2020
The achievements of fiscal year 2020 are as follows.
Total: 25 companies
(Breakdown)
①Foreign Companies related to the Fourth Industrial Revolution 10 companies
②Foreign Financial Companies 15 companies
1. Foreign Companies related to the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Comparies having already expanded
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Unabiz Holdings
- Business Category
- IoT,Imformation service
- Type
- R&D center
- Location
- Central Tokyo / Waterfront Area
- Scheduled Date of Establishment
- October 2021
- Business Description
- Unabiz provides end-to-end IoT solutions working on LPWA enabling affordable and scalable data collection and real-time asset management. Unabiz plans to develop IoT sensor usecases specific to Japan.
- URL
- https://www.unabiz.com/
Companies preparing to expand
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Infuse Location ltd.
- Business Category
- IoT,Imformation service
- Type
- R&D center
- Location
- Central Tokyo / Waterfront Area
- Scheduled Date of Establishment
- Schedule under adjustmet
- Business Description
- Infuse Location provides a software-only localization platform that enables the real-time indoor location of smartphones and other IoT devices. Infuse Location plans to develop Tokyo specific smart city solutions such as indoor-to-outdoor navigation, barrier-free solutions for the elderly and visually impaired, and asset-tracking solutions.
- URL
- https://infuse-location.com/
※ The total number of the companies is 8 ,that did not expand to Tokyo or ended their business after expanding.
2. Foreign Financial Companies
Comparies having already expanded
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Actelligent Capital Management Ltd
- Business Category
- Asset management
- Type of office
- Research / Sales base
- Office location area
- Central Tokyo / Waterfront Area
- Office setup timing
- November 2024
- Business Overview
- Actelligent manages a hedge fund with the absolute return strategy specializing in Asian, European, and U.S. equities.
Actelligent incorporates Artificial Intelligence models which were jointly developed with research institutions (EIT, University of Edinburgh, University of Chicago, Scottish Enterprise, Hong Kong government, etc.) into their investment target selection process. By combining fundamental analysis and AI (natural language processing), the fund is able to detect changes in stock prices earlier and has achieved high investment performance.
Headquartered in Hong Kong, Actelligent plans to establish a sales and research base in Tokyo to distribute their funds to Japanese qualified institutional investors and conduct joint research (Neuro-Linguistic Programming Project, etc.) with Japanese university research institutions.
- CompanyURL
- https://www.actelligent-capital.com/
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Akur8 SAS
- Business Category
- Fintech
- Type of office
- Sales base
- Office location area
- Central Tokyo / Waterfront Area
- Office setup timing
- March 2022
- Business Overview
- Operating globally, Akur8 offers a solution combining machine learning (AI) capabilities into actuarial work in insurance product development. Akur8's solution uses data analysis and model construction to perform the complicated calculations required to compute insurance premium rates, insurance contract reserves (payment reserves), etc., while responding to the transparency and management strengthening of the calculation model required by international regulations.
This solution enables insurance companies to build highly transparent models using AI. In addition, productivity will be improved by shortening development time of insurance products.
Headquartered in France, Akur8 plans to establish a sales base in Tokyo to explore new customers in Japan market.
- CompanyURL
- https://akur8-tech.com
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Vertex Venture Management Pte Ltd
- Business Category
- Asset management
- Type of office
- Sales base
- Office location area
- Central Tokyo / Waterfront Area
- Office setup timing
- December 2021
- Business Overview
- Vertex Venture Management Pte Ltd is principally engaged in fund management for the Vertex family of funds. The Vertex funds invest in technology and healthcare opportunities in the early and growth stages globally with a track record of growing disruptive, transformational companies into global champions. The Vertex funds are venture capital funds, to which Vertex Venture Holding Ltd ("Vertex Holdings"), the parent company of Vertex Venture Management Pte Ltd, provides anchor funding and operational support.
Headquartered in Singapore, Vertex Venture Management Pte Ltd may establish a presence in Tokyo to attract new institutional investors and support invested companies.
- CompanyURL
- https://www.vertexholdings.com/
※ Another company
Companies preparing to expand
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AIP Asset Management Inc.
- Business Category
- Asset management
- Type of office
- Sales base
- Office location area
- Center of Tokyo (especially within the Special Zone for Asian Headquarters)
- Office setup timing
- December 2027（planned）
- Business Overview
- AIP Asset Management Inc. is a hedge fund specialized in private debt investments.
AIP Asset Management Inc. has been a top performing Fund over the past 7 years, as a result of connections with small cap listed companies and its unique investment know-how accumulated from the fund and start-up industries. In 2017, the United Nations honored the AIP Convertible Private Debt Fund for the work towards supporting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In 2020, it was awarded 5 awards including "Best 3-Year Return," and "Best 5-Year Sharp Ratio (a measure of investment efficiency)" in the Canadian Hedge Fund Awards program.
Headquartered in Canada, AIP Asset Management Inc. plans to establish a sales base in Tokyo to distribute their funds to Japanese investors, and is considering investing capital in Japan in the future.
- CompanyURL
- https://aipassetmanagement.com/
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Amberdata Inc.
- Business Category
- Fintech
- Type of office
- Sales base
- Office location area
- Special zone for Asian Headquarters in Central Tokyo (ex. Nihonbashi)
- Office setup timing
- Schedule under adjustmet
- Business Overview
- Amberdata is a crypto assets data infrastructure company which acquires, analyzes, and visualizes crypto asset (e.g. Bitcoin) price, historical transaction, and fundamental data from exchanges and blockchain networks around the world. Amberdata's unified API and data services provide a single integration point for anyone looking to accelerate their time to market with the crypto asset offerings.
Amberdata focuses on helping financial institutions embrace this emerging asset class and create crypto asset businesses.
Headquartered in the United States, Amberdata plans to establish a sales base in Tokyo to provide its crypto asset data to companies engaged in related businesses in Japan (e.g. institutional investors and crypto asset exchanges).
- CompanyURL
- https://www.amberdata.io/
※ The total number of the companies is 9 ,that did not expand to Tokyo or ended their business after expanding.
