Cool Japan Fund

Spiber Inc., founded in 2007 and based in Tsuruoka, Japan, specializes in the design and manufacturing of innovative protein materials, particularly synthetic spider silk known as QMONOS™. The company serves various industries, including apparel and automotive, and has garnered attention for its collaborations, such as the development of the MOON PARKA™ jacket with GOLDWIN INC. and partnerships with Kojima Press Industries to create auto parts using its advanced protein materials. Spiber aims to reduce the reliance on petroleum-based materials by providing sustainable alternatives through its tailor-made proteins, positioning itself as a leader in the biomaterials sector. The company has successfully scaled up production to enhance competitiveness and remains committed to promoting a sustainable future through its novel protein-based technologies, which can be utilized in a diverse range of applications, including fibers, films, and resins.

IMCF is a brand incubation company.he company provides financial and marketing and promotion support for fashion designers.The concept is to create an environment where designers can focus on their own work by taking on all tasks other than the creation of designers. In addition, there is an aspect that the business is promoted as a business partner in a unified manner because it will be a challenge together with the designer.

Vpon Big Data Group is an Asia’s leading big data ad technology company founded in 2008. Possessed with extensive media resources reaching over 21 billion biddable inventories across Asia-Pacific, and advanced big data analytics technology, Vpon offers cross-border marketing solutions for O2O and e-commerce businesses to raise brand awareness and drive profitable transactions. Vpon is highly capable to serve clients across 12 Asia-Pacific countries with its five offices stationed in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Taipei, and Tokyo. As a progressive front runner in data technology, Vpon has an ever-expanding user coverage of 60 million of Asia tourists in 2017 and 900 million unique devices per month in 2016, raising tens of millions of US dollars in Series A and B funding rounds. Besides, Vpon works continuously with third-party tracking on embracing viewability and transparency, dedicated to maintain a healthy ecosystem and sustainable development in the industry. Vpon has also been widely recognized in the industry by winning a Bronze award for Greater China Specialist Agency of the Year for two consecutive years in 2016 and 2017. The company has also won the third place in 2015 Forbes China’s Top 100 Privately Held Small Businesses, making a substantial boost from its sixth place in 2014, and proving convincingly its excellent services and profession over 1500 renowned brands.

Yamagata Design creates businesses that revitalize the Shonai region of Yamagata Prefecture. It runs the Suiden Terrasse hotel, which floats above rice fields, the Kids Dome SORAI all-weather educational facility for children, and the Shonai Zukan digital portal, which curates and publishes information about regional jobs, culture, and lifestyle. YD also trains the next generation of farmers, develops machinery to make organic rice cultivation more accessible, and grows its organic produce all year.

Sentage Holdings Inc. is a financial service provider that offers a comprehensive range of financial services across consumer loan repayment and collection management, loan recommendation, and prepaid payment network services in China. Leveraging the Company’s deep understanding of its client base, strategic partner relationships, and proprietary valuation models and technologies, the Company is committed to working with its clients to understand their financial needs and challenges and offering customized services to help them meet their respective objectives.

KKday is a travel platform that facilitates access to authentic local tours and activities for travelers. It offers a wide range of experiences across numerous countries and cities, enabling users to easily search, discover, and book their ideal activities. The platform also supports travel suppliers in their digital transformation by providing tools for product management and order fulfillment.

Winc is a modern winery with a direct connection to the consumer, building a portfolio of brands for the next generation of wine drinkers. After launching in 2011 with the goal of making discovering great wine easy, Winc continues to disrupt the $220BN wine industry. Driven by the vision of a great bottle on every table and a great story in every bottle, Winc seeks to create more custom experiences for its members and bring ease and exploration to the process of buying and enjoying wine. The company's access to consumer insights has helped shape the development of iconic brands like Summer Water, the viral hit embodying the rosé state of mind, Folly of the Beast, and Pinot Noir. In addition to its online subscription service, Winc’s sought-after brands are available in progressive restaurants and premium retailers nationwide. Winc recently announced its first public investment opportunity, Winc Shares, a Regulation A+ campaign on the SeedInvest platform.

Sitateru is a cloud based garment production platform helping clothing companies improve workflow to control inventory and production needs.

Wonderplanet designs and develops native language applications and games for smart phones and tablets. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Nagoya, Japan.

Sitateru is a cloud based garment production platform helping clothing companies improve workflow to control inventory and production needs.

