Junichiro Kouno

Mind Palette Co. Ltd. engages in the planning, development and operation of smartphone applications and Internet services. It offers Snapeee, a social media platform that allows users to connect to each other using photos. The firm’s solutions also enable users to decorate photos taken through mobile devices and upload them to social media platforms. The company was founded by Takaaki Kamio and Yuji Kobayashi on November 1, 2010 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Jpana.

ITOCHU Technology Ventures, Inc. (Itochu Technology Ventures) is a venture capital arm of ITOCHU Corp. headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm was founded in 2000 by ITOCHU Corp.

Fringe81, Inc. is a holding company that specializes in internet advertisement technologies. Its business activities include rich site summary advertising, social networking sites banner development, social application development, and creative optimization. The firm's solution, iogous, is a broadcasting platform that enables CTR improvement of banner ads by learning and accumulating data such as catch copies and main visuals. The company was founded by Yuzuru Tanaka in 2005 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

VASILY, Inc. develops fashion applications for smart phones. It specializes in the development of fashion applications for smart phones. The firm’s iQON platform enables users to create their favorite looks using photos of accessories and dresses available on the website. The company was founded by Masayuki Imamura and Yuki Kanayama on November 5, 2008 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

schoo, Inc. operates an online school. It develops and manages schoo Web-campus, an online learning platform the uses live broadcasting technology. Its courses include management and entrepreneurship, business, information technology, design, arts, education, and economics. The company was founded by Kenshiro Mori on October 3, 2011 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.