Uzabase

Uzabase operates as a provider of information infrastructure and databases, primarily serving businesses and professionals in Japan and Asia. The company is known for its extensive industry and corporate database, which is supported by a specialized team of analysts. Its flagship service, SPEEDA, organizes valuable company and industry information, facilitating more efficient workplace management. Additionally, Uzabase offers NewsPicks, a platform that curates insightful content to inform discussions and decisions critical to business operations. Through these services, Uzabase aims to enhance decision-making and support business activities in a rapidly evolving market.

Yusuke Inagaki

COO

Osamu Iwasawa

Managing Director and Head of Asia Business

Oki Matsumoto

External Director

Taira Sakuma

Co-CEO

16 past transactions

Baseconnect

Series B in 2023
Baseconnect Inc., founded in 2017 and based in Kyoto, Japan, specializes in developing and operating BaseconnectList, a corporate sales support database. The company provides Musubu, a cloud-based platform that leverages artificial intelligence to enhance corporate sales by targeting prospective customers and creating tailored company lists. This innovative approach aims to improve the efficiency of sales operations by connecting global data and facilitating better access to information for businesses.

EventHub

Series A in 2022
EventHub is a developer of an event management platform designed to streamline the entire event organizing process, from registration to follow-up. The platform supports virtual, hybrid, and in-person events, offering features such as ticket sales, payment processing, session registration, and survey distribution. It facilitates effective communication between event organizers, attendees, and exhibitors through a centralized management page. By leveraging data-driven marketing strategies, EventHub aims to enhance the customer journey and optimize lead conversion, ultimately contributing to business growth for its clients.

Knowledge Work

Series A in 2022
Knowledge Work is an IT firm focused on the development and sales of software designed to enhance workplace efficiency for companies. The firm specializes in creating solutions that optimize back-office operations, management processes, and overall work experiences. By facilitating the sharing and utilization of in-house knowledge, Knowledge Work enables organizations to improve their operational effectiveness, ultimately supporting better decision-making and productivity.

Enquire AI

Series A in 2021
Enquire AI is a digital expert network seamlessly integrating AI and human intelligence within a unified and automated platform. Enquire provides real-time, custom insights for decision-makers and knowledge professionals by combining human analysis with its patented knowledge automation platform, which fuels its proprietary Q&A dataset.

ONLY STORY

Venture Round in 2021
ONLY STORY is a cloud-based manager-matching platform designed to facilitate connections between approvers and users. By providing a comprehensive examination system, the platform addresses the challenges associated with sales activities, allowing users to effectively reach decision-makers within target companies. Through its various functions, ONLY STORY enables users to foster relationships with approvers and helps them realize their business objectives by streamlining the process of engaging with key stakeholders in management and business promotion.

Enquire AI

Seed Round in 2020
Enquire AI is a digital expert network seamlessly integrating AI and human intelligence within a unified and automated platform. Enquire provides real-time, custom insights for decision-makers and knowledge professionals by combining human analysis with its patented knowledge automation platform, which fuels its proprietary Q&A dataset.

Baseconnect

Series A in 2020
Baseconnect Inc., founded in 2017 and based in Kyoto, Japan, specializes in developing and operating BaseconnectList, a corporate sales support database. The company provides Musubu, a cloud-based platform that leverages artificial intelligence to enhance corporate sales by targeting prospective customers and creating tailored company lists. This innovative approach aims to improve the efficiency of sales operations by connecting global data and facilitating better access to information for businesses.

Realm

Seed Round in 2019
Serial Box is an entertainment company that provides serialized entertainment for readers and listeners. The company creates short, immersive stories that you can listen to or read. They produce completely original series and tell official new stories around story worlds like BBC's Orphan Black and characters like Marvel's Black Panther and Jessica Jones. Serial Box is designed for consumption on smartphones in either an audiobook or e-book format, users can read or listen to each weekly episodic installment. It produces original fiction with a focus on science fiction, fantasy, mystery, crime, and thrillers. The users can use the Serial Box mobile app to access both audio and text and even toggle between them. Serial Box was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY, United States

Baseconnect

Series A in 2018
Baseconnect Inc., founded in 2017 and based in Kyoto, Japan, specializes in developing and operating BaseconnectList, a corporate sales support database. The company provides Musubu, a cloud-based platform that leverages artificial intelligence to enhance corporate sales by targeting prospective customers and creating tailored company lists. This innovative approach aims to improve the efficiency of sales operations by connecting global data and facilitating better access to information for businesses.

Quartz

Acquisition in 2018
Quartz is a digitally native news outlet, born in 2012, for business people in the new global economy. We publish bracingly creative and intelligent journalism with a broad worldview, built primarily for the devices closest at hand: tablets and mobile phones. Like Wired in the 1990s and The Economist in the 1840s, Quartz embodies the era in which it is being created. The financial crisis that recently engulfed much of the world wasn’t just a cyclical decline or a correction or even a bubble bursting. It was a breaking point. And its shockwaves exposed a fundamentally changed economic order with new leaders and ways of doing business.

Japan Venture Research

Acquisition in 2017
Japan Venture Research is a venture capital firm founded in 2011. It supports venture companies by sending news, recruiting people, financing funds, alliances, and information services to investors.

Ookami

Angel Round in 2015
Ookami, Inc. is a Tokyo-based company founded in 2014 that specializes in providing sporting entertainment solutions through innovative technology. The company has developed Player!, a social sports entertainment platform that enables users to connect with their favorite teams across various sports categories. This platform offers tools for fans to join communities, stay updated on games in real time, and engage with other sports enthusiasts. By harmonizing individual interests with IT technology, Ookami aims to create new value in the sports industry, enhancing the overall experience for fans worldwide.

Ookami

Angel Round in 2014
Ookami, Inc. is a Tokyo-based company founded in 2014 that specializes in providing sporting entertainment solutions through innovative technology. The company has developed Player!, a social sports entertainment platform that enables users to connect with their favorite teams across various sports categories. This platform offers tools for fans to join communities, stay updated on games in real time, and engage with other sports enthusiasts. By harmonizing individual interests with IT technology, Ookami aims to create new value in the sports industry, enhancing the overall experience for fans worldwide.
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