Yoshitaka Matsubara

Food Planet, Inc. engages in new business development, operations management, and strategy planning services for its group companies. It operates through the following segments: Dessert Labo, Solar Business, and Others. The Dessert Labo segment operates self-serviced soft-serve ice cream stores and its franchise business. The Solar Business segment deals with equipment sales and construction of solar power systems. The Others segment handles support and management services of its group companies. The company was founded by Ayumu Kawai on March 13, 1986 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Global Venture Capital, Inc. (GVC) is an independent venture capital firm which was founded by Hasegawa Hirokazu and Michael J. Korver in 1996. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo and manages a series of venture capital funds which they directly invest in companies in Japan and internationally.

FUJI PowerTech, Inc. is a Japanese company that specializes in researching and developing generators, condensers, and dynamos. The private company is based in Osaka, Japan. FUJI PowerTech was acquired by FUJI PowerTech /Hikita/ from Food Planet, Inc. on September 28, 2012 for $0.0 million.