Kensaburo Ikushima

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.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

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.

Mitsubishi UFJ Capital Co., Ltd. (MUCAP) is a venture capital subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (TSE: 8306; NYSE: MTU), founded in 1974. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo with additional offices in Nagoya and Osaka.

Nissay Capital Co., Ltd. (Nissay Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of Nippon Life Insurance Co. founded in 1991. The firm 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.

CyberAgent Capital Inc (CyberAgent Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of CyberAgent Inc founded in 2006. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan with additional offices around the world.

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.

Oh My Glasses, Inc. is a holding company that provides planning, development and sale of eyeglasses and sunglasses. It markets its own brands TYPE and Oh My Glasses TOKYO through its managed stores and online shops. The company was founded by Tadayasu Kiyokawa and Ikuma Mutobe on July 15, 2011 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

McRock Capital Corp. is an Independent Private Equity/Venture Capital firm founded in 2012 by Scott I. MacDonald and Whitney Rockley. McRock Capital Corp. is headquartered in Toronto.

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.

Every, Inc engages in the business of animation media, talent management and advertising. Its services include Delish Kitchen, Kalos, MamaDays, Timeline, and Check. The company was founded by Taisei Yoshida and Chiharu Sugawara on September 1, 2015 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Part of Kao Corp., Kao Group Customer Marketing Co. Ltd. is a Japanese company that supplies cosmetics, toiletries, hair care, and skin care products. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 2015.

D4V Godokaisha (D4V) is an independent venture capital firm headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm was founded in 2016 by Tom Kelley, Takano Makoto, Ito Kengo, Taniya Mamoru, Davide Agnelli and Kenichi Nonomura.

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

double jump.tokyo KK engages in the development, operation and sales of games and assets using blockchain technology. The company was founded by Hironobu Ueno and Naoto Tamaya on April 3, 2018 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Gunosy Capital Pte Ltd (Gunosy Capital) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Gunosy, Inc. founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo.

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.

Active Learning Ltd. provides soft play equipment for the nursery and preschool education sector. The firm serves to the educational catalogues as well as nurseries, local authorities, hospitals and schools directly. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Radford, the United Kingdom.

NOT A HOTEL Inc. is a Japanese company that offers a unique accommodation service. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan. The company's description explains the basic system of how to buy and use their service, as well as the differences between their service and other similar services. NOT A HOTEL was founded in 2020 by Shinji Hamauzu.

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.

Next Web Capital is a blockchain and Web3 accelerator founded in 2018 by Shun Ishikawa, Toshi Kamei, Naoki Akazawa, Sota Watanabe, Yusuke Obinata, Kei Seki, and Yudai Suzuki. The Singaporean company focuses on supporting and investing in startups that are developing innovative solutions using blockchain technology and the decentralized Web3 ecosystem.

Incubate Fund KK (Incubate Fund) is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2010 by Keisuke Wada, Honma Masahiko and Yusuke Murata. Incubate Fund is headquartered in Tokyo.

Pegasus Tech Ventures, Inc.(Pegasus Tech Ventures) is an independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2011 by Anis Uzzaman and Vitaliy Arbuzov. The firm is headquartered in San Jose, California with additional offices around the world.

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.