East Meets West Fine Wines is an importer and distributor of wine throughout the Greater China wine market.

Laugh & Peace Mother provides the production and distribution of educational and other content/applications.

Rough & Peace Mother operates in the creation and development of several types of material, such as apps, films, and facilities for attractions. Also, it develops knowledge, academic prowess, creativity, and communication abilities.

With a network of 6.4 million tastemakers in Asia, we enable brands to engage the new-age consumer via Content, Community and Commerce. In the past decade, Clozette has been recognised with awards from Emerging Enterprise, Red Herring Global and Marketing Magazine, amongst others. We are a diverse team of digital strategists, storytellers and style advocates who consume way too much coffee. Always up for a good conversation: info@clozette.co For more details, check out https://clozettegroup.co/

NK Works specializes in manufacture and trade of industrial materials and products. It began operation in October 1976, with its headquarters in Tokyo in Japan.

Spiber Inc., founded in 2007 and based in Tsuruoka, Japan, specializes in the design and manufacturing of innovative protein materials, particularly synthetic spider silk known as QMONOS™. The company serves various industries, including apparel and automotive, and has garnered attention for its collaborations, such as the development of the MOON PARKA™ jacket with GOLDWIN INC. and partnerships with Kojima Press Industries to create auto parts using its advanced protein materials. Spiber aims to reduce the reliance on petroleum-based materials by providing sustainable alternatives through its tailor-made proteins, positioning itself as a leader in the biomaterials sector. The company has successfully scaled up production to enhance competitiveness and remains committed to promoting a sustainable future through its novel protein-based technologies, which can be utilized in a diverse range of applications, including fibers, films, and resins.

We created Tastemade with one goal in mind: to connect the world through food. A generation ago the cable industry launched category defining brands in food and lifestyle and we believe the same opportunity exists for today’s global, social and mobile digital platforms. Tastemade was founded by Steven Kydd, Larry Fitzgibbon, and Joe Perez and is funded by Redpoint Ventures.

Japan-based startup Hyakusenrenma Inc, maker of an online platform for private room reservations, has raised up to $13 million (¥1.4 billion) in a third round of funding backed by investment firms AID Partners Capital Holdings Limited, Keio Corp, and Cool Japan Fund Inc. AID is a Hong Kong-listed independent asset management group, Keio is a major railway operator in Tokyo, while Cool Japan is a government aided investment fund. Hyakusenrenma said in a statement that they will use the fresh capital to boost its business infrastructure and to reinforce its global marketing plan for its vacation rental platform services the Stay Japan and Tomarina. “Hyakusenrenma Inc will increase the number of properties available for rent, so that the the prospect of staying in a private house becomes the main travel purpose of foreign tourists coming to Japan,” the company said in a statement.

Taiwan is one of the most popular Japanese anime and manga in the center of Taipei City, which is the center of the city. The front of the station, where many transportation networks cross, such as the Taiwan High-Speed ​​Rail, which is the Shinkansen of Japan, the metro, and buses, is the busiest. The school as a platform to disseminate Japanese content know-how will start from here. Japanese animation and manga are very popular in Asian countries, especially in Taiwan. KIE lies in front of the Taipei station where the center of Taipei city is. Taipei station is the liveliest area in Taiwan which is a hub of the traffic network; Taiwan high-speed rail, subway, buses, etc. starts from here as a platform to transmit the Japanese know-how of content creation to the world.

WAKUWAKU JAPAN is an entertainment channel which brings you the best selection of popular Japanese programs in the local language.

Anime Consortium Japan specializes in the video streaming, e-commerce and licensing.

Tokyo Otaku Mode™ (TOM) delivers the latest news on Japanese anime, manga, games, and more through its Facebook page, which is loved by over 10 million fans, as well as its website, Tokyo Otaku Mode. TOM's mission is to be the world's premier source for the latest on Japanese pop culture.TOM also actively supports and promotes top creators on Tokyo Otaku Mode, bringing their works to a worldwide audience. Starting with English translation support for creators' works and rofiles, TOM also features creators' works on its Facebook page, produces international portfolios for creators, conducts creator interviews, exhibits at overseas events, sells otaku goods to overseas customers, and more. With the inclusion of its e-commerce site, TOM aims to close the gap between Japan's otaku goods and worldwide otaku fans, being a place where such goods are readily accessible to otaku fans all over the world.