Norihiko Kudeken

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.

Square Enix Co., Ltd. develops, publishes and distributes entertainment content including interactive entertainment software and publications in worldwide. The company was founded on September 22,1975 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Square Co. Ltd. develops, publishes and distributes software for home video game machines. It is a subsidiary of Square Enix Co. Ltd. The company was founded in September, 1983 by Masafumi Miyamoto and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan

Metaps Payment, Inc. provides online payment settlement services. Its solutions are used to complete e-commerce transactions of clients, encompass credit card settlement, convenience store settlement, Event pay, C-Check, electronic money settlement, web account transfer, pay-easy, settlement modules, test application system for chamber of commerce industry, Paysys, EC package, ticket pay, business support systems unit, and rent settlement. The company was founded on March 19, 1999 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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.

Zynga Japan KK designs and hosts websites. It offers PhotoZou, Unoh Labs, MachiTsuku, Band Yarou yo, Minna de Omikuji, and Kaizoku Chroni services. The company was founded on August 1, 2001 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

The Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association provides research and promotional activities on gaming programs. The private company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. (Broker) (Daiwa Broker) is the brokerage division of Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd., which is ultimately held by Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. (TYO: 8601). The firm is headquartered in Tokyo and was founded in 2012. Daiwa Broker provides brokerage services to their clients.

Eight Roads Ventures Japan is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of FIL Ltd. founded in 2008. Eight Roads Ventures Japan is headquartered in Tokyo.

Hunglead, Inc. provides web-based tools for online shops. It services include EC management improvement for robot series, zaiko robot for stock management tool; item robot for product management application, and robot-in for an order management tool. It also includes business blog production, web systems development and e-commerce website management. The company was founded by Shuhei Yoshitake on October 30, 2006 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Realglobe, Inc. is a holding company that develops cloud development environment solutions. It provides platform-as-a-service (PaaS) that automates server setting and execution environment construction. The firm also offers continuous delivery-as-a-service that adds function to automate operations such as building source, system test, backup, and delivery to PaaS. It targets development of global platform for system development. The company was founded by Takahiro Ohata in 2006 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Open Cube, Inc. provides machinery, designs, sells, and develops 3D printers. The private company is based in Yokohama, Japan. The Japanese company was founded by Tomoki Tsunekawa.

Shinra Technologies, Inc. develops online gaming software. The private company is based in New York.

Candee, Inc. engages in online video production, talent management and advertising agency. It was founded by Kazuki Furugishi on February 23, 2015 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

pring, Inc. operates a mobile money transaction application. Its product is called “pring”, an application that offers money transfer, remittance, and settlement transaction services. The company was founded in May 2017 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

MPower Partners GP Ltd. (MPower Partners) is headquartered in Japan. The firm is founded in 2020 by Kathy Matsui.

Part of Accenture Plc, Accenture Japan Ltd. is a Japanese company that provides strategic and operational consulting services. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan and was founded in 1962.