Takashi Saito

Mercuria Investment Co., Ltd. provides investment advisory and management. Its activities include corporate investment, real estate, lease, and infrastructure. The company was founded on October 5, 2005 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Shinx Co. Ltd. engages in the design, manufacture, and distribution of industrial machineries. Its products include working machinery, metal processing machinery, resin processing machinery, woodworking machinery, environmental protection machinery, food related machinery, electrical lighting machines, and other special machinery. The company was founded in December 1964 and is headquartered in Yaizu, Japan.

Business Market Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company that provides business succession support consulting services in cooperation with local governments. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan. The company operates the business succession platform "bizma". The company was founded in 2016.

Part of Mercuria Holdings Co., Ltd., TND Holdings KK is an investment holding Japanese company. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Pentel Co., Ltd. engages in the sale and manufacture of stationery and office supplies. It offers electronic devices, industrial robots, automatic assembly machines, precision molds for injection molding, precision hand presses and chemical products. The company was founded by Yukio Horie in March 1946 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Mercuria Investment Co. Ltd. (Mercuria Investment) is an independent venture capital firm headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm was founded in 2005 as a joint venture of Development Bank of Japan Inc. and Asuka Asset Management Co. Ltd.

Development Bank of Japan, Inc. (DBJ) is a financial institution created in 1999 through the regrouping of JDB-Japan Development Bank and Hokkaido-Tohoku Development Finance Public Corp., and the adjunction of the finance divisions of Japan Regional Development Corp. and Japan Environment Corp. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan with a network of domestic branches, as well as overseas offices in New York and London, and a subsidiary in Singapore. Formerly government-owned, DBJ underwent restructuring in 2007. The current structure was established in 2008 when a several-year privatization process was initiated. DBJ is a socially-committed investor. It provides long-term complementary financing and debt guarantees to promote the development of regional economies in Japan. The firm also supports technology-based enterprises, urban redevelopment and socially-desirable projects. It operates in collaboration with private sector financial institutions and favor projects with high policy content. As part of their investment activities, DBJ manages private equity funds.