering KK is a Japanese software development company. The company is based in Osaka, Japan. The company was founded in 1985. Total System Engineering KK was acquired by Seiko Solutions, Inc. on November 01, 2021.

Part of Seiko Group Corp., Instruction Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company that aims to build and support an IT environment for SMEs to continue their business for 100 years. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan. The company provides business skills that are on par with major companies using the latest technology such as cloud and RPA. The company was founded in 1990. Instruction Co. was acquired by Seiko Solutions, Inc. on April 01, 2022.