Takeshi Inada

Internet Research Institute, Inc. provides internet communication network services. It conducts research and development on network technologies together with the government and academic agencies in various industrial fields. The company was founded on December 09, 1996 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd. (BofA Securities Japan) is the wholly-owned Japanese brokerage subsidiary of Merrill Lynch International, Inc., which is ultimately owned by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Founded in 1998, the firm was formerly known as Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd. (MLJS) and changed their name to BofA Securities Co., Ltd. in line with grobal re-branding from BofA Merrill Lynch to BofA in 2020. They subsequently became BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd. Headquartered in Tokyo, BofA Securities Japan provides stock and bond trading, capital markets, investment banking and other advisory services to corporate clients, financial institutions and government agencies.

Trainocate Japan Ltd. provides information technology, educational and training services. It operates education centers in Tokyo and Osaka to deliver various ILT courses. The company serves to systems integrators, telecom carriers, software and hardware vendors, and non-information technology legacy companies. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Nippon Mirai Capital Co., Ltd. (NMC) is an independent private equity firm with headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. NMC was founded in 1994.

Part of Fujikura Ltd., FiberTech Co. Ltd. develops and manufactures medical equipment. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

ALAXALA Networks Corp. develops, manufactures, sells, and maintains routers and switches. Its products include layer 3 chassis and box type switches and 100 Gigabit ethernet routers. These products are used in various fields, from insfrastructures to business network platforms. The company was founded on October 1, 2004 and is located in Kawasaki, Japan.

JapanCableCast, Inc. provides cable television (CATV) distribution services. It offers dedicated platform services for video, audio, and data distribution for CATV operators. The company was founded in October 2002 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Algorithmic Implementations, Inc. provides computer access solutions for the vision impaired. Its products include ZoomText, ZoomText USB, the ZoomText Large-Print Keyboard, and ZoomText Express. The company was founded by Benjamin D. Weiss in 1985 and is headquartered in Manchester Center, VT.

Gaiatech Co., Ltd. manufactures and markets construction materials. The company's products include ready-mixed concrete, asphalt mixture, fossil shells, sediment feed fertilizers and other construction materials. Gaiatech was established in 1960 and is based in Kagoshima, Japan.

The Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), a unique public-private partnership aimed at promoting innovation and enhancing the value of businesses in Japan, was launched in July 2009. Leveraging the rich history of Japanese technological prowess, the INCJ aims to provide financial, technological and management support in order to promote the creation of next-generation businesses through 'open innovation,' or the flow of technology and expertise beyond the boundaries of existing organizational structures. The INCJ will draw on funding as well as management and technological expertise from the public and private sectors. The INCJ is actively reviewing various investment opportunities in areas of environment and energy, electronics and IT, bio-tech, and infrastructure such as water supply, railway service, and nuclear power supply. Each investment will be thoroughly vetted to ensure it meets the exacting standards of the INCJ's Innovation Network Committee, which will make the final investment decisions. The INCJ is capitalized at 92 billion yen, with the Japanese government injecting 82 billion yen and 19 private corporations (refer to details in Appendix below) providing a further 10 billion yen. The government will also provide guarantees up to a total of 800 billion yen for INCJ investments, giving it an investment capability of approximately 900 billion yen (US$10 billion). The INCJ will be established for a period of 15 years.

Yajin KK owns and manages restaurants. It offers various food items such as toched beef sushi; yaki-shabu; yaki-suki; palate cleanser; platter of 3 rare parts with 6 assorted condiments; red vegetable salad; grilled stir-fried rice; oxtail soup; homemade tiramisu; coffee; and others. The company was founded on March 15, 2008 and is headquartered in Saihaku, Japan.

New Frontier Capital Management Co., Ltd. is an alternative investment manager. The private company is based in Tokyo, Japan. and has subsidiaries in Hong Kong. The Japanese company was founded by Mikihide Katsumata. Shigeki Usuki has been the CEO of the company since 2015.

EverySense, Inc. is an IoT platform service that mediates data from sensor devices worldwide. The company is based in San Jose, CA. The company provides a mechanism for interconnection, ownership of information, distribution of value, privacy, fairness, point provision, and user evaluation and promotion. EverySense can be used in various scenes such as data collection, data mediation, and data trading. The company was founded in 2014, and the CEO is Hiroshi Mano.

A.I. Squared, Inc. is a company based in Tokyo, Japan that was founded in 2015 by Akihito Ogino and Masaki Ishida. The Japanese company provides services for call centers, utilizing state-of-the-art natural language processing AI to handle customer inquiries and support through an AI chatbot called QuickQA.

Global IoT Technology Ventures Ltd. (GiTV) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of publicly traded company Broadband Tower, Inc (TYO:3776). founded in 2016 by Kino Kinoshita. Global IoT Technology Ventures Ltd. is headquartered in Tokyo.

Part of Broadband Tower, Inc., BBTower San Diego, Inc. provides internet of things business. The company is based in San Diego, CA.

IoT Square KK engages in the IoT ((Internet of Things), consumer and new businesses. The company was founded on October 2, 2017 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Frontier Pharma, Inc. develops technology for drug discoveries. The company is based in Nagahama, Japan. The Japanese company was founded in 2006 by Tamio Minakami.

DIGIT Inc. engages in stress check business. It provides organizational behavior diagnosis, questionnaire and survey data analysis. It also handles diagnosis and consulting business. The company was founded on May 27, 2014 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

INCJ Ltd. is a private company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, that provides investment services. It was founded in 2018. Toshiyuki Shiga is currently the CEO of the firm.