Tasuke Ichikawa

The Shizuoka Bank Ltd. engages in the provision of financial banking services. It operates through the following segments: Banking Operations, Leasing Operations, and Others. The Banking Operations segment consists of deposits, loans, investment securities and exchange transactions. The Leasing Operations segment engages in the business of transactions centered on finance leases. The Others segment includes commissioned computer processing, domestic financial commodity trading and credit guarantee services. The company was founded on March 1, 1943 and is headquartered in Shizuoka, Japan.

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.

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.

Macquarie Capital Securities (Japan) Ltd. (MCS-J) is a securities brokerage firm and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Macquarie International Investments, which in turn is a subsidiary of Macquarie Bank Ltd. (SY: MBL), based in Australia. Established in 2004 following the acquisition of the Asian equity division of ING Groep NV (NYSE: ING) by Macquarie, MCS-J provides trading and financial analysis services to Japanese and overseas institutions as well as hedge funds. The firm specializes in Japanese equity, economic research, fundamental research at the company level, quantitative analysis, information on infrastructure funds and other funds, equity derivatives and structured products. They also act as intermediary for Macquarie Bank in the equity-linked notes private placement market. The firm's analysts research themes including Japanese reflation, global industries and Asian technologies. MCS-J is located in Tokyo, and operates in close cooperation with Macquarie sales teams in London, Geneva, Frankfurt, New York and Boston.

The Japan Securities Dealers Association operates as its name suggests, serving as an association for securities dealers in Japan. The non-profit company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

University of Tokyo Edge Capital Co Ltd (UTEC) is an independent venture capital firm with headquarters in Japan. UTEC was founded in 2004 and has an office 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.

Marunouchi Capital Co., Ltd. (Marunouchi Capital) is a private equity firm headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm was founded in 2008 by Mitsubishi Corp. and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co., Ltd.

JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corp. engages in the development and mining of non-ferrous metal resources. Its products include copper foil, sputtering targets, compound semiconductors, surface treatment agents, metallic powder, precision rolled products, cathode materials and precision fabricated products. The company was founded in December 1905 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

The Kaiteki Institute, Inc. engages in the research and investigation of social trends. It also involves in the research and development of new enterprises and operation and management of contract research. The company was founded on April 1, 2009 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

cosme next Co., Ltd. engages in the planning, development and management of cosmetics retailing business. The company was founded on January 4, 2007 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Archetype Ventures, Inc. (Archetype Ventures) is a venture arm of Archetype Corp. headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm is founded in 2013 by Nakajima Jun and Fukui Shumpei.

BEENEXT Capital Management Pte. Ltd. is a Venture Capital firm founded in 2015 by Teruhide Sato. BEENEXT Capital Management Pte. Ltd. is headquartered in Singapore.

Startbahn, Inc. provides information technology services for the art market. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese company was founded in 2014 by Taihei Shii. Taihei Shii has been the CEO since 2014.

Gracia, Inc. is a gift e-commerce company based in Tokyo, Japan. Gracia aims to enhance special moments in people's lives and enrich their connections with others by providing a web-based gift experience that focuses on modernizing the traditional department store concept. The Japanese company was founded in 2017 by Hiroyasu Saito, Takumi Hayashi, Rei Nakauchi, and Hiroyasu Saito has been the CEO since then.

Vertex Growth Management Pte Ltd (Vertex Growth) is a subsidiary of US based Vertex Venture Holdings Ltd, founded in 2018. The firm is headquarter in Singapore.

ROMS, Inc. is a Japanese company that specializes in automation and robotics technology for the retail industry. ROMS is based in Tokyo, Japan and is actively recruiting mid-career professionals, including robotics engineers and hardware engineers, to join their team. The company's mission is to transform the retail industry by using digital and automation technology to create a new customer experience. The company offers solutions for B2B industrial use and provide support from strategic planning to monetization for retail businesses.

Galapagos, Inc. is a Japanese company that develops mobile application software. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan. The company was founded in 2009.

OniGO KK is a Japanese online supermarket company that specializes in mobile ordering of foods and groceries.

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Ltd. (Investment Management) (SuMi TRUST) is the investment management division of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Ltd., a subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8309) in Japan. Founded in 1925, the firm changed their name in 2012 when Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co Ltd. merged Chuo Mitsui Trust & Banking Co Ltd. and Chuo Mitsui Asset Trust & Banking Co Ltd. to create Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd. Headquartered in Tokyo, SuMi TRUST manages a broad spectrum of Japanese as well as Asian equity products suite for corporate and governmental pension funds.